Choosing a Custom Wood Flooring Texture

 

Carlisle’s expert craftsmen can create a variety of handmade surface treatments, each bringing its own distinctive look to a floor.

A recent addition, Texture has become a popular option for customers looking for extra personalization in the last few decades. As wide plank flooring continues to advance, there’s been an increase in creating an older more authentic look. At Carlisle, we lean towards random widths and flooring grade as first steps to achieving authenticity. We then apply Texture to enhance the old feel to your floor further. We offer a variety of textures, and all of them recreate the less than perfect surfaces seen on older floors. Some techniques even use the same tools and processes that craftsmen used 200 years ago, creating the look and feel of a centuries-old floor.

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Brushed, A Popular Starting Point
Drawing Inspiration from centuries-old flooring

The original look of brushed Texture took inspirations from centuries of foot traffic traversing old wood floors. Everyday use wore down the soft grain in the grain lines, and as a result, allowed the more dense grain to stand proud of the surrounding grain. When applying this technique to your floor, the boards get brushed 4 separate times. We use a uniquely develop multilayer bristle that follows only the softer grain, thus perfectly recreated the look of a worn floor. If the smoothness of a freshly milled floor is a little too refined, go with our brushed Texture. You won’t regret how it subtle enhances and the beautiful grain patterns unique to each board.

Brushed, A Popular Starting Point
Handscraped Edges Dating Back Over 200 Years
Bringing a original tradition back to your floors

The Handscraped Edge is a 200-year-old process introduced by the original crafters of exceptional floors and now, resurrected by Carlisle over 50 years ago. We start by running a small block plane down the sharp edge of each plank, going deeper in some sections and less so in others. Originally this was done because every plank cut was a slightly different thickness because the watermills of the day were not as accurate as modern-day mills. Instead of leaving a sharp point along the edges, the carpenter would slightly bevel the thicker board to ease the transition down to the thinner board. If you want to create a uniquely handcrafted look to each board and add 200 years of history to your floor, this is the Texture that will do just that.

Handscraped Edges Dating Back Over 200 Years

Additional Textures

Learn more about our other custom flooring options.