Mix and Match Hardwood Flooring Species
When you’re shopping for hardwood floors, the salesman will probably ask you what species of wood you want. Do you like oak? Cherry? Maple? Perhaps something more exotic like Brazilian teak or zebra wood or tiger wood (all the really fun woods are named after animals)? Ultimately, you’re supposed to pick one. But if you’re having trouble deciding, maybe there are ways to integrate more than one species into your flooring outlook.
While you probably wouldn’t want to alternate boards, you could do something like the hardwood floor shown here. Different inlays highlight different species of wood. This is actually a flooring company’s showroom floor, but it demonstrates a bit of what you can do to create interesting contrast.
You may also want to check out past posts on hardwood floor inlays and hardwood medallions.
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ProSand
That’s a remarkable way to demonstrate the use of different species of wood. I thought it was just a cool looking design until I took a closer look at the different woods being used. Plus, your correct when saying that trying to choose the right type of species can be difficult. I spent several hours reviewing and learning the different types of species of wood by reading through the NWFA magazine and could not believe how many types there actually are in total.
I would also say that custom laser cut designs are another great way to display different species of wood, which also would allow some really cool design work to be accomplished.
Good little post.
Duanrijun
This is a very nice wooden floor, I quite like it, stick it in my house will be very warm. Decorative wood flooring very well, it makes us feel like living in nature as to make our lives better.