donnaj123, did you end up making a decision. My 3 1/4 Engineered Brazilian Cherry Floors from Triangulo have arrived. They are replacing the water damaged 5" wide engineered Brazilian Cherry floors from the same company but then they were being sold by BR-111 and installed in September 2009.

My installer then put one 72" long board on top of another and the very long wide dark board really stuck out getting me upset. I decided I just prefer the less wide board for my townhouse and any short boards can be made long by putting a similar color on top. I will let you know how the floor install looks next week.

My wood was delivered today and I was surprised on the box to see it only has a 30% sheen. I could not get any samples of the Indusparquet that was $1/sq ft more but I see now based on finally having time to look at their website and figure out how to use it that they have a Urethane sheen over their aluminum oxide wood so it will be shinier. I hope I made the right decision. If I want shinier, I can do that for my bedroom I guess. I thought they were the exact same product so why pay more. So far in the cartons from opening the sides, it looks like many of the boards are long but I will know on Wednesday next week.

Matt is in style right now and shows less smudges but I still prefer more of a satin finish. But the wood is here and I get a lot of traffic in my home office during my tax season so maybe it is best to not have too much of a sheen here. I just wish I had gotten a sample but the insurance company was rushing me to get a contract signed.