Mixed Hardwood Flooring

A guide to mixed hardwood flooring

Mixed hardwood flooring can bring great visual variety to any space. Whether you combine contrasting woods in a single room or choose a different hardwood species for each room in the house, mixed hardwood flooring is sure to make a strong statement – when it’s done right.

The danger with mixed hardwood flooring is creating a surface that feels too busy or seems like a mistake. That’s why it’s important to involve an experienced design consultant when considering using mixed woods in a hardwood floor.

At Carlisle, our wide plank specialists are experts at designing mixed hardwood flooring for optimal impact and stunning visuals. Whether it’s combining natural Birch hardwood flooring with Black Walnut stair treads or mixing Oak and unfinished Pine flooring, our design consultants will guide you through all your options to produce wide plank floors that will delight and amaze you for years to come.

Choosing the species for your mixed hardwood flooring

Whether you’re mixing wood within a room or in adjacent rooms, you’ll want to start by understanding the personality and characteristics of each type of hardwood or Pine. Carlisle design consultants can walk you through the benefits of Birch vs. Maple or Maple vs. Cherry, for example, and help you select the best species for the look and feel you want to achieve.

We offer a variety of hardwood flooring.

• Brown Maple features subtle and consistent grain patterns with distinctive brown heartwood and exceptional hardness and durability.
• White Maple features natural, neutral color tones with cleaner and lighter hues that make this hardwood perfect for both traditional and contemporary designs. White Maple features strikingly beautiful grain patterns that are more subtle than Hickory or Oak.
• Walnut offers exquisitely dark hues of chocolate with auburn undertones. Walnut’s complex grain patterns and resiliency make for spectacular floors with or without stain.
• Cherry offers lustrous red hues that darken to deep, glowing auburn colors as the floor ages. With subtle but distinctive flowing grain patterns, Cherry is an excellent option for both contemporary and traditional decor.
• Ash has unique, meandering grain patterns and a neutral palette with hues from light blonde to cream to rich nutty brown.
• Birch has modest but varying grain patterns that run from highly figured flames to subtle swirls. Featuring rich reddish-brown tones in the heartwood, Birch also offers hues of warm amber and blonde outer edges.
• Hickory is a tough and handsome wood with interesting grain patterns. Hickory’s color palette runs from light blonde sapwood to cocoa brown and beige heartwood.
• Red Oak is an extremely popular hardwood that can complement both rustic and modern interior designs. Red Oak features deep, salmon tones in the heartwood and tight, consistent grain structure.
• White Oak offers dramatic grain features and hues of light, nutty brown. One of the denser hardwoods available, White Oak makes exceptionally durable floors that can complement any casual, formal or contemporary design scheme.
• Rift and Quartersawn White Oak offers strikingly beautiful planks that feature straight parallel lines running the entire length of the board for a more formal, consistent appearance.
• Eastern White Pine is a strong and durable softwood that wears in overtime to enhance the unique character of a home. With dense, signature grain and subtle knots, Eastern White Pine features lighter tones that can be finished in a wide variety of colors.
• Heart Pine is hard as Oak and offers a broad range of character – from boards with tight knots and vertical grain to planks with wider lines, extravagant knots and cathedral wood patterns.
• Hit or Miss Pine floors are made with new planks that are treated to look like boards that were cut at early sawmills.

Carlisle: mixed hardwood flooring of extraordinary quality

At Carlisle, our artisan craftsmen have been producing remarkable wood floors for more than 50 years. From our curated collections to our custom-designed surfaces, every Carlisle floor is uniquely designed for the homeowner who commissions it and is hand-crafted with the finest timber from American forests. Fashioned with passion, pride and purpose, your mixed hardwood flooring from Carlisle will be an essential expression of your sense of style and taste, and a welcome reminder of where you are every time you return home.

The exceptional quality of our wide plank flooring is matched only by the quality of our customer experience. Our wide plank specialists will work closely with you to explore all your options as well as the beauty and benefits of every species of wood. From the grade and structure of your floorboards to your options for texture and finish, we’ll offer expert assistance throughout the process to help you achieve your vision for a one-of-a-kind floor that will be a defining feature of your home.