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A private & personal wood floor concierge service available worldwide. We can arrange for one of our “concierges� to liaise with you, your architect & designer to help create your vision seamlessly.
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Our Story Life is all about stories. It’s the stories that peak our interest. We quickly become engrossed, we shift in our seat, the heart starts to beat just that little bit faster, we perk up and we listen with eager ness. Because everybody loves a story. Here’s our story so far…
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Inspiration Our brand image was inspired by the iconic cast-iron buildings that shape the distinct villages of lower Manhattan. The mind immediately wanders in their windows and you visualize the high ceilings, the wide open space and of course the wooden floors. They embody timeless elegance, effortless design, form and function. This is design that endures, gets better with age and encapsulates the spirit of our company. What’s not to love?
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Passionate People, New Beginnings Roots matter. Imagine this. Two old friends meet by chance on a cobbled street in a European city. Both had spent many years working with the elite in wood floor design and supply. They have access to the most exclusive and remarkable wood materials. They know every aspect of logistics, supply and installation. They know the best people in New York, London, Moscow and other cities to join them. They all combine their passion, a global network of fiercely guarded suppliers and years of know how. They’ve cut out the showrooms, the middlemen, the advertising and the unnecessary margins. All this, to bring these incredible floors to you. They – We – are Soho Forest.
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Balthazar It starts with a forest, deep in Bavaria, or in Burma, or in the American heartland. Next, Balthazar, our wood guru at the mill selects the finest grade of raw lumber from trusted foresters that he’s known for most of his life. Then his skilled team shape the raw wood into planks, taking great care to work with and guard the natural, visual fingerprint of the grain. What appears from our mill is our collection of exquisitely curated wood in an eclectic and contemporary range of widths, styles and finishes.
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What’s the Soho Forest Difference? It takes a lifetime to assemble your own personal coterie of exquisite finds. Olive oil from a secluded 800-year-old family run mill in the Tuscan hills near Sienna. Kobe beef from a small meticulously managed farm high above Kyoto. A bottle of pinot noir from a revered boutique winery tucked away on a sun drenched Napa hillside. A solid flawless 5-metre long wide plank of American “Quercus Alba” oak, lightly brushed with a subtle Spring & Mercer shade of gray by Soho Forest. Get the picture? That’s the Soho Forest difference.
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There’s nothing quite like the warm feeling of walking barefoot on solid planks of wood. The senses awake in a kaleidoscopic flash and one immediately feels the comfort and strength of the wood. Your eyes register the aged beauty of nature’s bounty, both graceful and elegant. It’s been the preferred choice of discer ning tastemakers for generations. Classical, Georgian, Traditional, Contemporary and Minimal. Whatever your individual taste. Solid Works….Prepare to be Wowed
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Our Select Oak, Walnut, Teak, Wenge and Douglas Fir are all simply exceptional. But when exceptional is just not enough, we’ve taken this incredible step to bring you quite simply the phenomenal in luxury hard wood solid flooring. Our ‘Super Select Series’ includes the rare ‘Quercus Alba Magnificent Oak’ along with North American Walnut, Douglas Fir, Burmese Teak and African Wenge. These rare, really wide, extra-long boards are available thru us by appointment. Because of their rarity, we need a little more time to bring you this ultimate prize. This is the collection of choice, when you want solid wood to exceed your expectations.
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‘ P A R Q U E T R Y ’
Since Marie Antoinette roamed the great rooms of Versailles, parquet floors have been used in some of the finest homes and hotels all over the globe. In recent times, there’s been a huge surge in requests from architects and designers for parquet flooring, to add that extra something special when creating statement interiors. You can choose from a library of designs both ancient and moder n to suit your projects size and your vision.
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‘ E N G I N E E R E D A M E R I C A N & E X O T I C S P E C I E S ’ Solid wood being a natural product, will of course move ever so slightly and this may result in very small gapping between planks. This is part of the beauty and allure of a rich solid wood floor. So, when you absolutely, positively want as little movement as possible. Choose ‘Engineered’.
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We’re convinced that the early European settlers of Manhattan would most certainly approve of us sharing our beautiful mature oak that we’ve sourced from the ‘Old Country” with its chic, sophisticated new inhabitants. The combination of this beautiful European Oak with the added stability and size range of an engineered floor create a very desirable collection.
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This collection of hand finished metalized wood floors with their rich, vibrant patinas, dazzling variations of silver, gold, bronze and other metal finishes, will add subtle or even brash flashes of luster and character to your design vison. The team at our Brooklyn studio perform miracles daily.
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We’ve travelled the globe to source this beautifully edited decking collection. Some of the woods that we’ve discovered are simply the finest species that nature has created, to help you, enhance your outdoor living space. You’ll be Impressed.
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Our USP In A Few Words D I S C E R N I N G C U R A T E D E X C E P T I O N A L G L O B A L
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Sustainability At Soho Forest we demonstrate our commitment to the environment by purchasing all our American lumber from sustained yields in local forests from small foresters with excellent reputations. As for our Tropical species, we purchase all our wood from Certified importers passed by the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC). They of course, must all be preapproved sustainable exporters and that’s no easy feat. Our European Oak is sourced from centuries old sustainable forests throughout the continent and especially from a small revered patch in the Black Forest of Bavaria.
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Understanding the Cut All different industries have their ‘fav’ go to bundle of words, that they love to throw around. In advertising offices you’ll hear words and phrases like Brand Image Alignment, Meaningful Online Engagement, On Brand and Closing the Loop. Well, us ‘Woodies’ have words too. You’ll hear them at the mills, in architect’s offices, design studios and the likes. So, just to make sure that we’re all on the same page. We’ve put this quick guide together for you.
This is Important The look of a wood floor is heavily influenced by the patter n of the grain of the planks. That look is achieved by the direction in which the planks were sawn… or cut from the log.
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Plainsawn
Rift Sawn
True Quartersawn
The most common cut of all, is
This is when the log is cut at
If you are looking for a very
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where the log is simply spliced
almost ninety degrees to the
symmetrical look to the grain,
into layers all parallel to one
growth rings of the tree and this
the True Quartered cut is the one
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another. The patter n of the grain
shows a grain patter n of slightly
to choose. The ‘woodie’ goes to
created by this cut is dominated
wavy to straight lines.
great length to cut each plank
by “cathedrals”, essentially large
at exactly ninety degrees to the
swooping grain lines.
growth rings. This of course creates a considerable amount of wasted wood. Hence, the reason why it’s the most expensive cut, but it is the ‘pièce de résistance’, as it shows a truly linear grain patter n all parallel to one another.
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and Quartered and also True Quartersawn cuts can be up to thirty percent more durable than plainsawn floors. Due mainly to the fact that the grain is standing up (R&Q) rather than lying down (Plainsawn). The grain is stronger standing up! Who knew?
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Pre-Finished versus On-Site Hand Finished The big question? It’s not hard as you think. Once you have discussed your specific needs with one of our concierges, we’ll help you to figure out the best option for your project. You’re in good hands.
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American Oak We think it’s time that we make the winner in this competition a lot clearer for all the potential clients that we have out there on both sides of the Atlantic. Americans, you should be very proud, as your oak is unquestionably some of the finest on the planet. Just ask the European wine and whiskey makers. As well as using it to age their wonderful products, It has gracefully enhanced their stunningly beautiful manors and chateaux for centuries. American Oak is just a hint lighter and more uniform in color, with a straighter, subtler grain. That’s it.
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European Oak Europeans, well, we look to Europe for some of the finer things in life, so when it comes to wood floors, let there be no more confusion. Your Oak is wonderful and just a slight tad darker, with more golden tones and a wavy grain. Voila! So, as you can see, there’s very little in the difference. The winner here is actually you the customer, because, we have magnificent examples of both. Your Choice.
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Blog Back in the early 90’s , maybe late 80’s, I read somewhere that Robert Redford, had Eileen’s cheesecake flown out to him on location while filming. Well, that got my attention and I wasted no time in making the jour ney downtown to Cleveland Place and found the ‘Holy Grail’ of cheesecake. If I remember correctly, I bought a half pineapple and half strawberry pie and it was simply amazing. Ever since that day I’ve indulged every chance I get. Another downtown New York landmark not to be missed. Starting in February 2017, check out our ‘Blog’ on www. sohoforest.com/blog. It’s going to include interesting little pieces about Soho, New York and its neighboring villages. It’ll include snippets on different architects & designers favorite building designs in the area, their favorite boîtes & restaurants, shops and maybe we’ll reveal the ultimate downtown pub crawl. A ‘remember these’ photographic slot will remind us of some the great local institutions that are gone (Vesuvio bakery, i tre merli, the Alaia boutique, Moss) as well as updates on Soho Forest happenings and interesting info our partner’s cities around the world. Pat O’Brien Soho Forest
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WOODS & COLORS Here’s where you can choose the woods & colors that best suits your project from these collections.
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Tribeca
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Chelsea
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Broome & Sullivan
Spring & Sullivan
Bowery & Houston
Elizabeth & Bleecker
Quartersawn Roasted Oak
Roasted Wormy Oak
Quartersawn Sapele
Sapele
Mercer & Canal
Mercer & W Houston
Chambers & Greenwich
Howard & Mercer
Wenge Select Plain Sawn
Wenge Select Quartersawn
Walnut
Red Oak
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widths 3-16” | 76mm - 407mm | lengths 4-12’ | 1 - 3.6m
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Canal & Broadway
Reade & Church
Duane & Hudson
Grand & Wooster
Hickory Select water based finish
Burmese Teak oil based finish
Douglas Fir
Antique Oak whitewashed finish
Canal & Church
Greene & West Houston
Canal & Washington
Sullivan & Prince
Maple Select oil based finish
Cherry Premium
Roasted Maple
White Oak Select Bandsawn
water based finish
whitewashed finish
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Sullivan & Spring
Thompson & Prince
Thompson & Spring
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White Oak Select Bandsawn gray
White Ash Select
White Ash Select
White Oak Select
water based finish
whitewashed finish
water based finish
Hudson & Chambers
Canal & Hudson
Duane & Church
Spring & Mercer
Select White Oak
Maple
Douglas Fir
Oak Select gray
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oil based finish
widths 3-16” | 76mm - 407mm | lengths 4-12’ | 1 - 3.6m
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W Houston & Greene White Oak Select green
W Houston & Mercer White Oak Select whitewashed finish
Watts & Thompson Cumaro
W Houston & Sullivan White Oak Select oil finish
widths 3-16” | 76mm - 407mm | lengths 4-12’ | 1 - 3.6m
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New Amsterdam
Flatbush
Stuyvesant
Flushing
Gramercy
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‘ENG INEER ED EU RO PEAN OAK’
Beekman
Gravesend
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Hoboken
Long Island
New Holland
New York
Tappan Zee
The Bowery
The Bronx
The Hudson
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Rikers Island
Roosevelt Island
Staten Island
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Coney Island
Flatiron
Harlem
Hells Gate
widths 3-16” | 76mm - 407mm | lengths 4-12’ | 1 - 3.6m
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Greenwich Village
Washington Square Park
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LaGuardia Place
Bleecker Street
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Mott & Bleecker
Great Jones & Lafayette
Mulberry & Bleecker
Mulberry & Houston
Sapele Rift & Quartered water
Burmese Teak oil finish
Cumaro water based finish
Cumaru
Elizabeth & Bleecker
Great Jones & Bowery
Lafayette & East 4th
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widths 4-8” | 122mm - 203mm | lengths 4-16’ | 1 - 4.8m
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West Village
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7th & Clarkson
7th & Leroy
Bleecker & 11th Street
Bleecker & Bank St
Gunsmoke Shading Metal
Gunsmoke Metal
Bronze Sanding Metal
Bronze Metal
Bleecker & Charles
Bleecker & Perry
Greenwich Avenue & Bank
Greenwich Avenue & Charles
Bronze Tin Metal
Bronze Gunsmoke Metal
Copper Black Patina Metal
Copper Metal 2
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Greenwich Avenue & Christopher
Greenwich Avenue & Perry
Hudson & Barrow
Hudson & Perry
Cooper Metal
Copper Sanding Metal
Brass Metal
Brass Tin Metal
Waverly Pl & Gay
West & Bank
West & Jane
Iron Metal
Tin Sanding Metal
Tin Metal
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MOSCOW | LOS ANGELES | NEW YORK | BEIJING | We’ve sold wood floors all over the world to the most discer ning clientele you can imagine (our
lips are sealed). We’ve kitted out palaces, manors,
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hotels, yachts and multitudinous other stunning
residences and commercial projects. During that
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We offer clients a lifetime warranty on all product
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of making sure her bounty lasts as long as she
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For full terms of our Warranty, please visit www.sohoforest.com
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