5" walnut floor with red oak and butternut vine inlay and red oak 45 inset to set the formal dining area apart from the rest of the floor. Parade of Homes Coeur 'd Alene, ID 2004
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Very fine worksmanship! Unique and interesting design on the inlay corners. Never seen it done that way before. Who's design?

A guy I work with here in North Idaho, Don Stinson. Business name is Accurate Router Service a.k.a. Excellence Inlays. www.excellenceinlays.com
He doesn't mass produce pieces but works with costomers one at a time on thier ideas to produce what they want. We are the only HW floor company up here he refers people to and we thank $$$ him in return. He also cuts inlays for us at wholesale for our customers too. He helped us get our biz off the ground last year by hooking us up with our best client Aspen Custom Homes.

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This is the medalion that gave him the border idea. He made this one but it is slightly different from one he saw in a catalog made with different species the veins in the leaves are colored two part epoxy two leaves are red oak one is butternut and the field is walnut with red oak vines.

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Heres the bear we put in an on site hand scraped birch floor stained Early American also in the parade of homes in 2004. It was a picture faxed to him from the customer in California. She got to pick most of the species in it herself. Measures about 43" diameter in thier entryway

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Another parade home, floor is 5" beech with acid cure finish.
Inlay border is walnu. field is poplar, horses are oak, butternut, and rustic maple (looks like a pinto)

Don does some cool things with his router table. Mostly aluminum machining etc. even cuts parts for Cobra Helicopters for the Army but enjoys wood working best.

Feel welcome to contact him any time (website at the top or on my description), tell him William sent you, fax him your ideas, and away you go ... not to mention his prices are perfect.

does all inlays with 1/4" mat'l mounted on plywood for you to have 3/4" thickness. Un- finished or with some poly applied, your choice. I've had no problems ever with sanding them after installation with my Hummel. He'll even send the templates needed.

Check this last one out that got best floor on the parade in 2003
Totally custom concept by the builder's Wife. The inlay and the picture she drew for him to duplicate....COOL!

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It's set in 5" Rustic (brown or #2 comm) Maple in the builders personal home. Inlay is approx. 4' x 6' in the entry to home.

Enjoy ...

No offense but where I come from, people consider #1 or #2 (rustic), firewood. If it's not clear or at least select and better, we burn it. Different strokes for different folks!

You guys amaze me. Nice work.

None Taken ...

Around here we trick all the Californians moving up here into thinking that it is more rare and charge more for it than select ...

Folks moving up here to the mountains from L.A. realy go overboard for rustic.

Personally, I still Love clear quarterd white oak with maybe a touch of walnut.