Bamboo Flooring

Bamboo flooring is a hybrid product similar to engineered hardwoods.  But it's not wood: It's a grass.  Bamboo stalks are milled into strips, then reassembled as floorboards.  The boards are typically 3/8 in. or  5/8 in. thick, and have either square edges (on unfinished boards) or microbeveled ones (on pre-finished boards).  Depending on how the strips are aligned, the flooring resembles either quartersawn or flat-sawn hardwood.  The unmistakable figure of the bamboo nodes adds a visual interest to the "flat-sawn" boards.

Prefinished bamboo is available in two colors, natural and carbonized, and in two sheens, high gloss and matte.  The carbonized color shows a lustrous warmth, akin to natural cherry, that would enhance any room.