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	<title>StewartFloor Blog &#187; flooring</title>
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	<description>All About South American Hardwood</description>
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		<title>Brazilian Hardwood Flooring</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[flooring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brazilian Hardwood Flooring remains one of the most sought after product categories today.  These species are renowned for their distinctive and individualistic design palettes as well as their amazing durability.  High design and practicality don&#8217;t usually go together as an attractive package.  All of our products are graded to Stewartfloor standards and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brazilian <a title="Hardwood Flooring" href="http://www.stewartfloor.com/species-types/">Hardwood Flooring</a><a href="http://www.Stewartfloor.com"> remains one of the most sought after product categories today.  These species are renowned for their distinctive and individualistic design palettes as well as their amazing durability.  High design and practicality don&#8217;t usually go together as an attractive package.  All of our products are graded to Stewartfloor standards and inspected again independently from our manufacturing partners personnel by our own quality control manager.  All of our products are finished with European finishes.  Nearly all of our products are packaged in Stewartfloor boxes with foam between the layers.</p>
<p>Why buy from Stewartfloor?  We own what we sell, we don&#8217;t just have a pretty website.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Exceptional Patagonian Rosewood Flooring</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Patagonian Rosewood / Kurupay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flooring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kurupay Hardwood Flooring]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a unique and sophisticated wood species for your next floor?  Patagonian Rosewood flooring is an exceptional choice of refined sophistication and extremely dense, nearly 3 times harder than Oak.  If you want your floor to make a statement and to separate yourself from the crowd, we stock this beauty in 3&#8243; and 5&#8243; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looking for a unique and sophisticated wood species for your next floor?  <a href="http://www.stewartfloor.com/species-types/patagonian-rosewood-kurupay/">Patagonian Rosewood flooring</a> is an exceptional choice of refined sophistication and extremely dense, nearly 3 times harder than Oak.  If you want your floor to make a statement and to separate yourself from the crowd, we stock this beauty in 3&#8243; and 5&#8243; widths.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Amendoim Prefinished Flooring</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartfloor.com/blog/flooring/amendoim-prefinished-flooring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[flooring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Please check out our customers installation of Stewartfloor Amendoim Flooring.  This is an installation of 4,000 square feet of our 3/4&#8243; x 5&#8243; Prefinished Amendoim from our Paraguayan supplier.  I&#8217;ve been proudly importing and selling this product for over 6 years.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please check out our customers installation of Stewartfloor <a href="http://www.stewartfloor.com/species-types/amendoim-brazilian-oak/">Amendoim Flooring</a>.  This is an installation of 4,000 square feet of our 3/4&#8243; x 5&#8243; Prefinished Amendoim from our Paraguayan supplier.  I&#8217;ve been proudly importing and selling this product for over 6 years.</p>
<div id="attachment_673" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.stewartfloor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/20110124120807.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-673" title="20110124120807" src="http://www.stewartfloor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/20110124120807-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">3/4&quot; x 5&quot; Prefinished Amendoim by Stewartfloor</p></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Santos Mahogany Flooring</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartfloor.com/blog/flooring/santos-mahogany-flooring-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customer Testimonials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santos Mahogany Flooring]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a wonderful feeling when clients take time out to compliment our floors.  Mr. Gust of Bloomington, MN purchased our 3/4&#8243; x 3&#8243; Santos Mahogany Atelier finished flooring.  Mr. Gust considered many flooring options during the remodeling process, he chose stewartfloor.
&#8220;The floor looks beautiful.  Everyone who has seen it has raved about it, and I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s a wonderful feeling when clients take time out to compliment our floors.  Mr. Gust of Bloomington, MN purchased our 3/4&#8243; x 3&#8243; <a href="http://www.stewartfloor.com">Santos Mahogany</a> Atelier finished flooring.  Mr. Gust considered many flooring options during the remodeling process, he chose stewartfloor.</p>
<p>&#8220;The floor looks beautiful.  Everyone who has seen it has raved about it, and I expect it will look even better once I install the trim and repaint the walls.  Even the installers commented on what a great product it is.&#8221;</p>
<p>Atelier is our low gloss product offering.  This accentuates the naturalness of these beautiful tropical woods and also shows less wear and tear than a higher gloss flooring options.</p>
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		<title>Thank You</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartfloor.com/blog/flooring/thank-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[flooring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stewartfloor would like to say &#8220;Thank You&#8221; to all of our customers in 2010.  We greatly appreciate your business and more importantly your trust in us and our products.  As direct importers of South American flooring holding inventories in the U.S., it gives us great satisfaction in knowing our products are part of your life [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stewartfloor would like to say <a href="http://www.stewartfloor.com">&#8220;Thank You&#8221; </a>to all of our customers in 2010.  We greatly appreciate your business and more importantly your trust in us and our products.  As direct importers of South American flooring holding inventories in the U.S., it gives us great satisfaction in knowing our products are part of your life and home.  We wish  all of our customers a healthy, happy &amp; prosperous 2011!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tigerwood Flooring</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartfloor.com/blog/flooring/tigerwood-flooring-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tigerwood]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brazilian Koa Flooring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tigerwood Flooring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are you ready for the holidays?  Our client in Minnesota is with his brand new 3/4&#8243; x 5&#8243; Prefinished Tigerwood Flooring.
We are direct importers of all the products we sell.  All products are manufactured to our specifications in South America &#38; finished and packed in South America or in North Carolina.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you ready for the holidays?  Our client in Minnesota is with his brand new 3/4&#8243; x 5&#8243; <a href="http://www.stewartfloor.com/species-types/tigerwood-hardwood-flooring/">Prefinished Tigerwood Flooring.</a></p>
<p>We are direct importers of all the products we sell.  All products are manufactured to our specifications in South America &amp; finished and packed in South America or in North Carolina.</p>
<div id="attachment_649" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 209px"><a href="http://www.stewartfloor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-649" title="#2" src="http://www.stewartfloor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2-199x300.jpg" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">5&quot; Prefinished Tigerwood Flooring - Homeowner Installed</p></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Future Flooring from South America, Plantation Wood</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartfloor.com/blog/flooring/future-flooring-from-south-america-plantation-wood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Company News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment and wood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During my recent visit to Brazil I found many interesting opportunities.  One of them was the plantation teak I had  mentioned earlier in the summertime.  The plantation is highly impressive and shows what can be done and how quickly these plantations mature.  I also found some other very interesting species which had been planted some [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>During my recent visit to Brazil I found many interesting opportunities.  One of them was the <a href="http://www.stewartfloor.com">plantation teak</a> I had  mentioned earlier in the summertime.  The plantation is highly impressive and shows what can be done and how quickly these plantations mature.  I also found some other very interesting species which had been planted some years ago in Brazil as a test and out of curiousity, such as Khaya Ivorensis or commonly referred to as &#8220;African Mahogany.&#8221;</p>
<p>The future is bright and we are on our way.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Exotic Wood Flooring Availability</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartfloor.com/blog/flooring/exotic-wood-flooring-availability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Company News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Exotic wood flooring]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stewartfloor.com/blog/?p=635</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Woodman is here to tell you if you are in the market for an Exotic Wood Floor &#8211; don&#8217;t procrastinate.  The wood supply in South America is very tight and this is true for these species regardless of where the final product is being produced &#8211; South America, Asia or Europe.  In addition to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Woodman is here to tell you if you are in the market for an <a href="http://www.stewartfloor.com">Exotic Wood Floor</a> &#8211; don&#8217;t procrastinate.  The wood supply in South America is very tight and this is true for these species regardless of where the final product is being produced &#8211; South America, Asia or Europe.  In addition to this tight supply, the economies in South America have done very well over the last few years and are strong buyers internally of these species now.</p>
<p>Stay tuned for more exciting news coming soon.  Leave the work to us, we have longterm relationships with quality manufacturers and all of our products are Lacey Act approved.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>3 Reasons To Buy From Stewartfloor</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartfloor.com/blog/flooring/3-reasons-to-buy-from-stewartfloor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[flooring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exotic Hardwood Flooring]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stewartfloor.com/blog/?p=584</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1.  We are specialists in Exotic Hardwood Flooring.  We do not sell tile, carpet, laminate or other flooring surfaces.  We are 100% committed to solid Exotic Hardwood Flooring.
2.  Stewartfloor is a Service company. We respect that you are the Customer.  We are here to aid with interior design questions and the technical help you deserve [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1.  We are specialists in <a href="http://www.stewartfloor.com">Exotic Hardwood Flooring</a>.  We do not sell tile, carpet, laminate or other flooring surfaces.  We are 100% committed to solid Exotic <a title="Hardwood Flooring" href="http://www.stewartfloor.com/species-types/">Hardwood Flooring</a>.</p>
<p>2.  Stewartfloor is a Service company. We respect that you are the Customer.  We are here to aid with interior design questions and the technical help you deserve and is rarely found out in the world.</p>
<p>3.  We directly import what we sell, no middlemen and we have a completely coordinated exceptional  line of moldings and stair parts to match our high quality flooring.  Many of our customers choose to enhance their new floor with custom flush mount vents and create a fabulous showpiece with their stairs done in matching treads and risers. We are here to answer your questions before purchase and for the lifetime of your investment.  We take it seriously and it is our honor to FLOOR YOU.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Measuring Rooms for Hardwood Flooring</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[flooring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Industry standards allow for 5-7% waste in cuttings and defects.  Measuring Rooms for Hardwood Flooring unless you have odd angled rooms or off grade material, this should provide enough material.  If you want to have extra wood in case of damage or plank replacement it is a good idea to purchase an extra box so [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Industry standards allow for 5-7% waste in cuttings and defects.  <a href="http://www.stewartfloor.com/buying/how-to-select-the-right-species/">Measuring Rooms for Hardwood Flooring</a> unless you have odd angled rooms or off grade material, this should provide enough material.  If you want to have extra wood in case of damage or plank replacement it is a good idea to purchase an extra box so that you know the finishes match and the profile matches.</p>
<p>If you are buying first quality material which is well manufactured and graded, you simply do not need to order excessive volumes of material.  The exception to this rule would be unless you are going to do a lot of further hand selection prior to installation.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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