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Classic hardwood floors never go out of style. From wide plank Walnut to polished Cherry to Oak floors with a Herringbone pattern, classic hardwood floors add a sense of elegance and warmth to any room. While contemporary wood flooring achieves a modern feel with stains and textures, classic hardwood floors tend to have a transparent finish that lets the original beauty of the wood shine through.
At Carlisle, we produce wide plank classic hardwood floors in a wide range of woods with lots of options for customization. Our design consultants can walk you through all your options for finishes, patterns and the widths of planks to design a classic hardwood surface. We’ll help you explore the benefits of consistent or random width flooring, the grain patterns in Walnut vs. Oak floors and the density of Maple vs. Cherry. With Carlisle, you’ll design a hardwood floor that will be the defining feature of your home and a surface that will delight you every time you enter the room.
Explore and select from our gallery of our most popular finishes, specially categorized by the personalities and traits of the floor designs.
ExploreWhile there are many types of hardwoods in the world, there are a number of species that homeowners most often consider to be classic hardwood floors.
In addition to classic hardwood floors, Carlisle offers several types of classic pine floors, including Heart Pine and Eastern White Pine, a perfect choice for wide plank knotty Pine flooring.
Classic hardwood floors are floors made with traditional woods like Oak, Walnut, Hickory, Maple, Ash, Cherry and Birch. Most classic hardwood floors have a clear finish that lets the original beauty remain visible.
There is no one color that is considered more "classic" than others. The color of classic hardwood floors can range from darker browns in Walnut floors to lustrous reds in Cherry floors to light beige in Ash floors.
Floors with a high hardness rating like Hickory and Maple tend to be more resistant to dings, dents and scratches. But even softer woods like Cherry and Black Walnut that show wear more easily can last for many generations.
Both light and dark floors have their advantages. Light floors make rooms seem larger and hide dust and dirt more easily, while dark floors make a dramatic statement and tend to hold their color longer.
Hardwood floors are among the most popular type of flooring surface for homeowners, and new hardwood floors tend to add to the value of the home.
Hardwood floors can be installed with unfinished or prefinished wood flooring. With unfinished planks, installers will affix the boards to the subfloor with nails, staples and/or glue. The boards are then sanded, stained and sealed on site. With hardwood floor installation using prefinished planks, the sanding, staining and sealing happens at the manufacturer's facility before boards are shipped for installation. Prefinished floors allow homeowners to avoid the mess and inconvenience of sanding, staining and sealing floors on site.
Yes. Carlisle's refinishing warranty guarantees that Carlisle hardwood flooring products may be professionally sanded and refinished at least 3 times (unless otherwise specified for a particular product) without impairing the general appearance or durability of the floor; but only if proper sanding and refinishing procedures are followed as specified by the National Wood Flooring Association (www.nwfa.org). See the Carlisle Warranty for details.
When you come to Carlisle for classic hardwood floors, our design consultants will work closely with you to define your vision for your perfect floor and help you choose the wood, color, texture and pattern to achieve it. With Carlisle, you can have confidence your floor will be the perfect reflection of your sense of style and beauty. For more than half a century, our craftsmen have fashioned the finest wood floors with exceptional craftsmanship and the soundest and most reliable timber grown in American forests. Whether you choose classic hardwood floors from our curated collections or work with our team to design your own custom surface, your Carlisle wood floor will be handcrafted in the same way: one wide plank at a time.
