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Floor of the Year Expert DivisionScheller Hardwood Floors ~ Lemoyne, Pennsylvania This floor features an intricately crafted parquet floor with a spectacular oval emerging from a randomly arrayed background of radial cut planks. The parquet pattern is composed of five distinct shapes that form two sizes of five-point stars emerging from discrete interlocking pentangles. The primary pattern was made from scratch out of five-quarter Brazilian Cherry lumber. These boards were resawn to yield 3/8"-thick stock that was cut into component parts on site and assembled as the geometric building blocks of the parquet. The parquet is set in mastic over high-grade plywood to yield a net ¾" thickness. There are 33 Flame Birch stars woven into the firmament to form the astrological birth constellations of the homeowner and his wife. They are Aquarius (15 stars in the foreground) and Pisces (18 stars in the background). A band of bent Flame Birch and Wenge encircle the parquet, creating the 12' x 28" oval that mirrors the ceiling. The radial cut ¾"-thick and 5"-wide Brazilian Cherry planks that surround the oval are arrayed from a single focal point at the center of the room to create a sweeping pattern suggestive of the motion of the universe.
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