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Source: CUSTOM HOME Magazine
Publication date: January 1, 2007

By CUSTOM HOME Staff

Style & Stability

D-Series six-ply, engineered, solid heart pine plank flooring installs quickly and can be stained and finished on-site. The 1/8-inch-thick solid heart pine wear layer can be refinished up to three times, the company says. Southern Wood Floors. 888.488.7463. www.southernwoodfloors.com.

Modern Rustic

The Hand Scraped bamboo flooring collection features rippled surfaces and beveled edges in 6-inch-wide planks. Cordovan brown and black finished planks feature the bamboo stalks' nodal pattern while the fruit-wood-finished planks feature the edgegrain. GreenWood Products. 866.593.4454. www.greenwoodflooring.com.

Yin & Yang

Strips of factory fall-off create the light and dark stripes of Nature's Beauty Fine Line flooring. The multi-species planks are 7 5/8 inches wide and 87 inches long. Junckers Hardwood. 800.878.9663. www.junckershardwood.com.

Picture Perfect

Created in a process that uses ceramic glazes like printing inks, Metro porcelain tiles feature the graphic image of a heavily rusted metal surface. The coppery russet color is broken by steel-blue splotches and streaks for a corroded industrial look. Imagine Tile. 800.680.8453. www.imaginetile.com.

Exotic Streak

Neopolitan flooring is made from strands of honey and dark bamboo woven together and compressed into a dense block, then milled into planks. The tongue-and-groove planks are 3/8 inch thick, 3¾ inches wide, and 36 inches long. Smith & Fong. 866.835.9859. www.plyboo.com.

Tropical Surfaces

Three exotic species are new to the Original collection of engineered wood flooring. Each single-strip plank features a 1/8-inch-thick wood surface with beveled edges and three-layer construction. The wood colors will deepen over time, the maker says. Kährs. 800.800.5247. www.kahrs.com.

Total Eclipse

Pure black without veining, Eclipse marble tiles give a consistent monochromatic appearance and feature a honed, matte finish. Available in 6-inch-by-12-inch and 12-inch-square sizes. For use on walls and floors. Ann Sacks. 800.278.8453. www.annsacks.com.

Flexible Terrazzo

FritzGreenTile terrazzo flooring tiles are made with marble or granite waste and fly ash suspended in a clear or colored resin-based matrix. The 1/8-inch-thick tiles come in 14 colors. Fritz Industries. 800.955.1323. www.fritztile.com.

Nature's Glory

Five-inch-wide Canelo Teak flooring planks feature squared edges. Teak's natural color variations are showcased in each plank with a natural finish. Mannington. 800.482.9527. www.mannington.com.

Custom Creations

Working in solid and engineered formats, the firm crafts custom, one-of-a-kind wood floors based on customer specifications of wood species, color, plank width and length, surface treatment, texture, and finish. T. Morton & Co. Custom Wood Flooring. 717.209.8000. www.tmorton.com.