Virginia Mill Works  5/8" x 4-3/4" Cocoa Birch Handscraped

same price as carpeting. easy to lay down. dings are covered up easily enough with some dark stain. and its hand-scraped anyhow so it just looks like it came that way.

Handscraped cocoa hardwood floors looks amazing, very modern. It does show the dust, but when kept clean it looks beautiful.

Planks do not fit together tightly. There are gaps that had to be filled with putty. The putty in some of the filled-in areas has sunk, leaving a clear view of the sub-floor. Also edges of planks show up as a light color, so it looks almost like grout lines. Knot holes are rough, and not stained properly. Have to buy putty and stain to fix myself. If I called installers it would take all day to touch up.

Service and delivery comments:

Installers were hard working and polite, were here for 15 hours. I have no fault with them. The problems were with the product, and the fact that they were told it was a glued down wood instead of a nailed down wood. Next time I would buy a simple click and lock floor.

We put this floor in the kitchen, living, foyer, and dining rooms in our house. The handscraped feature and dark color make this floor unique and modern. It really sets off our lighter-colored area rugs. While it doesn't scratch or dent too easily, it does require cleaning more often than a light-colored floor because every crumb that hits the floor is obvious against the dark background.

The quality control needs improvement - in 27 boxes we had problems with the stain not extending all the way to edge on one board, one board's groove and tongue were cut on the opposite sides making it unusable, and four or more boards were slightly narrower than the others, which left gaps once installed. When we knew to look for these defective boards while installing, we just set them aside and the floor went down beautifully without many issues.

We have been waiting a long time to replace our carpet and this wood makes our home feel modern and clean. The different types of light bounce off the floors amazingly. We went with a white trim and it compliments them beautifully. So happy...

looks great in my bedroom