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A Tribute to Nature in ‘Every Living Crack’ of Swamp Oak Floor | By Wood Floor Business http://ow.ly/pOkE50Ba0MG The 200-square-foot room is part of the "Shkrub House," a 4,000-square-foot home created by Kyiv, Ukraine-based Sergey Makhno Architects. Makhno, a student of Japanese architecture and the wabi-sabi philosophy that embraces imperfection, designed the home for himself and his family. The bog wood acquired for the room, a bedroom for his eldest son, is an estimat...ed 500 years old, extracted from the bottom of swamps and rivers. "We have long dreamed of implementing such a floor and, finally, we succeeded," Makhno told WFB via email. Preparation of the wood was handled by Dmitry Zolotarev, a wood specialist Makhno frequently teams up with for projects. The boards, which feature cracks formed in nature, were hand-cut using band and circular saws. "Such work doesn't depend on expensive equipment," Makhno says. "The [wood] master is responsible for everything." They were "assembled into a mosaic and each segment was adjusted to each other;" then they were planed and sanded off-site, sealed and coated with several layers of finish. "It was originally thought to be done in dark shades," Makhno says. "But it was important not to overdo it and leave the natural color of the tree." The prefinished antique boards were carefully arranged and glued directly to the slab, an installation process that took three days to complete. The floor and home are a tribute to Makhno's family ("Shkrub" isn't a Ukrainian wordit's a term of endearment between Makhno and his wife, Vlada). But they're also a homage to nature. "It is very important that in this way we are able to pay tribute to the history and nature that are hidden in every living crack of this oak," Makhno says. #FloorandMore #HardwoodFlooring #Flooring #interiordesign

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Solid Wood vs. Engineered Solid wood flooring, as the name suggests, is made of solid wood throughout its thickness. It usually made of a hardwood species, such as oak, maple, or walnut, and its major advantage is that it can be sanded and refinished many times over the course of its lifespan. Engineered wood flooring looks very similar on the surface, but it is made from a relatively thin layer of hardwood bonded over a substrate of high-quality plywood. Engineered flooring ...is somewhat less expensive than solid hardwood, but most types can be sanded and refinished only once since the surface hardwood layer is relatively thin. There is no clear advantage to one form of wood flooring over the other; your choice depends on how much you value the relative merits of each. Solid Wood Flooring vs. Engineered Wood Flooring Solid wood flooring comes in long planks, usually made of a hardwood species. It is milled with tongues and grooves on opposite edges so that the boards interlock when installed. It is always nailed down to the subfloor, a process that requires some skill. Because it is solid wood, this flooring can be sanded down and refinished several times over its life. Engineered wood flooring looks very much like solid hardwood, but its construction features a relatively thin layer of hardwood bonded over a premium-quality plywood layer that gives the flooring very good stability. A good-quality engineered wood floor typically lasts 25 to 30 years, and it is both less expensive and easier for DIYers to instal Solid Hardwood Flooring: Solid hardwood flooring boards tend to be narrower than engineered hardwood flooring. Solid hardwood generally has very tight seams between boards, and there is a great range of colors and species than is found with engineered hardwood flooring. Solid hardwood is available in both pre-finished and unfinished boards. Engineered Hardwood Flooring: Floorboards tend to be wider with engineered hardwood flooring. Some pre-finished engineered hardwood flooring has slightly beveled edges, which creates slight grooves between boards, while solid hardwood flooring generally has very tight seams between boards. Engineered hardwood flooring is almost always sold pre-finished, and there is a narrower range of available colors and species than with solid hardwood. For More info visit: www.thespruce.com/engineered-hardwood-vs-solid-flooring-182 #FloorandMore #HardwoodFlooring #Flooring #InteriorDesign

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