Hardwood Floor Borders - An Apartment Renovation

The following images show a few rooms from an apartment in the USA. In fact is near Columbia University. This apartment has been renovated the building has been completed in 1909 and the parquet flooring is original from that date. The rooms have installed a classical parquet flooring layout - made of a chess pattern in the middle, a hardwood border inlay as perimeter separation and the backfill strips to the wall.

Another Old Parquet Floor with Inlays - Chattanooga, Tennessee

This mansion is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The table at the entry says tit has been built ”circa 1889”. It is nowadays called Mayor’s Mansion Inn formerly called Adams Hilborne Mansion Inn. The image below shows a piece of a parquet flooring composed of parquet panels and a parquet border inlay. The article we took as source for this post is: http://ohtheplaceswesee.com/2012/08/12/even-better-than-i-remembered-chattanoogas-mayors-mansion-inn/

Hardwood Floor Borders - Around the Fireplace Installation.

 Hardwood Floor Borders - Around the Fireplace. Excellent Sample of Installation.

An excellent piece of work. An around the fireplace parquet floor border inlay. I won't forget to rate the photo: excellent. Source: http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Estate.Flooring.847-498-6281/picture/view/2424285?start=7

Insole Court in South Wales and the fine parquetry with inlay border. Craftsmanship of the 19th century.

The Insole Court is a Llandlaff, South Wales located mansion who belonged to James Harvey Insole, a colliery proprietor. It's a mansion whose building started at the middle of 19th century and went through a series of rebuilding and redecoration phases afterwards.

What interests us is the parquetry flooring installed in the house in the 19th century which, in the dining room, features a splendid parquet border.

I have found two detail images on Mark's photo stream at Flickr:

Wide parquet border inlay - detail, Insole Court.

  

Parquet flooring with border, Insole Court - detail

Stefanie's Brooklyn Renovation - Old Parquet Flooring with Inlay Borders

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Originally uploaded by MrsLimestone

Stefanie's renovation of a Brooklyn house apartment has brought back to life an old parquet flooring.

The parquet is installed with inlay borders in a few patterns used in that epoch.

It is rarely seen on the Internet such well done pictures not to mention the succession of images that show how an old parquet (nail-down installation) has been transformed.

The pictures show the splendor of the old floor and the aesthetic contribution of the hardwood floor borders and inlays.

Stefanie's blog: http://www.brooklynlimestone.com/

Wood Floor Borders - A Technical Drawing

For visitors seeking the technical aspects of the wood floor borders and their installation we publish this design.
As this blog is dedicated to the wood floor borders and medallions and their aesthetic valences we encourage the visitor to ask questions with reference to this subject.
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Parquet Flooring - Border and Medallion Inlays - A New Aesthetic

Infinity - Wood Border Inlay Installed in a Hall

A couple of pictures with the INFINITY wood floor border installed in a hall. The installation has been done in a hallway together with Oak Basketweave parquet floor inlay pattern. A sample of an installation in a narrow space with hardwood borders at a 63 mm 2 1/4 in. wide. Installation by Naturally Wood Ltd., Loughton, Essex, United Kingdom.

Welcome to the Parquet Flooring Blog!

The parquet flooring blog has opened today January 31st, 2007.