Hi everyone, just wanted to introduce my self before I started posting. My name is Ryan of course and am from Ontario, Canada. For the past 14 years I have been a full time cabinet maker (last 6 years I have had my own bussiness called Premier Custom Woodworks). In the last year I have changed my cabinetry style and my bussiness in general and have been focusing on rustic cabinetry as well as rustic home interiors. I am currently doing a 75% reno to my own home and have done everything my self including a bead board ceiling made out of poplar and am getting ready to install wide planked hickory (I know alot of you dislike the thought of wide planked hickory due to movement). It is about as rustic as it gets and is in widths of 5", 6 1/2" and 8". I still have not totally decieded if I am going to face nail the boards with antique cut nails as the hickory is so hard that its hard to get them to sit flush with the face of the board. I attached a picture of the floor sample (actual stain is going to be a touch more brown) and is going be finished with Bona's amber sealer and there Traffic waterbased finish. I have also attached a pic of the ceiling which has turned out great.

What is everyones opinions on face nailing. My only fear is that it could cause sever skinned knee's on our little daughter if she were to slip and fall!





Ryan

There used to be a product by Bruce with hob nails, instead of pegs, ( Westminister Plank ). They we're for cosmetic purposes, not functional. They would pre-drill holes the diameter of the hob nail shaft, and a countersink hole, the diameter and depth of the head. They would supply a box of hobnails with each order. We would just pound them in flush with the surface, after installation.

I tried doing a google search for the hob nails and came up with nothing significant. I really liked using the square nails in my pine floor that I did at my old place in my basement (pictured below) but like I said in my post above...I could sink the nails down ALOT further in the pine with little to no risk of even splitting the pine. Looking at options and I don't even mind the look of drilling, screw and plugging. Anyone have a great source of info for that or have ideas on what to use for the plugs?

I love it Ryan, little kids grow up and learn fast. I wouldn't worry about it.