Orland Park Distressed Random Width French White Oak:
THE CLIENT: Arch Remodeling – Orland Park, Illinois
THE JOB: These floors are beautiful random width french white oak. They were distressed and then stained before being coated. The project was about 400sqft comprising of the kitchen, dining room and living room.
Logan Square, Chicago Rubio Monocoat Fumed Loft Project:
THE CLIENT: Name asked to be withheld – Logan Square, Illinois
THE JOB: We loved working on this project. old industrial building that had been converted into trendy lofts over a decade ago. The owner was doing a renovation and wanted something different than the traditional finishes for his red oak floors. The first photo below shows what the floor looks like with just the fumed process done. The remaining 3 photos have the Rubio Monocoat oil in Silver Grey color applied. the owner loves it and we think it looks great with the exposed brick feature walls, the rustic timber posts and the cool industrial wood ceiling. You can see a more detailed blog post about this project here.
Naperville Red Oak Rubio Monocoat Black:
THE CLIENT: Name asked to be withheld – Naperville, Illinois
THE JOB: These red oak floors throughout this beautiful home were sanded back to bare wood, water-popped and coated with one of my favorite finishes and colors... Rubio Monocoat Black. They look stunning and are the perfect match to the blue kitchen cabinets.
Orland Park, Illinois Custom End Grain Mesquite Floor:
THE CLIENT: Arch Remodeling – Orland Park, Illinois
THE JOB: This unique floor is end grain Mesquite. It was custom milled and installed piece by piece which was a long and tedious process but well worth the time put into it. It is in a underground entertainment/bar room with the floor extending into the private wine cellar
Kenilworth Custom Checker Stained Rubio Monocoat Floor:
THE CLIENT: Leslie A. – Kenilworth, Illinois
THE JOB: Leslie is an interior designer and she was in the middle of designing her own home in Kenilworth when she called us in to look at her floors. We installed new red oak in the family room to match up to the other floors in the home. She was looking for something extra special in her kitchen and we were happy to have some fun and help her out. After sanding the floors, we laid out a diagonal checkered pattern on the floor and then used two contrasting colors of Rubio Monocoat hardwax oil to finish the floors. We think they look great... more importantly, so does she!
HAPPY CLIENT feedback
I cannot tell you how amazing Tadas and his team are. They were flexible in working with other subs (painters), his selection of finishes are beautiful and most importantly - HIS WORK IS AMAZING! He takes such pride and has a true passion for transforming your floors into whatever "look" you want.
HIS WORK IS AMAZING! He takes such pride and has a true passion for transforming your floors into whatever "look" you want... I LOVE MY KITCHEN FLOORS!
We live in a 90yr old home and had all of the original floors refinished...as well as new hardwood flooring installed - replacing a carpeted family room...you cannot tell the old from the new.
For the kitchen floors - I requested a "checker board pattern on the diagonal"... I explained I wanted an old weathered look...not fresh painted floors. Honestly, I was waiting for him to push me to use painters for this and him not be happy to do this - WRONG! Tadas was so excited to use an amazing product from Belgium to achieve the "look" I wanted.... I LOVE MY KITCHEN FLOORS! and so does every other person who sees them :)
I am an interior designer and I cannot wait to use Tadas again on future projects...I am so lucky that I got to use him in my own home!
THANK YOU TADAS & TEAM!
Leslie A. | Kenilworth, Illinois
Naperville Red Oak Rubio Monocoat Fumed:
THE CLIENT: Name asked to be withheld – Naperville, Illinois
THE JOB: This project was a red oak floor that we first applied the Fume product from Rubio Monocoat to. Then we used the Rubio Monocoat Oil on top to provide this unique look.
Glen Ellyn, Illinois Hand Scrapped French Oak with OSMO:
THE CLIENT: Name asked to be withheld – Glen Ellyn, Illinois
THE JOB: This French Oak floor was custom milled and then hand scrapped and stained off-site. Once we installed it we applied the OSMO hardwax oil finish.
Glen Ellyn Hardwood Floor Sanding and Refinishing Project:
THE CLIENT: Waterson Family – Glen Ellyn, Illinois
THE JOB: This was a small but fun job. The kitchen had numerous areas that needed to be repaired before we could start sanding and refinishing. We sourced red oak that matched the existing flooring perfectly. Once the repairs were completed we refinished the kitchen, mud room, entry, hallway and a set of stairs. The whole project was about 450sqft.
North Barrington Rubio Monocoat 5% White:
THE CLIENT: Name asked to be withheld – North Barrington, Illinois
THE JOB: This project had old ugly yellow oil modified red oak floors and areas needing repairs. The owners wanted something new, fresh, light and modern. Enter Rubio Monocoat in the 5% White color. It freshened up the house and looks great.
HAPPY CLIENT feedback
Needing to both repair and refinish our existing wood floors on our first floor, we called Tadas for what was to be a ‘second quote’ having already pretty much decided on who we were going to use. He totally sold us at that meeting with his professionalism along with prices that were very competitive.
We would recommend Tadas strongly to everyone I know. And if we had known how painless this would be, we would have done it sooner.
He also talked to us about Monocoat, a non-polyurethane finish that both minimizes refinishing time and, more importantly to us, is very repairable so we never have to face the hassle of packing up our living spaces again. After admiring several of his samples and their very matte surface, we decided to go this route.
Tadas and his crew were very accommodating, on time and professional. Although we were using his dust-free system, I was still anticipating a layer of dust on all exposed surfaces in the house. It simply didn’t happen. The house felt very clean when they left and we were able to get back to normal quickly.
The floors have now been in several months. We love them. They feel good underfoot - like you are actually walking on wood rather than finish. Those first scuff marks friends have gotten on their newly done floors don’t occur on these. Tadas’ method of water-popping creates a very even application of stain unlike some of the zebra stripes you sometimes see on mid-tone stained oak floors. We would recommend Tadas strongly to everyone I know. And if we had known how painless this would be, we would have done it sooner.
Name asked to be withheld | North Barrington, Illinois
Winnetka, Illinois Red Oak Rubio Monocoat Pre-Color Brown + 5% White:
THE CLIENT: Name asked to be withheld – Winnetka, Illinois
THE JOB: Love this floor! This red oak floor was water-popped and treated with Rubio Monocoat Pre-Color Brown first, then Rubio Monocoat Oil 5% White was applied over the top. It makes for a very stunning, unique and beautiful hardwood floor.
Clarendon Hills, Illinois Rubio Monocoat Finish on Red Oak:
THE CLIENT: Linda Hunter – Clarendon Hills, Illinois
THE JOB: Linda was our first client that wanted to test out the newly available Rubio Monocoat hardwax oil finish. After repairing some areas that had water damage, we sanded down her 1,100 square foot rift cut red oak floors and buffed on the finish. They turned out great and Linda was very happy with the results as you can see in her feedback to us below...
Winnetka Red Oak Rubio Monocoat Black + Black + Black:
THE CLIENT: Name asked to be withheld – Winnetka, Illinois
THE JOB: This was a special project for us. The client wanted a very dark black hardwax oil floor. So we came up with a special mix of Rubio Monocoat products for them. After water-popping the floor and stair treads (which makes it more durable as well as deepens the color), we used Rubio Pre-Color Easy Black as the first layer. Then we applied Rubio Monocoat 2C Charcoal. Lastly we used Black Universal Maintenance Oil to give it an extra layer of darkness. All 3 products together provided exactly the look they were going for. We think it looks incredible.
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