2023 Wood Floor Business Design Awards Next Generation

Fantastic End Grain, Edge Grain Projects

Have you ever created an end-grain or edge-grain wood floor? Take a look at these show-stopping projects:

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Readers Respond: Let’s See What You’re Working On Today

We asked readers on Facebook to share a picture of a project they’re working on. Here’s what they showed us.

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A Chemical Compound Floor for a Scientist’s Home

In a striking fusion of science and design, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.-based Czar Floors transformed a scientist’s kitchen and living room floors into a diagram of a chemical compound.

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Check Out These Phenomenal Inlay Projects

Sometimes a wood flooring pro gets the opportunity to create something unique, like the amazing inlays in these projects.

How Do You Choose the Right Size of Parquet?

Wood floor expert Chuck Crispin offers valuable advice about how to choose the correct sizing and format for parquet floor patterns.

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Animator’s Studio is Transformed With a Herringbone Pencil Floor

Saulnier Floors devised the idea to arrange approximately 12,000 Dixon Ticonderoga No. 2 pencils in a herringbone style.

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From a Summer Bowling Lane Job to My Own Laser

When Jason Vivash headed to university, his roommates worked for a guy refinishing bowling alleys all summer—and he had no idea that would lead to such an involved career producing his own custom wood floors.

I went from being anti-laser to having a full fine woodworking shop including a new laser-cutting machine.

Readers Respond: Post a Pic of Your Favorite Floor You Did Over the Winter

WFB asked its followers on Facebook to post a picture of their favorite wood flooring project they did over the winter. Here’s what they showed us.

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Introducing the Winners of the 2025 WFB Design Awards

Each winner of the 2025 WFB Design Awards exhibits dedication and passion for wood flooring craftsmanship. These award-winning projects showcase the achievements of wood flooring pros and their unique visions that transform flooring into works of art.

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A Wood Flooring Guitar Strums the Bonds of Friendship

Stephen Diggins says his wood flooring guitar represents his respect for the bonds he has created in the wood flooring industry.

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Leveling Up a Game Room With a Wood Floor Pac-Man Maze

When Jeremy Partridge, owner of Brookfield, Mass.-based Jerokee Flooring, set out to create a game room for his kids, he went beyond adding the typical board games and arcade machines—he turned the whole floor into a game.

Jerokee Flooring owner Jeremy Partridge, his wife Jackie and their kids Noah (left) and Nick (right) sit in their Pac-Man-inspired game room.

Creating a Sunburst Medallion Floor in Wisconsin

To create the Usona Institute's 1,296-square-foot sunburst floor centered with a stone medallion, Winneconne, Wis.-based Oshkosh Designs had to clear out its entire warehouse to build the floor.

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