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How We Did This Floor: Edge-Grain in the Portland International Airport

Approximately 57,000 square feet of the Portland International Airport now has local edge-grain white oak wood flooring with an oil finish—a massive undertaking, even for a company like Pure Floors Inc. This is how they did it.

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Wood Floor of the Week: A Big Bordeaux at a Big Industry Event

This wood floor installed during a recent DM Hardwood Designs School is a Bordeaux pattern with a twist: Instead of multiple tiles of Bordeaux parquet, the entire floor is one huge Bordeaux pattern.

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A Meaningful Wood Flooring Project in Memoriam

Jack Horton's grandfather gave Jack a classic truck in memory of his son who passed away, and then Jack knew he had to build something, including a beautiful wood floor, suitable for housing it.

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Herringbone Reinvented: Panelizing for Stress-Free Floors

Herringbone floors are stunning and elegant, but installing them piece by piece can be slow, tedious and prone to frustrating misalignments. Fortunately, there’s a better way: panelizing.

I’ve found that panelizing sections of herringbone with face tape makes installation faster and less error-prone.

A ‘Random’ Pattern Crafted From Wood and Marble

When clothing brand Ulla Johnson planned to open its flagship West Coast store, owners wanted something special for the floors. The task fell to West Hollywood, Calif.-based Fame Hardwood and designer Kelly Wearstler.

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Bold Color and a Classic Pattern in This Oceanfront Home

The parquet installation for this oceanfront home was the largest, most expensive project Belmar, N.J.-based Floors by the Shore had undertaken at the time it was finished.

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Spanish Company Shares its Family Story Across Showroom Floor

In 2020, the showroom of Valladolid, Spain-based Gallery by Suelos de Madera flooded, destroying the floors. Tasked with installing new floors, owner Emilio Manzano took the opportunity to show off his “passion and love” for wood floors.

Emilio Manzano and his family created a pattern of family emblems to spread across their showroom floor.

A Parquet for the Books in Lavish Home’s Library

The 1,200-square-foot floor featured in this new high-end residence’s library is made of walnut, oak, wenge, rift-and-quartered white oak and curly maple, all passed through the creative hands of Daniel Antes and installed by Absolute Hardwood Flooring.

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Wood Floor of the Week: A Custom Basketweave Woven from Scraps

“I've been wanting to do this style of basketweave for a while now—I like the way it looks actually woven,” says Joe Wolfe of the floor he created for his wife's craft room.

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See the Wood Floors Inside Florida's Most Expensive Home

The most expensive real estate listing in Florida is now on the market for $187.5 million. It offers a total of 28,600 square feet including everything from a massage room to a waterfront gym and, of course, beautiful wood flooring.

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Reclaimed Jarrah Parquet Saves ‘Dated’ New Zealand Apartment

To renovate a “dated” apartment in central Wellington, New Zealand, James Henry Ltd. turned to a species native to Western Australia: jarrah.

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Our Nine Days at Workcamp Parquet 2023 at Bishop’s Palace in Györ, Hungary

Portuguese wood floor pro João Dias, better known by his business name Fino Oficio, shares thoughts and photos from the 2023 Workcamp Parquet project in Hungary.

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