Hardwood Floors December 2019/January 2020

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MANUFACTURER MEANDERINGS

• AkzoNobel named Tranquil Dawn, a shade with green, blue, and grey, as the company’s color of the year for 2020. • Bona announced that Mike Lagarrigue has joined the company as the newest Adhesives Specialist for Western North America. He will cover Northern California, Oregon andWashington in the U.S. along with British Columbia and Alberta in Canada. • Bona celebrated 100 years in business with employees, customers, and partners across the globe. • Georgia-Pacific plans to invest up to $70 million to upgrade its plywood and lumber operations in Arkansas by adding advanced technology and systems. Work on the projects began in the summer and will be completed by 2020. • Oshkosh Designs has hired Tom Skoglind as its newly appointed National Sales Manager. • Weyerhaeuser Company announced an agreement to sell its 555,000 acres of Michigan timberlands to Lyme Great Lakes Holding LLC, an affiliate of The Lyme Timber Company LP, for $300 million in cash. The company expects to recognize a gain on the sale and anticipates no tax liability in conjunction with the transaction. • Stauf USA Adhesives announced they will no longer require moisture testing on the following products for the installation of engineered wood flooring: SMP-960 One-StepPUM 950, Power-Mastic, PIC-850 Contractor’s Urethane, and SMP 840 Contractor’s Polymer.

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color, a mix of Sherwin Williams water-based stains, which we applied with a Stanza roll coater,” explains Shiloh. “We’re very proud of the finished interior. It was a chance for us to step out of our comfort zone and do

“We also did antique beams throughout the restaurant. Some of themwere up to 8” by 10” but were simply facades. The addition of these non-load bearing beams further created the look of a warm and inviting old mountain cabin. The beams were finished by hand using a custommix of Minwax colors. Finally, the ceiling was done in a provincial

something new. The result is something that the restaurant owners were very pleased with, as well. It was wonderful to be able to collaborate and come up with a solution to their somewhat unique situation. The end result is quite stunning. It’s not over-the-top, rather, it’s refined rustic energy,” says Mika. g

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