The best parquet essences, have distinctive characteristics and a specific identity also on an aesthetic level. From the teak to the wenge, i parquet floors I am therefore to choose taking into account both their hardness and resistance, their behavior to light and the style of the environment where they will be installed. Let’s enter the warm world of gods together wooden floors discovering the different essences from warm to cold tones, from light to dark, and the particularities that make them unique compared to other types.
The wood essences used for the production of parquet floors can be divided into 4 categories:
- Red essences: reddish woods such as cherry, merbau and doussie
- Dark essences: very dark woods such as wengè, mutenye, kosipo and jatoba
- Brown essences: medium-toned woods such as iroko, teak, olive and acacia
- Light essences: light-toned woods such as oak, beech and maple.
Among these, we deepen the knowledge of the best essences to choose for your home:
Acacia
A acacia parquet floor it has an uneven hue due to the presence of fluorite, and oxidation gives it a warm pinkish-brown color.
Maple tree
A maple parquet floor it is characterized by creamy white and pinkish tones, with a tangled grain.
Afrormosia
A afrormosia parquet floor it has a color ranging from golden brown to darker brown, with a uniform color.
Doussié
A parquet floor by doussié it has a red to brown color with coppery and reddish hues.
Beech tree
A beech parquet floor it has a pink and light brown color, with a regular texture.
Iroko
A Iroko parquet floor it has a brown color with golden honey shades.
Jatoba
A jatoba parquet floor it has colors and shades that depend on the climatic and mineralogical characteristics of the growing place of the tree used.
Larch
A larch parquet floor it is yellowish, very resinous and has a straight grain.
wot
A walnut parquet floor it has a dark color with wavy grain.
Olive tree
A olive wood parquet floor it is yellowish, has shades of pink and darker stripes up to black, and has a tormented and irregular grain.
However
A pear wood parquet floor it has a pinkish color that can become coppery or reddish over time.
Oak
A oak parquet floor it has different colors ranging from golden brown to reddish to light, and its grain is generally straight with a coarse texture.
Teak
A teak parquet floor it has a color ranging from golden yellow to dark brown with streaks of various shades and a matte and greasy finish to the touch.
Wenge
A wenge parquet floor it has a very characteristic aspect because it is dark brown with narrow and fine black veins and white bands.
If you are still not sure which wood to choose, try taking the test to find the right parquet for your home.
