Walnut is our warmest, richest Steller wood floor, and it is clear why! With chocolate tones and the occasional green or purple highlight, Walnut’s variation and charm sets it in a class of its own. That said, take care to keep Walnut hardwood flooring in socks-only areas as this luxurious species does not tolerate heavy traffic well.
Walnut flooring is so unique in its patterns and diverse color variability that it stands alone and deserves to be used in your most inspired spaces including music rooms or art and yoga studios. Our Walnut floors are offered in clear steamed or unsteamed.
Walnut trees are fruit trees and produce very soft wood – in fact, walnut floors are some of the softest floors that still qualify as hardwoods! Walnut floors won’t stand up to aggressive pets or heavy shoe traffic, but it can be the perfect hardwood floor choice in socks-only areas like offices, dens, formal living rooms and bedrooms.
Some of the most beautiful and expensive wood floors and furniture in the world are made from walnut wood. Since Walnut trees have incredible character, even in their bark, walnut tables are most commonly found in their “live-edge” form in large conference tables and benches where butterfly-shaped insets help keep the wood stabilized. Seeing walnut used in a Steller Floor is a unique opportunity to see a huge range of colors and grain patterns in the wood flooring.
Walnut flooring is a beautiful wood due to its warm, rich tones. Steller offers both steamed and unsteamed options. Steaming the wood helps to even out the extremely high color variations. In the right places (like your home!), walnut can add a feeling of coziness that’s hard to get from other wood varieties.
Natural walnut that’s steamed to add color depth and consistency and finished with clear, satin polyurethane for a look that’s steeped in luxury for low-traffic rooms.
Natural, unsteamed walnut has a beautiful range of colors from purple to green, making for a very unique, high-end look in that special low-traffic room.
Steller Floors is committed to both high-quality wood and high-quality craftsmanship. In practice, this means: