The project included 915 square feet of the unusual wood flooring.
Courtesy of Alex Hamilton
Walking along the floors of this Cincinnati,
Ohio, home is like stepping onto a
room-size wooden jigsaw puzzle. The
homeowners worked with local interior design
company Spaces to find a floor that would
“exaggerate the space.” What was chosen was
Paris-based manufacturer Oscar Ono’s Opus
collection, which is inspired by ancient mosaics
and wooden block roads in 19th-century Paris.
Given the floor’s intricate design, Spaces had to
find an installer who could take on the challenge,
and the job was given to Florence, Ky.-based
Grain Design Flooring.
The Opus collection is a prefinished engineered
white oak comprised of dozens of small blocks
that have been milled into two abstract-shaped
tiles. When Grain Design Flooring Field
Operations Supervisor Alex Hamilton received
the flooring with no directions on how to install
it, he worried its jagged edges would make for a
complicated installation process. “The first two
days were like, ‘This is going to take forever.’ But
once we got into the swing of things, it wasn’t
that bad,” Hamilton says. The two tiles had to be
installed in an alternating pattern, so to simplify
the process, Hamilton’s team preassembled panels
of the interlocking tiles by biscuit-jointing and
taping up to 20 pieces together. They were then
glued onto plywood throughout the home’s living
room and foyer. The installation measured 915
square feet, and the project used about 700 tiles of
the Opus collection.
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Walking along the floors of this Cincinnati,
Ohio, home is like stepping onto a
room-size wooden jigsaw puzzle. The
homeowners worked with local interior design
company Spaces to find a floor that would
“exaggerate the space.” What was chosen was
Paris-based manufacturer Oscar Ono’s Opus
collection, which is inspired by ancient mosaics
and wooden block roads in 19th-century Paris.
Given the floor’s intricate design, Spaces had to
find an installer who could take on the challenge,
and the job was given to Florence, Ky.-based
Grain Design Flooring.
The Opus collection is a prefinished engineered
white oak comprised of dozens of small blocks
that have been milled into two abstract-shaped
tiles. When Grain Design Flooring Field
Operations Supervisor Alex Hamilton received
the flooring with no directions on how to install
it, he worried its jagged edges would make for a
complicated installation process. “The first two
days were like, ‘This is going to take forever.’ But
once we got into the swing of things, it wasn’t
that bad,” Hamilton says. The two tiles had to be
installed in an alternating pattern, so to simplify
the process, Hamilton’s team preassembled panels
of the interlocking tiles by biscuit-jointing and
taping up to 20 pieces together. They were then
glued onto plywood throughout the home’s living
room and foyer. The installation measured 915
square feet, and the project used about 700 tiles of
the Opus collection.
The pattern was also laid on the treads of a spiral
staircase, which Hamilton says was a much simpler
installation than the floors. For the stairs, Hamilton
created a template of the treads’ shape, cut the wood
tiles to size and glued them to the treads.
Ultimately, the meticulous installation of the
Opus collection not only transformed the Cincinnati
home into a visual masterpiece but also showcased
the craftsmanship of Grain Design Flooring in
tackling a complex flooring challenge. Hamilton
says, “I’m flattered that the design company thought
highly enough of us to execute it.”
Courtesy of Alex Hamilton
Courtesy of Alex Hamilton
SUPPLIERS: Adhesive: Wakol MS 260 | Moisture barrier: Wakol PU
280 | Underlayment: Huber AdvanTech | Wood flooring: Oscar Ono Opus
Collection
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