What Is Your Favorite White Oak Floor You’ve Ever Done?

WE BUSINESS logo displayed on white oak flooring samples showcasing various wood grain patterns and finishes

We asked our readers on the WFB Facebook and Instagram pages to share their favorite white oak installations, and they showed off a great variety of projects.

 


 

Elegant wooden hallway with herringbone and inlaid parquet flooring, dark wood doors, and curved architectural details

Justin Combes

I installed it in my daughter’s house. I had a semi trailer of leftover white oak after 38 years of business. I always love to do curved layouts.

 


 

Elegant foyer with geometric parquet flooring, black double doors, and decorative wooden pedestals flanking the entrance.

Lorie Davidson

This is an old Olive and Olive floor. Each piece was pillowed and burnished with DuraSeal. I spent a few weeks restoring it.

 


 

Modern luxury kitchen with black cabinetry, white quartz island, exposed wood beams, and pendant lighting overlooking windows

Will Dennis

White oak resawn or antique reclaimed is my No. 1.

 


 

Ornate hardwood parquet floor with geometric diamond inlay pattern and decorative border

Wesley Fields

This one was a refinish. We sanded up to 100, water-popped and dried overnight, then 120 final pass and water-pop. We stained with Duraseal Dark Walnut, followed with two coats of Bona DriFast oil sealer and two coats of Bona Traffic HD satin.

 


 

 

Andrew Ogden

Spacious room with herringbone parquet flooring featuring inlaid red diamond pattern accents

This is a white oak and mahogany basketweave.

 


 

Light gray hardwood floor with natural wood grain texture and knots

Jake Schlichte

I just did this one. It’s Reactive and Natural White Un1co from Ciranova in the Silk sheen.

 


 

Modern loft-style living room with black flooring, white and black kitchen cabinetry, framed artwork on gray walls, and contemporary furniture.

Kenny Kostelnik

2,000 square feet of 71/4-inch rift and quartered white oak that was ebonized reactively (not stained) and coated with DuraSeal oil-based satin polyurethane.

 


 

Elegant hallway with herringbone wood flooring, white walls, and white front door with sidelights

Benny Powell

This select-and-better white oak herringbone was all milled on site. It has black walnut feature strips cut from slabs on site!

 


 

Hardwood floor in residential space with black electrical cords and white garage door visible in background

John Booth

This one was my first job with Daniel Antes. He fumed white oak strips, cut quartered white oak, and made us some fabulous border inlays.

 


 

Bright sunlit room with herringbone wood flooring and large windows overlooking greenery

Alex Hamilton

It was all rift and quartered solid from Graf. Once I got on site I was able to upsell the client.

 


 

Modern luxury interior with polished hardwood floors, ornate gold chandelier, dark decorative wall panels, and contemporary furnishings

Rob Griswold

This was a reclaimed floor from the Fred Jones estate before it was demolished; the wood was nearly 100 years old at the time of the demolishing. We finished this floor with Berger-Seidle Natural White and two coats of CeramicStar satin.

 


 

Black Exotic branded baseball cap displayed on wooden floor with blue and geometric tile inlay patterns

Javier Cardenas

Every piece of this 3-inch white oak rift and quartered flooring was custom-cut and stained on site.

 


 

 

Roy Aull Jr.

Geometric parquet hardwood flooring with star pattern and natural wood grain in neutral tones

In my own house I installed a rhombus pattern using plainsawn white oak I had in scrap. It is wire-brushed and finished with 5% white ProCoat Unocoat.

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