How have I not seen hardwoods done like this before?

[finally]

Love this!!!

[jloww]

The shape or the color? If you mean the shape, it would cost about one million dollars to hire those cuts out.  It is cool though!

[pitterwoo]

It is so drool worthy. I love fancy wood patterns and inlays.

[finally]

The shape. I like the mixed colors too and am thinking that is the way I will go when I have mine redone in the spring. I saw them in a realtor.com listing for a very average house.

[AmyRI]

Dec 19, 2014 21:35:04 GMT -5 L said:

That's fairly common in old homes...my house has it in the rooms on the main floor (living, dining, foyer). The frame layout just doesn't go in as far toward the center..usually only a foot or so.

Yes, I've seen it quite a bit in old homes, although the proportions are usually different and it looks like a frame of mitred cuts and most of the room is a 1-direction normal pattern.

[lmdbww]

Gosh yeah, that's gorge!

[magdala]

Dec 19, 2014 20:05:22 GMT -5 finally said:

The shape. I like the mixed colors too and am thinking that is the way I will go when I have mine redone in the spring. I saw them in a realtor.com listing for a very average house.

It was common around here in the 1900s-1940s especially for dining rooms and front parlors.  A lot of houses of that era have them.  

[auntie]

Dec 20, 2014 8:48:30 GMT -5 @juno said:

Dec 20, 2014 6:34:12 GMT -5 AmyRI said:

Yes, I've seen it quite a bit in old homes, although the proportions are usually different and it looks like a frame of mitred cuts and most of the room is a 1-direction normal pattern.

Agreed. Ours are like this but the border is only 5 boards. There are some in my nighborhood with a darker inlay around the border
Love it.

My BFF's old pre-WW II rowhouse had floors like you're describing. Hers had two 2" wide walnut inlayed into oak around the first floor rooms. The upstairs had heart of pine.

[finally]

I wonder if they weren't popular around here since I have been in tons of older homes or looked at them online and have never seen that before.

[lavender444]

I appreciate the work that goes into those floors, but I wouldn't want it in my house. It's a bit too much for my liking.

[sju]

Beautiful. I don't think I would be able to put an area rug on top.

[littlemisssunshine]

I manage a rental from the 40's that has these floors. It's so beautiful! A tenant's dog chewed the dining room floor up and the owner spent thousands trying to fix it.