Some Things are Meant to Be | Hand Scraped Wood Floors
Now that I have shared our kitchen, I realized, I never shared one of the most commonly asked questions about our home – our custom hardwood floors. Very few people enter our home without commenting on them. They’re a little unexpected. You’ve seen them in various posts, but now it’s time to let them shine!
As many of you know, while we didn’t install them ourselves, it was a labor of love. They didn’t exactly go as planned & wasn’t the most pleasant experience. Anyone who has worked with contractors can relate! In the end, we love them. The floors are so forgiving, which I’m thankful for with 3 kids & a pup!
Hand scraped flooring creates a unique look. So unique, that it cannot be duplicated in a factory. Each board is scraped and/or distressed by skilled artisans. No two boards look alike, instantly adding interest & character. When we were pricing our floors {over 2 1/2 years ago}, we found that true hand scraped flooring is difficult to find, but the term is used loosely, especially with partially engineered hardwoods. It’s important to know the process if you’re doing a price comparison.
We chose to do 3″, 4″, & 5″ boards to give varying widths. We selected rift & quartered white oak wood with a chestnut stain. We had them finished in tung oil versus polyurethane to give them a subtle rustic, comfortable lived in feel. Traditionally, hardwood floors are finished in polyurethane. The oil is significantly more expensive, so when we had our living room floors sanded & stained to match, we opted for a matte polyurethane.
This was the sample floor we took home from the factory – I still love the color!
As you can see, ours are much darker. Long story short, they were supposed to be stained in-home & they stained them at the factory – in the wrong color.
I would have loved the original, but love our darker hardwoods just as much. What do you think? Click here to see how we created this look for less in the basement. Follow along my home posts with #celebratehome on Instagram.
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Hi Julie! I am desperately trying to find flooring like yours! Can you please tell me your source? Thanks!
Acme in Kansas – anyone that makes there own can recreate it!
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I really like the floors. I’m getting ready to install some white oak and would love to get that identical look. Can you tell me the process in which your floors were done.
Julie–I love the floors. I’m trying to recreate them for myself. Could you tell me what stain you used on the floors? And was it a single coat or multiple coats of stain, and also how many coats of matte poly?
All of that info is in the post 😉
around how much did it cost per sqft considering wood, stain, oil involved. (if you install yourself). I have an option in flooring right now, but would love to get the ones you have if it is similar in price. Thanks!
These were about $15/sq foot but the sand and stain hardwoods we installed in our new home were half the price.
I need to make a decision on floors this week and I really like yours. Would you mind telling me how much it cost per sqft. You can email me if that would be better. Thanks so much!
How did you like having the wood floors in the bathroom. I’m getting ready to build and really want the same flooring throughout the house. We’re doing planks as opposed to click and lock so I’m fine with replacing one if it gets to bad from water, but I worry more about mold underneath and not realizing it is there
If there’s not a shower, I love them!
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