The Top 7 Wood Flooring Options for 2023

When you’re looking for the timeless beauty of hardwood floors, wood is hard to beat. Every board’s uncommon potential brings life to your home, whether you are installing wood floors in all of the rooms of your home or just a small section. Real wood floors add a whole other level of character to your home that you won’t find with any other flooring option.

There are tons of different flooring options out there, some good and some bad, so we have picked our top 7 favorite wood flooring options for 2022 and compiled them all into one post just for you!

 
 

1: Reclaimed Barn Wood Flooring
 

This is an excellent rustic option for your home if you love the old barn look. It comes in packs of mixed widths at 3", 4", and 5" but widths often depend on availability at the time of purchase. 

Barnwood is many people's first choice when choosing their floors because of its vintage look and rustic appeal. Barnwood is also a way to recycle an old resource instead of just letting it be burned. Our customers often love the rustic patina, staining, and natural weathering that comes with the barn wood.

Here are a few of the incredible ways some of our customers have used this wood in their homes and other projects over the years.

 
 

If you’re looking for some incredible character, the reclaimed barn wood flooring is for you! Feel free to contact us with questions about pricing, availability, and timing for reclaimed wood flooring.

2. White Oak Flooring
 

White oak flooring comes in mixed widths and in random lengths at 3/4” thickness. It comes in select-character grade. The select-character grade board waste margin is similar to #2 common, and will still include cracks, barky edges, and occasional missing knots. It usually comes in mixed widths of 3", 5", and 7", but will depend on availability at the time of purchase. This option has a micro bevel at the joint.

People love white oak flooring for its hardy durability and readiness to take on stain. White oak is well known for being among some of the hardest woods used for flooring, making it the perfect option if you know your floors will be well-used. This wood species is also a great option when you would like to stain your lumber due to its light color.

 
 

If you’re looking for some beautiful character for your durable hard wood flooring, the white oak flooring is for you! Feel free to contact us with questions about pricing, availability, and timing for white oak wood flooring.

3. Ambrosia Maple Flooring
 

Wormy maple, otherwise known as Ambrosia Maple, flooring comes in mixed widths and in random lengths at 3/4” thickness. The Ambrosia maple comes in select character grade.

The select-character grade board waste margin will include cracks, barky edges, and occasional missing knots. It usually comes in mixed widths of 3", 5", and 7", but offerings will depend on availability at the time of purchase. This option has a micro bevel at the joint.

Ambrosia maple is a beautiful hardwood that has a distinct wormy pattern in the wood. People love this look in the maple! A beetle called an Ambrosia beetle causes the wood to become streaky and to have a wormy look to the wood. This does not take away the strength of the wood in any way, but it does create an impressive and unique look to your floors.

Check out some of the ways our incredible customers have used this product over the years!

 
 

If you love the beauty and character of that wormy maple, this flooring is for you! Feel free to contact us with questions about pricing, availability, and timing for ambrosia maple flooring.

 

The beauty of Hickory flooring is its extreme durability and its unique character and charm. The durability of this wood paired with its more water-resistant nature draws people into buying this wood for their home. The hickory flooring option requires less maintenance and is a perfect light colored flooring option.

Hickory flooring will come in mixed widths and in random lengths at 3/4” thickness. This option comes in select-character grade. It usually comes in mixed widths of 3", 5", and 7", but offering will depend on availability. This option has a micro bevel at the joint.

 
 

If you love the beauty and character of that hickory, this flooring is for you! Feel free to contact us with questions about pricing, availability, and timing for American Hickory flooring.

5. Southern Yellow Pine Flooring
 

Southern yellow pine is the hardest softwood species. This combined with its beautiful character make it a wonderful option for many people's homes. Not only is the wood durable, but it is very affordable and is readily available at a lot of lumber yards. Southern yellow pine is available in 1x6 #3 common grade at 3/4” thickness.

This is technically still knotty pine lumber, but you will see less of the missing knots, cracks, and character than in the lower cabin grade pine. This option has a true square edge at the joint, where most of our other flooring options have a micro bevel.

 
 

If you love the beauty and character of that Southern Yellow Pine, this flooring is for you! Feel free to contact us with questions about pricing, availability, and timing for Yellow Pine flooring.

6. Poplar Flooring
 

People love poplar flooring for its ease of installation and timeless character. This flooring option is just as easy to install as a pine option, but with added durability and strength.

The poplar flooring widths will depend on availability but are usually either 1x3 or 1x4. This comes in a #2 common grade. You will still see cracks and barky edges in the poplar, but there will be significantly fewer missing knots than some of our lower grades. This option also has a true square edge at the joint, where most of our other flooring options have a micro bevel.

 

If you love the beauty and character of poplar, this flooring is for you! Feel free to contact us with questions about pricing, availability, and timing for Poplar flooring.

 
7. Black Walnut Flooring
 

When our customers buy this flooring option they often buy it because they love the rich dark color of the black walnut flooring, as well as its strength and durability. This hardwood flooring option has been popular for many years all over the U.S. We sell our black walnut flooring in mixed widths and in random lengths at 3/4” thickness. It comes in the character grade.

The character grade tends to have a little more of the cracks, missing knots, barky edges, and other board waste than the select-character grade does. It usually comes in mixed widths of 3", 5", and 7", but offering will depend on availability at the time of purchase. This option has a micro bevel at the joint.

 
 

If you love the beauty and character of the Black Walnut, this flooring is for you! Feel free to contact us with questions about pricing, availability, and timing for Walnut flooring.

 
Have questions about hard wood flooring?
 

Would you like to learn more about real wood flooring? Feel free to contact our team below and we’ll be glad to answer any questions possible!

Malachi Guyer