Metro Brown runs 6.38 inches wide, with boards from 10 to 58.5 inches long, a mid-to-wide format that sits between a narrow strip floor and a true wide-plank look. It carries real presence. Hickory is what gives Metro Brown its movement: the species swings hard from pale sapwood to deep heartwood inside a single board, and its grain runs bold and irregular rather than settling into a repeatable pattern. Shaw keeps the surface smooth here, which keeps that contrast from turning busy, while this line carries a High grade for character, so knots and streaking show up often enough to feel like part of the floor's identity. A 7% gloss Repel finish leaves it matte and low-sheen.
Metro Brown's bold, high-contrast grain suits a formal dining room finished with smoked eucalyptus cabinetry, an off-black wall, cast stone surfaces and blackened steel hardware, a palette dark enough to hold its own against the wood's swings from light to dark. Dining rooms sometimes sit over a finished basement or a slab foundation rather than a full crawlspace. This Alpine Hickory engineered hardwood carries an Above, On, Below install rating at 3/8 inch total thickness, so it can go straight over that slab or continue down into the lower level, extending the same floor below grade without switching products.
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Shaw Alpine Hickory SW710-07065 Metro Brown 6.38" x Random Lengths up to 58.5" Smooth Hickory Hardwood Flooring (30.48 SF/Box)