Wood Floor Trend Spotting: Atlanta Drawn to ‘Beautiful Grain Striations’

Mar 17, 2021

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Matt Pope of Marietta, Ga.-based Pope Hardwood Flooring Inc. started to see wide plank oak floors on the rise in the Atlanta market in 2011. By 2014, livesawn character-grade wide plank flooring became his company's biggest seller and remains so today. "I would say 50% or more of our clients prefer the wide plank, livesawn character-grade white oak flooring," Pope says. "With the livesawn character grade, you get the face of the knotholes and the beautiful grain striations that come with them; we also get a lot longer lengths with the character grade material."

Craftsmanship Across the Globe: Introducing the Winners of the 2024 WFB Design Awards

April 1, 2024

A New Era of Coating: Learn How LED-Cured Oil Will Transform the Industry

An ‘Easter Egg Hunt’ of Elegant Flooring Details

Meet the Repairman Turning Edgers Into Artwork

This 7-inch-wide, 5/8-inch-thick engineered rift-and-quartersawn red oak floor was coated with Bona Natural Seal and Bona Traffic HD Satin waterborne finish. (Photo courtesy of Floors by the Shore)

White Oak vs. Red Oak: As Pressure Increases on White Oak, Red Oak Is a Versatile Alternative

Design

Craftsmanship Across the Globe: Introducing the Winners of the 2024 WFB Design Awards

Hailing everywhere from Italy to Portugal to Cincinnati to Washington, D.C., to Brazil to Chicago (by way of Poland), the recipients of this year’s WFB Design Awards prove, through sweat and creativity, that true craftsmanship has no borders.

A New Era of Coating: Learn How LED-Cured Oil Will Transform the Industry

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Why LED-cured oils are unlike anything the wood flooring industry has seen before.

Extraordinary Floors

An ‘Easter Egg Hunt’ of Elegant Flooring Details

“Rarely do I want my floors to be the hero of the room,” says Greg Schenck, “but the more you look, the more elegant details you see.”

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Meet the Repairman Turning Edgers Into Artwork

Aaron Stieferman takes broken edgers and turns them into sought-after works of functional art.

Design

White Oak vs. Red Oak: As Pressure Increases on White Oak, Red Oak Is a Versatile Alternative

Demand for white oak, and specifically quartersawn lumber, has drastically increased in recent years, but red oak is still a viable alternative—and more versatile than many people realize.

Extraordinary Floors

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