White oak keeps its grain tight and cool no matter the stain; hickory refuses both of those rules, and this mixed-width Shaw Sequoia Hickory floor leans hard into that refusal. Canyon pushes the species' natural range toward the warm end, pairing pale near-white sapwood beside deep brown heartwood within the same board. Because this run carries a High character rating, expect real drama across a room: bold knots, dark mineral streaking, sapwood left in rather than cut around, and enough color swing plank to plank that no two boards match. The hand-scraped texture adds shallow dips across each face, and a 20% gloss Repel water-resistant finish gives this engineered hardwood enough shine to read as finished.
Direct sun does something indirect light never can: it pulls every swing in Canyon's hickory grain into full view, exactly the test a south-facing sitting room applies. Charcoal slab cabinetry, a faded denim wall, a marble-look quartz counter and iron hardware read a shade cooler than the floor, letting the wood carry the room's warmth. The pillowed edge on each plank rounds the top corner rather than cutting a flat bevel, so where two boards meet, the seam reads as a soft, shadowed groove instead of a hard line, more forgiving of width variation in this mixed pack. Across a run of mixed 3.25, 5 and 6.375 inch boards, that softened seam keeps the changing widths from calling attention.
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Shaw Sequoia Hickory Mixed Width SW546-07002 Canyon 14.63" x Random Lengths up to 58.56" Engineered Scraped Hickory Hardwood Flooring (34.96 SF/Box)