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Unfinished Hardwood Flooring
Unfinished hardwood flooring lets you make nature’s design your own. Update your home with LL Flooring's extensive line of unfinished solid hardwood.
Simply put, unfinished hardwood allows you to take nature’s design and make it your own. On-site finishing can be difficult and is best left to pros or experienced DIYers. In either case, on-site finishing allows you to customize these hardwood floors with your choice of stain or features like borders, inlays, and other details you won’t find in a factory-finished floor. You can even mix board widths to achieve a distinct yet unified look. Because of these broad style options, unfinished hardwood floors can be easier to match to existing flooring.
Unfinished hardwood flooring is crafted from untreated wood. It allows you to add stain, lacquer, or other types of coating to the solid wood boards, creating the perfect design for your home. The solid wood boards are milled from a single piece of timber, and from there, the boards are planed and sanded to various sizes. We also offer unfinished engineered options.
You can choose from various wood species. Oak, walnut, cherry, and maple are choices to consider. Each wood species brings a different tone to your living space, but all offer a lasting, classic appeal to fit the design of your individual home.
An advantage to choosing unfinished hardwood flooring is its design flexibility. You can finish your floor however you like—stain it the color of your choice or use a clear varnish or lacquer to let the natural beauty of the wood grain shine through.
Each wood species has a Janka scale rating. It indicates how hard the wood is. Busy homes with children and pets may want to choose a harder wood to ensure a long-lasting look.
Unfinished hardwood flooring is available in different board widths to match your home’s existing style. Narrow widths are often found in older homes and offer a more traditional look, while wide boards are more contemporary and are often used in modern, open-concept settings.
Unfinished hardwood floors come in a wide variety of colors and species to allow you to add your stamp to the finished look of your home. Browse the collection at LL Flooring to find the right option for you.