Classic Distressed Flooring in Style
A New Take on Two Classic Floors For our June Inspirations Newsletter, Cochran’s Lumber is proud to feature two of our most classic flooring choices, Tobaccowood Distressed and Horse Country Oak. When our clients began the process of designing their home, they were certain they wanted something more than just standard oak floors. With that […]
Neoclassical Elegance
Wide Plank Flooring
Timeless Elegance with Custom Finishing Ornate, grand, and beautifully elegant, Antebellum Architecture is a true Southern treasure. Custom homebuilder Warfield Homes and Architect Jon Burge recreated this neoclassical design for their client with the use of multi-level porches, sweeping staircase, and dramatic columns. They also choose our wide-plank Live Sawn White Oak flooring with added […]
Hardwood Floors and Humidity
Hardwoods and Humidity Humidity can play a major role in how well your flooring looks over the years. For both solid and engineered wood floors, Cochran’s recommends keeping the levels in your home or office between 35% and 55%. If humidity levels drop below 35% it can cause your wood to dry out, resulting in splintering […]
Solid versus Engineered Wood Flooring
Wood Flooring Options When it comes to choosing hardwood flooring, factors such as subflooring and environmental changes can come into play. All of Cochran’s American Heritage or Reclaimed Flooring is available in both solid and engineered flooring. Solid Wood Flooring Solid flooring is just like it sounds. It is a solid piece of wood from […]
Pros and Cons of Urethane and Oil Finishes
Urethane and Oil Finishes – Wood Flooring Cochran’s uses two different types of finishes when pre-finishing our flooring. When choosing what finish would be the best fit for your needs, the best decision will be made by considering how the floor will be used, maintained and cleaned. Urethane Finishing Urethane finishing protects the wood by […]
Better Together – Flooring Installation Video
Installation Process ~ Madera Floors Without a trusted flooring installer, our products are just that…products. Here at Cochran’s, we are grateful to the many installers throughout the United States who understand and appreciate that our flooring is one-of-a-kind and must be treated with care and precision. One such trusted installer is Madera Floors. When our […]
Wood Grades Explained
Grades of Wood for Flooring The grade is a way to classify wood planks according to knots, color variation, surface holes, and other character and milling marks. Grading refers only to the visual aspect of wood and is not a measure of quality. Generally speaking, Cochran’s Lumber offers three main grades of flooring. When considering […]
Custom Flooring & Finishes
Finishes, Floors and More When it comes to selecting wood flooring with Cochran’s Lumber, our clients benefit from generations of craftsmanship. We combine the best of reclaimed and new wood sources with our customized finishes to deliver a unique floor for any room in your home or office. ____________________________________________________________________________ Desert Hickory Wood Floors What better way […]
Custom Finish and Design
The Versatility of Wood Flooring In this months issue of Inspirations, we highlight a few of our recent favorite applications of Cochran’s product, all shown on our Live Sawn White Oak. After forty years in the wood flooring business, we know that none of our wonderful floors could be fully appreciated without skilled installation partners. […]
Antique Wood Flooring
The Versatility of Antique Oak and Pine Flooring For this month’s Inspirations newsletter, we are proud to share with you two spaces that feature our Antique Oak and Antique Heart Pine flooring. These two projects showcase not only the quality and uniqueness of our products but also our product’s ability to add warmth and character […]
Rift and Quartered Flooring
West Virginia Craftsman
by Warfield Homes
Inspirations from Cochran’s Lumber _____________________________________________________________________ Wide Plank Flooring for Open Spaces This custom West Virginia Craftsman, built by our friends at Warfield Homes, features our timeless Rift and Quartered White Oak floors. The unique grain characteristics of our Rift and Quartered floors made this hardwood a wonderful choice for their clients, who desired both clean […]
Saddle and Linen LSWO
Designer’s Custom Home
by Elizabeth Krial Design
Project Spotlight – Saddle and Linen Live Sawn White Oak Recently, we had the pleasure of visiting the home of Elizabeth Krial, owner of Elizabeth Krial Design. She gracefully opened up her exquisite home and spoke to us about the design Inspirations of her recently remodeled Northern Virginia home and office. Her choices? Our ultra […]
English Chestnut
White Oak Flooring
English Chestnut Flooring This month’s Product Feature is our stately English Chestnut White Oak flooring. Over 4,000 square of this classic flooring were laid throughout a beautiful home built by Novella Homes. The flooring features a neutral color palette and remnant circle saw texture, making it a perfect choice for this new build! Photos: […]
Versatility of Custom Flooring Finishes
Versatile Custom Finishes The classic feel of our American Red Birch flooring was an excellent choice for this custom home in Colorado. Complete with handcrafted cabinets in both the kitchen and dining room, our clients beautifully created a timeless, one-of-a-kind space to share with family and friends. Photos: Contrasting Elements with American Red Birch Comforting […]
Product Inspiration
Horse Country Oak
Horse Country Oak Cochran’s Horse Country Oak flooring is the perfect, surprisingly economical choice for many types of design. From rustic to classic to modern, Horse Country Oak is easily adaptable to a variety of spaces. Reclaimed from old oak fence boards that once adorned our rolling countryside, our Horse Country Oak flooring is available […]
Client Spotlight
Carrmichael Construction
Live Sawn White Oak in Action Never underestimate the perfect simplicity of our Live Sawn White Oak! Carrmichael Construction recently completed this new build in Arlington, VA and featured our 6” character White Oak floors throughout the home. The floors were finished with a natural stain, allowing the character of the wood to give the […]
Product Inspiration
Floors and Millwork
Product Inspiration: Gray Ghost Flooring Check out two more amazing projects which feature more or our flooring and mill working products! Our Live Sawn Gray Ghost flooring is the perfect fresh and airy choice for this Alexandria, VA home. Built by Doll Homes, Inc., the residence features an open floor plan and clean design lines, […]
Designing with Random Width Flooring
Random-Width Flooring Take a break from classic, traditional flooring layouts with a random-width pattern that evokes an earlier age. Random-width flooring is a popular movement in the home design space expanding on the rustic tradition of wood floors. At Cochran’s Lumber, we have a variety of stunning American sourced woods and colors that will work […]
Versatility in Wood Flooring
TrueWood™ Flooring How do you rate one engineered wood-flooring product from another? It all depends on what you hope to achieve in the scope of the project. Are you working to add value to your property with a renovation, or refresh an older property as a restoration, or a new build using the ageless elements […]
Cochran’s Shenandoah Blend
Shenandoah Blend One of our favorite flooring options (either solid or engineered) is the Shenandoah Blend. As the name states, this wood flooring solution is a mixed blend of reclaimed wood from the Shenandoah region. That means, fences, barns, cabins and even warehouses. This mix of woods pays homage to one of the most treasured, […]