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What You're Looking At
Four kinds of job show up in this gallery. If one of them is what your floors need, the service page has the full detail.
Custom stairs
3 projectsCurved staircases, solid oak treads replacing carpet, Brazilian cherry over three floors. Stairs are the least forgiving work in the house — every tread is a separate piece, cut to its own step.
Read moreCustom parquet & inlay
2 projectsMedallions, octagon parquet and contrasting borders, cut on site rather than ordered as kits. This is the work most flooring companies quietly decline.
Read moreRefinishing
3 projectsFloors the house already had, brought back instead of replaced — including 1920s originals. If the boards are sound, this is almost always the cheaper answer.
Read moreInstallation
4 projectsWide-plank oak over levelled slab, cherry hallways, waterproof plank in wet rooms. Sarasota homes sit on concrete, so moisture testing comes before anything goes down.
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Curved Staircase in Red Oak
Custom Stairs
Every tread and riser on a curved staircase is a different shape. There is no stock part that fits — each one gets templated against the actual stringer, cut, dry-fitted, adjusted, and only then glued down. This is the job that separates a flooring installer from a carpenter.
Entryway Medallion & Border
Custom Work
Cut and assembled by hand on site, not ordered as a pre-made kit. The border runs the perimeter of the entry and the medallion centres on the door, so the layout had to be struck from the room itself rather than off one wall. The wood-to-tile transition is flush enough to run a hand across.
Waterfront Staircase
Installation · Siesta Key
Brazilian cherry in a Siesta Key waterfront home. With salt air outside and a pool a few feet away, the finish matters as much as the wood — this one got a hard-wearing coat chosen for the humidity swings a Gulf-front house sees every day of the year.
Red Oak Dining Room
Refinishing
A refinish, not a replacement. The boards were sound under decades of wear, so the floor came back to bare wood and went out at a high gloss. Same floor the house was built with; it just had a worn-out coat sitting on top of it.
Wide-Plank Oak Open Living
Installation · Sarasota
Wide planks are less forgiving than strip flooring. Any dip in the subfloor telegraphs straight through, and the wider the board the more it moves with humidity. The slab was levelled and moisture-tested before a single plank went down.
Brazilian Cherry Stairs
Custom Stairs
Brazilian cherry is among the hardest woods commonly installed — beautiful, and punishing on blades and patience alike. It also darkens noticeably with light exposure, so the treads and the landing were finished to age together instead of drifting apart.
Octagon Parquet Border
Custom Work
Octagon parquet with a contrasting border, cut piece by piece. Parquet is where tolerances turn unforgiving: a fraction of a millimetre of error per tile compounds across a room until the pattern visibly wanders. Most flooring companies will quietly talk you out of this one.
Cherry Hallway & Landing
Installation · Longboat Key
A hallway is the hardest place to hide a mistake — long, narrow, and usually the best-lit sightline in the house. The run had to stay dead straight from the entry through to the landing, with the boards meeting the stair nosing cleanly at the far end.
Oak Staircase Restored
Refinishing
The carpet came off and the oak underneath came back. Stairs take more sanding work per square foot than any floor in the house: every tread is its own surface with its own edges, and the nosings have to be shaped by hand.
Freshly Finished Landing
Refinishing
Caught while the polyurethane was still wet. That mirror surface is what a properly levelled, fully sanded floor looks like before the coat cures — and if the prep underneath was off, this is the exact moment it shows.
Solid Oak Stair Treads
Custom Stairs
Solid red oak treads and risers replacing carpeted stairs. Each tread was cut to its individual step, because in a real house no two are quite the same width. Done right, it reads as though the stairs were built this way.
Waterproof Bathroom Plank
Installation
Wood in a bathroom is usually a bad idea. A waterproof plank that reads like driftwood is not. Installed with the transitions sealed and the perimeter detailed so water has nowhere to work its way underneath.
What You're Not Seeing
These are job-site photographs, not a styled catalogue shoot. Nobody staged the furniture, and the lighting is whatever the room had that afternoon. Some were taken with the finish still wet.
You are also not seeing the part that decides whether a floor lasts: the slab moisture reading, the subfloor levelling, the acclimation days before a single board goes down. None of it photographs well. All of it is why these floors still look like this years later — and it's the first thing Eduardo checks at your free in-home estimate.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a hardwood floor cost in Sarasota?
Every home and floor is different, so we don't guess at prices online. You get an exact written quote after a free in-home visit — with no hidden costs and no franchise markup. Just call Eduardo and he'll walk you through your options.
How long does a typical project take?
Most installations take 2–5 days depending on square footage. Refinishing usually takes 3–4 days including drying time. Eduardo gives you an exact timeline in your quote and sticks to it.
Is hardwood a good idea in Florida's humidity?
Yes — when installed correctly. With 20+ years working on the Gulf Coast, Eduardo selects the right wood and acclimation process for Florida's climate, so your floors stay flat and beautiful.
Will sanding make a mess in my home?
We use dust-containment sanding equipment and seal off the work area, protecting your furniture and walls. We clean up at the end of every workday, and most families stay in the house through the whole project.
Which areas do you serve?
Sarasota and the surrounding Gulf Coast — Siesta Key, Longboat Key, Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton, Venice, Osprey and Nokomis. Estimates are free anywhere in the area.
How soon can you start?
It depends on the season and the size of your project, but Eduardo usually visits within a few days of your call and can give you a start date on the spot. Smaller repairs often get scheduled the same week.
Do you work on condos and rentals?
Yes. We handle condos, seasonal rentals and investment properties across Sarasota — including buildings with HOA rules about work hours, elevators and sound underlayment. Just tell us the building and we'll plan around it.
Do you guarantee your work?
Absolutely. Every project comes with a written workmanship guarantee, and we're fully licensed and insured.
Want floors like these in your home?
Get a free, no-obligation estimate from Eduardo. He'll visit your home, answer every question, and give you an honest written quote.
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