Grand Canyon by Shaw Industries...

Thanks for the email Laurie.

Yes, the fourth photo down is the view as you walk into our front door. Or at least what it looked like a couple years ago. We have since made that room into a formal dining room. This is what it looks like now. Lighting is different so it looks darker and perhaps a little closer to the real color.

It's a beautiful, warm engineered floor and I love it. But ... we don't have kids at home any more or a pet. The wood is fairly soft and dents easily. It is forgiving though as dents just look like natural patina. Also, since it's a cherry, it darkens and reddens with age (another reason it looks darker in the second photo).

Here are the specs: Victoria Floors Antique Collection Coique (Chilean Cherry) Chocolate, 7" wide planks.

Jodi-

Thank you guys! I remembered I got that photo from here but couldn't remember the owner! I'm glad you figured that out!

I appreciate your help and any extra input is still welcome!

babs711...I am also interested in finding a floor like this for my remodel. I need to pick ASAP! Having a hard time finding that look...not necessarily sure I want the "handscraped" look. I particularly like your #2,3,7 and 8 pics. Anyone have anything like these?

Vinogirl, Heart Pine. I'm torn here because I've gone to houses and seen it finished on-site. I've also seen UA's Pine as well as Crescent Hardwood's Pine in the natural and Amber (darker) finish. Stunning. I know it will be slightly softer than oak but that's part of the character of heart pine. And heart pine is harder than regular pine. But it's not cheap. They do have engineered with relatively no sheen. Both the UA and Crescent Hardwood were 7" planks.

I've gone to a fantastic local flooring place with my photos. The guy that's helping me pulled out the heart pine engineered as well as a beautiful brazilian walnut floor that was a bit less and much much harder. The third choice I liked that he pulled for me was Mannington Marrakech Hickory in a med/deep stain. My goal is to have a floor with character but something that won't overpower the space and that helps the space feel comfortable. I was happy with these three over everything I saw. Then I saw the site finished reclaimed heart pine and my heart stopped a little. If we only had unlimited funds!!

I am currently picking out similar hardwoods for our home. I've narrowed it down to Columbia's Timeworn Dockside Maple (solid 5"), or Armstrong's Gatsby Birch in Coventry Brown. I like a slightly distressed look to hide the wear and tear of 4 kids and a dog, but I don't care for the real wavy look. Love the photos you shared. I recognize several of them from Joan's house, which I absolutely love!

Here is a link that might be useful: sweet chaos blog

Babbs,

You have pictures of a few different species there.

The top pic look like Carsiles Wide plank in a stained pine.
The second pic looks like a top nailed, of unknown because of the glare.
The third pic down looks like a hickory in 10, 8 and 6 inch widths.
The forth pic down looks like Brazilian Cherry(Jatoba)
the fifth pic... Stained pine
sixth is too small to tell what it is.
7th looks like Australian Cypress.
8 is again too small and a bad angle.

floorguy,

Thanks for all of that information! Yes, there are definitely different species in my photos. It's more the feel I get from them or that I feel I can get from the space once they're in. I'm glad that at least I will have options.

I'll keep you guys posted on how things go once we progress!

Sounds like you just like the darker species or darker stains.

On a different note my previous house had hardwood floor throughout and you might want to think tiles in at least the kitchen. I know it is personal taste but now that I live in a house with mostly tiles I like the fact that water/drink spills won't cause panic attacks anymore. That includes the water bowl for the doggy. Just my 1 1/2 cents,...