Stencil Designs

• Stencil a design onto the wood flooring around the border of the room to create a distinctive hardwood floor. Stenciling is a type of decorating effect that anyone can do, with the right materials and a bit of practice. Tape the stencils to the wood flooring, then dab colored gel stain or acrylic paint into the cutouts using an almost dry stencil brush.
  
  

Wood Strip Designs

• Multicolored wood strips create a dazzling decorative effect on wood flooring. Talented installers can create medallions, herringbone designs and a variety of other effects by arranging thin strips of wood in a pattern. A simpler way to create a decorative wood strip effect is to alternate light and dark colored wood strips during standard flooring installation.
  
  

Hand Scraped

• Hand-scraped hardwood floors are popular choices for many interior decorating styles. Hand-scraped hardwoods appear more rustic than machine-made wood flooring because each panel is scraped by hand. Country, French country, rustic and some traditional home interiors work well with hand-scraped wood flooring.