Choosing a Hardwood Floor Species
Floors feature hardwoods from a variety of species. The most important factor in choosing a wood species is, of course, the appearance. While the stains and finishes add variability to them, different woods can complement modern, classic, rustic or other types of settings.
Maple has a more subtle, elegant look, while hickory has a more unique and appearance. The experts in a fine flooring store can help you make the right choices.
There are subtle differences as well. For example, Big Leaf Acacia features less character, with a plain grain, fewer knots and wider age circles, while the Small Leaf Acacia that Bella Cera uses is full of character, with more knots and a swirling grain. It costs us more, but it makes a prettier floor.
Your in-store flooring expert can help you make the right decisions. See below for more information on the hardwood species
Cherry Hardwood Floors
Cherry is one of the most exquisite species. Cherry color varies from rich red to reddish brown, and the custom scraping and double stain bring out the beauty and elegance of Cherry. This species has a subtle, straight grain, and a satiny, smooth texture.
Walnut Hardwood Floors Walnut is one of the most beautiful and high-end hardwood species you will enjoy for a lifetime. Its delightful swirling grain and rich dark brown tone makes the whole house shine. Our custom-scraping and dual hand stain adds more depth and real antique looking to the appearance.
Maple has been a favorite of Furniture and flooring manufacturers since the early Colonial Days. Maple has a delicate, uniform texture, which adds elegance into your room. It is usually straight-grained, but it can also occur as "curly," 'Fiddleback," and "birds-eye" figure.
Hickory is one of the hardest species and it is well known for its very good strength and shock resistance. Because of this, it been the premiere species for tool handles, furniture, ladders, cabinetry, and of course, flooring. Hickory has unique grain pattern, and color variations.
Hickory Hardwood Floors
Birch Hardwood Floors
Birch Hardwood Floors From sap to bark, birch trees are used to make everything from beer to toothpicks. Native Americans stretched birch bark on their canoe frames and used the wood to make arrows. Birch is generally straightgrained with a fine uniform texture, generally characterized by a plain and often curly or wavy pattern. A fairly heavy and strong wood, birch is extensively used for furniture, millwork and paneling, doors, kitchen cabinets and flooring.
The species Acacia has strikingly dynamic grain and knots. Some say these attributes contribute to a home full of positive energy, exuberant flow and optimistic attitude. As one of the hardest woods in the world, Acacia's dynamic looks adds exciting spirit to a home with long-lasting durability as well as an elegant look.
Hardwood Floors
Bella Cera Hardwood Floors 400 Oyster Point Blvd, Suite 115 So. San Francisco, CA 94080 Tel.866.599.7999 Fax.650.873.4316 For more information on our products derived from these hardwood species, please see our
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