Complete Renovation

Brazilian Cherry Front Entrance and Great Room

large room under renovation with tall windows on the left and a fireplace large room under renovation, looking towards windows from spiral staircase looking down on a large room from a spiral staircase, towards the windows

The main entrance of this home opened directly in to the great room with cathedral ceilings and a sweeping circular staircase coming down from the second floor. When the owners renovated their home, we installed an exotic Brazillian Cherry hardwood floor to make this area of the home look spectacular.

Dark-stained maple hardwood main floor renovation

open-concept main floor with dining room in background; stairs (& cat) in front a 4-step staircase made from with 3 1/4" pre-finished, dark-stained hardwood close-up of stair stringer, showing hardwood detail, white trim and beige wall another view of main floor, showing second-floor stairs and back of the house view of main floor and stairs from entranceway, showing existing tile family room with rocking chair and chesterfield, showing detail around fireplace low-angle view, showing off the smooth hardwood & transition to carpet on stairs kitchen floor with tile–inset—feature and hardwood around it's edges detail around kitchen cabinets after hardwood installation

In this installation, we installed a pre-finished, dark–stained hard maple floor. This major renovation included removing all the carpet and under-pad, installing hardwood on the entire main floor of the home, and re-constructing the small staircase between the entrance and the main floor with the hardwood. The hardwood was made from 3¼–inch planks.

Hardwood, Tile, Carpet: A Complete Home Renovation

tiled feature by door and cupboard with surrounding hardwood close–up view of the porcelain tile at the entrance in natural light air vent set in the tile at the front entrance and hardwood frame close–up showing the hardwood frame construction detail entrance hardwood and porcelain tile beside second-floor staircase close–up view of the hardwood frame right–angled joint construction front entrance feature in natural light Open–plan dining/kitchen area finished in 3/4" beech hardwood long hallway leading to the laundry area with hardwood floor kitchen area with hardwood floor, island and wooden chairs view of the hardwood in the first–floor hallway kitchen viewed from the laundry hallway close–up view of kitchen floor, island counter to the left hardwood and partition–wall dividing kitchen from living area chairs with floor protectors for the hardwood dining room floor in foreground; kitchen island and chairs in the background long-angle view of dining area; seen from the living room (front of the house) dining area with hardwood floor in foreground; living room in background carpet on stairs leading to the second floor close–up carpet on stairs, installed around metal railing view of carpet capped through the railing on second floor landing low-angle view of carpeted stairway from main floor hallway carpet–to–tile transition at main washroom doorway carpet in hallway leading to second bedroom view of carpeted second–floor landing from hallway, leading to bedroom

This was a floor installation done as part of a complete home renovation.

The challenge that the interior designer posed was to create a square-tiled front entrance, square in appearance to the walls (i.e.: the walls were not straight) and then install the hardwood so that the hardwood lines were parallel to the length of the room. Most walls are not square to each other or straight and when you are working with square material and creating dimensionally square features, it does pose a challenge.

Porcelain Tile and Maple Hardwood Entrance and Dining Room

5-sided, tiled area with vent by glass door entrance; hardwood surrounding close-up view tiled area with vent by glass door entrance, from right side 5-sided, tiled area with vent from left side 5-sided, tiled area with vent from left side, against the wall detail of vent in tiled area maple floor in dining room from door; tiled area in the foreground

This was a challenging design on a main floor which had hardwood throughout. We had to create a tiled feature at the main entrance for visitors to step on to from the outside to remove their shoes and boots, yet have enough walk-through on hardwood from the dining room to the living area.

Custom–designed easy–access shower

tiled shower with a small raised kerb and large handrail view showing shower floor at same level as bathroom floor, and small water kerb view showing grab-rails angled view, showing tile sloping towards the drain of the shower close-up of small kerb designed to keep water out but still work with wheelchair
Allied flooring designed, framed, drywalled and re-constructed a shower for ease–of–access from a wheelchair.

Hardwood-Like Plank Laminate

green mat and door to left, carpeted stairs to right; with a hardwood-like floor large open space with kitchen to left, hardwood-like laminate on floor carpeted stairs in foreground, hardwood-like laminate in room and hallway

We installed hardwood-like laminate on most of the floors in this home during a big renovation.

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