What are Hardwood Floor Inlays?
Hardwood floor inlays add texture, pattern, and definition by creating a design with contrasting wood. Since ancient times, woodworkers have carved out planks in one pattern and precisely fitted another species of wood at the same level to produce a smooth surface, called inlay. Decorators use hardwood floor inlays in any room of the house to set off clusters of furniture, separate living spaces, or dramatize a central feature. A plain floor can be made unique and valuable by adding hardwood floor inlays. Any picture you can draw can be adapted to your pattern and realized. Manufacturers use a computer and laser cutting device to create the pattern. These inlaid designs can take the form of a border around the perimeter of a room, a flourish in a walkway, or a central medallion as a focal point. A fireplace can be outlined to extend the shape of the hearth with a wrap of leaves or flowers. An inlaid scene resembling a bucolic pasture or abstract motif could act as a mat on a staircase
