National Hardwood Magazine - July 2011

Many Honored During
NWFA Annual Convention
San Diego, Calif.–
The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA)
announced the winners of its 2011 Wood Floor of the Year
contest at its convention recently here. The winning
entries were announced during an Awards Dinner during
the convention.
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 85
entries from six countries, including the United States,
Canada, Russia, and Malaysia. All entries in the competition
featured flooring installations completed between
January 2010 and January 2011. Wood Floor of the Year
awards for 2011 are as follows:
Best CNC/Laser, Yantarnaya Pryad-Parquet, Khimki,
Russian Federation; Best Commercial, Archetypal
Imaginary Remodeling Corporation, Little Neck, N.Y.;
Best Limited Species, Precision Floorcrafters,
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PHOTOS BY ROBERT BRUNI
Wil Maxwell, Rose Mary Laster-Cummings and Tommy Maxwell, Maxwell Hardwood Flooring,
Monticello, Ark.
John Welch, Karolyne Chapados, Joel Eaton, and Stan Able, Appalachian
Flooring, Cowansville, Que.
Chadd Smith, Dean Hardwoods Inc., Leland, N.C.
Laura and Dave Graf and Michael Keating, Graf Bros. Flooring, South Shore, Ky.
Kevin and Bobby Cloer, Oakcrest Hardwood Flooring, Buena Vista, Ga.
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