FYI. For us to view any pictures, the photos need to be posted/uploaded to another host's website, like shutterfly or myriads of others. Then you can post the link here for us to view them. Or, click on the IMG box below "post a reply". Then paste the link and an actual photo can be displayed here.

Gary,

I thought I can upload them into my gallery and post the link to the gallery.
I will try to post them to another host site and post the link in a future reply.

Sincerely.

Bogdan.

The photos are in the your Gallery and can be displayed here http://www.hardwoodflooringtalk.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=8

BY the way you are the first to post in the Gallery. I think is a little user unfriendly but thanks for using it.

Keith

Although I am not a fan of Brazillian Walnut, it looks as though you have done a nice clean install with it.

Nice install. That manufacturer allows a huge variety in color, don't they?

It is true that the variety in color is large, and this was one of the criteria why we liked the Brazilian Walnut from Bellawood. And of course its hardness.

What was a bit unexpected, it is that the range of colors varies a bit from mill to mill. I had basically boxes of hardwood from two different mills, but I got lucky, these fitting almost perfectly with the two rooms I had in plan. You can see that the floor in the entry room has a bit more darker shades, while the one in the family room has a bit more yellowish shades and less dark brown / black. Apparently there were no noticeable dimensional differences between the two mills planks, but since the quantities fit almost perfectly I had only about 3 or 4 planks left from the entry room lot that I used in the family room, so it is hard to say.

Also very few planks that could not be used at all. I had several that had some defects, but I was able to remove the portions with the defects and use the remaining either at the beginning of the row, or at the end. This was a nice surprise in the end.

In terms of not so nice surprises, apparently the really dark planks were, for what ever reason, of a bit smaller width, which makes from some problems and some very small gaps, visible if you know where to look. Also some of the best colors were for planks that were cut across the grain and some knots, and these tended to crack / split some more than the rest. The planks cut along the grain were less brittle, with almost no cracks.

Of course the ones exhibiting cracks and / or minor splits, resulted in the next row fitting in very difficult, and having to use the hammer and beating blocks to get them in place. More once in place, these were almost impossible to be removed (this before nailing) without messing up the neighboring boards as well. The one that was to be removed was basically destroyed. I only had to this twice or three times, but it was really time consuming.

Again thanks everyone for they support and suggestions.

Sincerely.

Bogdan.