Denver Dustless's Mark Sutton took home two Wood Floor of the Year trophies presented by HGTV's "Cousins on Call." (Photo courtesy David Stluka Photography)
The winners were revealed today at the Awards Luncheon at the NWFA Wood Flooring Expo in Dallas. HGTV personalities "Cousins on Call" were the celebrity hosts for the event. Voting for all but the Designers' Choice award took place by members online before the show.
"I really appreciate everybody voting for me," said Denver Dustless's Mark Sutton. "It was kind of a labor of love project … It's something I drew on paper a long time ago and always wanted to do."
Russian company Yantarnaya Pryad-Parquet (Khimki, Russia), a Wood Floor of the Year veteran, brought its trophy total to six by earning two more awards, while Wood Floor of the Year all-time frontrunner DM Hardwood Designs (Farmington, N.M.) increased its all-time Wood Floor of the Year trophy total to 19.
Here are photos and brief descriptions of all the winners:
Members' Choice & Best Residential: Denver Dustless
This solid, nail-down "wood pile" is made of 18 species, including bamboo, bloodwood and lyptus, along with maple. The border is oak.
Best Restoration: Yantarnaya Pryad-Parquet
Yantarnaya Pryad-Parquet's 2,000-square-foot, solid, glue-down parquet floor is located in Russia, the company's home country. It features 11 species of wood: maple, oak, wenge, sapele, cherry, pear, jatoba, palo santo, merbau, kempas and pau amarelo.
Best CNC/Laser Cut: Yantarnaya Pryad-Parquet
This 5,330 square-foot parquet is made of 10 species of wood coated with a waterborne finish.
Best Reclaimed: Schenck & Company
This 3,029-square-foot floor is made from reclaimed random-width shipping pallets. The planks were nailed down and given a wax finish.
Best Manufacturer Factory Finish: W•D Flooring
W•D Flooring's 7,800-square-foot herringbone floor is made from 5-inch-wide black ash with a manufacturer finish of matte hardwax oil.
Best Limited Species: Czar Floors
Czar Floors hand-scrolled this maple floor on-site to embed the Karelian birch in the 100-square-foot area.
Best Extreme Makeover: DM Hardwood Designs
DM Hardwood's intricate nailed-down medallion features a complex custom inlay including many species of wood.
Best Commercial: Gaetano Hardwood Floors Inc.
This 3,000-square-foot, solid, nail-down commercial floor features Indian rosewood, wenge, quartersawn maple and Brazilian cherry.
Designers' Choice: Natural Wood Floors & Design
Natural Wood Floors & Design's solid wood staircase is comprised of walnut with a waterborne finish.
For more on this year's winners, don't miss the June/July 2013 issue of Hardwood Floors, which will feature expanded coverage on every winning floor, as well as lists of manufacturers of the products used to create each floor.
