After: New Family Room and Quarter Sawn Oak Kitchen
Carol Rosner
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Help me decide: hickory or quarter sawn white oak for kitchen
Comments (3)Dh and I had hickory at our previous house and liked it very much. Now, in our new home we have white oak and I really can't tell any difference in the "hardness". We have a dog and have always had one on both floors and our dogs' nails scratched the hickory just the same as the white oak as far as I can tell. The difference may be that the hickory is a more "busy" pattern than the white oak so that you can't see the scratches as well. Which is the main reason I didn't want it again; it has so many variations in color in the wood I wanted something a little more "calm". Hope this helps!...See MoreRift & Quarter Sawn Hardwood Flooring (Supplier and Cost
Comments (1)Your installer will have a local source. Floors are best bought locally. It's a commodity market. The price fluctuates according to supply and demand. $8-$14 has been the range here, depending on source. Plus install and finish....See MoreQuarter sawn oak patches, what should I expect
Comments (16)If you don't specify what you get will be "run of the tree" as it were, a mixture of plain sawn, rift, and quarter depending on which part of the tree it came from and the angle of the cut relative to the growth rings. There are ways the sawyer can optimize yield of rift/quartersawn, but it's very wasteful, hence expensive. The other approach is to sort the boards after they are cut. There will be relatively few quartersawn, again resulting in a higher price. Heres a good diagram. Unfortunately your installer wasn't paying any attention to grain, a very, very common problem in almost everything made of wood (and the reason that most factory cabinets and furniture are drenched in nearly opaque stain). He should either have intermixed the boards with different patterns (the typical solution) or sorted them using the QS wood someplace special or reselling it at a substantial markup....See Morehow to Help!! Need to update kitchen with quarter sawn cabinets
Comments (40)I'm trying to understand this advice to drywall over brick. I imagine it happens that someone buys a home because they love a lot of things about it but they hate the brick. But I don't hear this from the home owner. She seems to be happy with it. And I don't really see in any way that brick fights with wood. Brick and wood in home design have always been a happy choice for a lot of people. People who like a more casual style, who like a country style. Who like natural materials. Yes, it is not currently the style of the day. It's not sleek and modern and white and gray. But, whether you are another home owner or a professional, when asked for advice on the forums, I think we all might remember to pay attention to what the homeowner is asking for and what they are not asking for. I think it would be unfortunate to try to make everyone's home a cookie cutter version of everyone else's home. And if someone is happy with certain elements of their home and they get all this advice about how it just doesn't work and it should be replaced, that can be deflating. And I'm not trying to step on anyone's toes. I realize professionals might think they are being asked to give their best advice, sure, but at the same time, sometimes it might be just a difference in taste and style. Sometimes people feel they have a blank slate and want all the advice and ideas they can get. It's just my observation from reading multiple threads on Houzz, that sometimes the OP expresses what they are looking for and it's not always noticed....See MoreCarol Rosner
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