Project photos- Tigerwood Flooring

 Our friend friends JoAnna and Charles recently did a project in their home using our Brazilian Tigerwood flooring.  Tison Wyatt of Blue Ridge Building Contractors, LLC was the installer. 

The floor looks great, and this is what Joanna had to say...

 COMMENTS AND TIPS BY JOANNA V.

   Tison did a great job on a complicated flooring job.  I had odd
angles that all came together as you can see in the pictures.  The
new patterns needed to look as if they had all been planned that
way.We originally had a wood hall then carpet in the two rooms going
off the hall at angle.  What a big difference in looks, air quality,
and so much easier to keep clean.

 (Read more after the break...)

     This Brazilian TigerWood that I got from Blue Ridge Surplus at a
great price is especially beautiful if you have darker or antique
furniture but yet want a relatively bright and light look.  The
intermittent darker streaks and pieces bring out darker furniture so
nicely.  I had Tison to put it in my husband's office and the small
guest bedroom.  Placed diagonally, it makes the rooms look bigger as
well as integrating the difficult angles.  The little bit more time
and material it took for the diagonal placement is well worth it.  The
"optical illusion" is much more interesting to the eye.  The master
bedroom was done straight in order to give more depth to the room
rather than width.  Whatever direction in the room you want to
elongate, aim the grooves that way.  You can also do a border of
different colored wood if you have room for it to show.  This of
course takes more time because the tongue part of the planks have to
be removed and the fitting is very precise.  It is beautiful when it
is done however. The installer has to be very experienced and patient
like Tison is however.

     I have found over years of remodeling our different houses that
it is VERY IMPORTANT especially with wood floors to have as clean a
look as possible.  That means getting cords under control.  They are
much easier to hide with  carpet (some of us remember deep shag that
could hide anything) but with wood, it is often a challenge.  Careful
placement of furniture or wastebaskets or curtains can cover unsightly
outlets.  Cutting a hole in the back of furniture (as in our computer
cabinet) may enable furniture to be placed directly against the wall
rather than inches from it, a real space saver in a small room.  Hot
gluing (I never leave home without my gun) the cord along the shoe
mould or baseboard moulding then painting it to match if necessary can
make the cord virtually disappear.  Cords look better at a 90 degree
angle rather than diagonal or crooked so add an extension cord to make
a too short cord less noticeable.  Remember also that you can buy an
extension cord with a low profile flat head that takes up a lot less
room, again worth the little bit of extra they cost.

(This photo taken with different flash 

settings than previous photos)

     I find that using a stained moulding that blends in with the wood
floor makes the room look bigger also.  When a white shoe mould or
quarter round is used, it can make the room look smaller and often
gets dirty streaks or vacuum marks on it which makes for very tedious
repainting or cleaning.  I used a smaller stainable window mutin
moulding from Blue Ridge Surplus which was perfect for the cleaner
bigger look I was after.


Good luck with your projects,  JoAnna V.