Hardwood Flooring 101: Common texture types
The texture of a hardwood floor can add a lot to decor. There are a variety of hardwood flooring textures available on the market. At Arimar, our hand craftsmen work uses both age-old techniques and cutting-edge technologies to create a visually stunning result that is unique to your home or space. Let’s take a look at three common texture types:
Smooth Hardwood Flooring
Hardwood flooring with a smooth surface can definitely enhance the elegance of a room, especially when used in a darker finish. Keep in mind that smooth hardwood floors will show scratches and dents more readily than a more textured hardwood floor.
Hand-scraped Wood Floors
Hand-scraped floors refers to the process employed by our artisans to create a ‘distressed’ antique look and feel. Using metal gouges, chisels and hand planes each plank is individually crafted to create a refined aged texture that is still smooth to the touch. This highlights the layered tones and textures and accentuates the depth and dimension of each plank. Hand-scraped floors are created with love and craftsmanship which means that no two planks are identical. Together the planks create a flooring evocative of a bygone era adding individual character and charm to a room whilst maintaining under-foot comfort.
Wire-brushed Hardwood Floors
A hardwood floor which is wire brushed offers a middle ground texture — between smooth and hand scraped. Like hand-scraped hardwood floors, wire-brushed floors can range from moderate to extreme in texture. To create this texture, the wood is delicately brushed with steel bristles, opening the grain, removing the soft portion of the top of the wood plank, leaving the hardest wood and revealing a subtle scuffed effect. It’s a warm, natural texture you can see and feel that accentuates contrasts in color and masks the effects of daily traffic.
Stay tuned for the next blog post where we’ll be talking about wood floor finishes.
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