NWFA 2013 Wood Floor of the Year Winners announced

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Denver Dustless's Mark Sutton, center, took home two Wood Floor of the Year trophies presented by HGTV's "Cousins on Call."

St. Louis, Missouri – The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) announced the winners of its 2013 Wood Floor of the Year contest during its Wood Flooring Expo held in Dallas. The winning entries were announced during an Awards Luncheon held on Thurs., April 4. This year’s awards were presented by John Colaneri and Anthony Carrino of HGTV’s “Cousins on Call.”

The Wood Floor of the Year awards were developed to encourage and recognize innovative craftsmanship and design in wood flooring installations. Since the program began in 1990, more than 200 awards have been presented to NWFA member companies throughout the United States and Canada, as well as in Russia and Finland.

This year’s Wood Floor of the Year Contest yielded 74 entries from three countries, including the United States, Canada, and Russia. All entries in the competition featured flooring installations completed between Jan. 2012 and Jan. 2013. Recipients of the 2013 Wood Floor of the Year awards are as follows:

Best CNC/Laser                                                 Yantarnaya Pryad-Parquet – Khimki, Russian Federation

Best Commercial                                                Gaetano Hardwood Floors – Huntington Beach, Calif.

Best Extreme Makeover                                     DM Hardwood Designs – Farmington, N.M.

Best Limited Species                                           Czar Floors – Huntingdon Valley, Penn.

Best Manufacturer Factory Finished                   WlD Flooring – Laona, Wis.

Best Reclaimed                                                  Schenck & Company – Houston

Best Residential                                                  Denver Dustless – Denver

Best Restoration                                                Yantarnaya Pryad-Parquet – Khimki, Russian Federation

Designers’ Choice                                              Natural Wood Floors & Design – Miami

Members’ Choice                                               Denver Dustless – Denver

 

Photos and descriptions of the winning entries are available on the NWFA’s web site at www.nwfa.org.

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