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The Beauty of Hardwood
A natural material of the highest quality, smooth to the touch, in warm colors, creating a breathtaking decor-that's the key to adding value to your home.

A Floor That Lasts
A hardwood floor every bit as strong and beautiful 25 years after it was installed. That's important to keep in mind when choosing a floor covering, don't you think?

Your Style
The Mirage collections offer a wider selection of wood species, stains, and finishes than any other prefinished hardwood on the market.

All Mirage collections have one thing in common-your peace of mind for years to come. Our goal is your satisfaction.

Mirage, the Cream of the Crop
Mirage is the cream of the crop in prefinished hardwood floors. Simply ask those who know.

For the third time in four years, Mirage has earned in 2006 the top ranking for quality in a national industry survey conducted by Floor Focus magazine.

Mirage stops at nothing to ensure an impeccable final product. Years of research and development, cutting-edge technology and the expertise of our people come together to make every step of our manufacturing process the best it can be.

Take a close look at the picture to the side. Look at how the strips join together-the joint is close, flawless, and uniform. That's a good way to judge the quality of a hardwood floor.

And quality is what matters when you're having your hardwood floor installed. When it's time to maintain and clean it. When it's time to admire it and be proud.

Choosing A Hardwood Floor

Mirage flooring is available in the most popular species for all tastes and styles. Each species has its own grain, color, and veining. The most popular species of hardwood are oak, maple, birch, ash, cherry, beech, and walnut.

Their degree of hardness is similar. While maple is certainly harder than oak or birch, the difference is of little consequence under normal residential use. The choice of species has no real bearing on how visible marks will be on your floor's surface.

However, some exotic woods are noticeably harder, such as (Jatoba) Brazilian cherry and (Cabreuva) Santos Mahogany. This can be a plus in higher traffic areas.

For regular residential use, the only significant difference between species is appearance. A wood such as maple has very subtle veining. In Select & Better grade, a maple floor is pale and uniform. Species like oak and ash have very pronounced grains and create a characteristic woody look. Walnut and exotic woods are dark with subtle shading.

Sunshading
Wood is a natural material that reacts to light. All wood species change color after installation, but the change is more noticeable in species like Brazilian cherry, Santos mahogany and American cherry. See Polyurethane Protection for more information.

The Mirage collections include the following species. To get a better idea of how they'll look, see them at Douglas Hardwood Floors.

Mirage Natural Collection

Do you like the look of natural wood? Do you appreciate the subtle beauty of the wood grain and the the way it can brighten your decor?

The Mirage Natural Collection brings all the classic charm and richness of wood to your home. Authentic and expressive, it lends itself to a host of decorating options. It's the Mirage Look at its purest, naturally timeless.

Choose from three different grades to create your own unique Mirage Look and atmosphere. Flooring is rigorously classified depending on color variations and appearance.

	Select & Better Selection of more uniform wood grain with slight variations in natural shading.
	Exclusive As found in nature. A complete species color and character range in a proportion approximately equivalent to 75% Select and Better grade and 25% Traditional grade.
	Traditional Selection of wood with a strong variation in color and natural character as well as sound knots for a more rustic look.

Red Oak Select & Better	Red Oak Exclusive	Red Oak Traditional
Maple Select & Better	Maple Exclusive	Maple Traditional
Yellow Birch Select & Better	Yellow Birch Exclusive	Yellow Birch Traditional

White Ash

Beech

American Cherry

American Walnut

American Walnut

American Cherry

White Ash	Beech
Maple Select and Better Grade	Yellow Birch Exclusive Grade

Mirage Elegant Collection
Are you inspired by warm, friendly colors? Do you like using stain to bring out the character of wood and add a lively splash of color to your surroundings?

Gleaming with good taste and gorgeous color, the Mirage Elegant Collection will dazzle the senses and beautify any decor with its subtle, mood-enhancing looks.

Choose from a vibrant array of richly hued stains to create a Mirage Look that will have all the neighbors talking?

Red Oak Golden	Maple Sierra	Yellow Birch Sierra	Red Oak Sierra
Red Oak Colorado	Yellow Birch Rich Oak	Red Oak Rich Oak	Yellow Birch Idaho
Red Oak Idaho	Maple Montana	Yellow Birch Montana	Red Oak Montana
Maple Cognac	Yellow Coganc	Red Oak Cognac	Maple Bordeaux

Red Oak Bordeaux	Maple Arizona	Red Oak Arizona	Maple Nevada
Red Oak Nevada	Maple Auburn	Yellow Birch Auburn	Red Oak Auburn

The Elegant Collection boasts a unique blend of shades and species. Special attention has been paid to color consistency, with the stain expertly applied every time. The result? Unsurpassed quality for impeccable style.

Yellow Birch Sierra	Maple Montana
Red Oak Bordeaux	Red Oak Golden
Yellow Birch Montana	Red Oak Arizona

Mirage Stylish Collection
Do you like to be different, to stand out from the crowd? Are you known for your originality and good taste?

Boldly self-confident, the four series in our Stylish Collection feature local and exotic species that bring a world of distinctive beauty and charm to your home.

The Mirage Look-originality that's always in vogue.

Sweet Memories Series
Eye-pleasing colors add a splash of warmth to your surroundings with a look that is both antique and modern. Perfect for contemporary and country-style decors with a unique variable staining process that recreates a sought-after antique look. Deliciously authentic. Treat yourself!

Maple Creme Brulee	Maple Toffee
Maple Truffle	Maple Earl Grey

Design Series
The colors of creativity. Discover rich, contemporary shades perfectly adapted to your lifestyle. Create a unique atmosphere based on your needs. Dare. Surprise. Amaze.

Maple Alaska	Red Oak Alaska
Maple Charcoal	Red Oak Charcoal
Yellow Birch Java	Red Oak Java
Maple Vienna	Red Oak Vienna
Maple Merlot	Red Oak Merlot
Maple Sambuca	Red Oak Sambuca

Exotic Series
Conjure up delightful flights of fancy. Enhance your home's style and value with fascinating nuances of color and different woods for different looks.

Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba)	Santos Mahogany (Cabreuva)
Sapele	Tigerwood

Herringbone Series
A modern tribute to old-time designs. Imagine a decor with a resolutely personal touch. Fixed-length strips ensure perfect symmetry while different species combine to create a unique effect. Captivating and inspiring.

Herringbone	Double Herringbone
Cube	Basket
Bricks	Available in Natural Maple, Red Oak, American Cherry and Brazilian Cherry. Also available in Red Oak and Maple stains: Golden, Sierra, Nevada and Auburn.

The Mirage Difference...

Types of Finish
Keep in mind how the room will be used and how much maintenance you're willing to put into it. A very bright, smooth finish can create a stunning effect, but will tend to draw attention to scratches and marks of any kind and make dust and dirt more visible.

Semi-gloss or Cashmere?
Keep in mind how the room will be used and how much maintenance you're willing to put into it. A very bright, smooth finish can create a stunning effect, but will tend to draw attention to scratches and marks of any kind and make dust and dirt more visible.

Mirage is offering you two finishes: Semi-gloss and Cashmere.

Semi-gloss
A medium-bright finish. This very popular gloss is the standard for prefinished hardwood floors.

Cashmere
It provides a low gloss-oil finish look with the same great maintenance and performance characteristics as our other products. It's a very practical choice for families with children, pets, or high traffic areas in their home, as the low gloss finish will hide many imperfections that can occur over time.

Nanolinx, a first in the wood industry

With Nanolinx™, Mirage is the first and only company in the industry to leverage state-of-the-art nanotechnology to deliver prefinished hardwood floors.

How the infinitely small can help you to see again bigger! The benefits are numerous. See for yourself:

Even more transparent to showcase all the natural beauty of the wood.
Offers superior flexibility and durability. The particles link together to form a more elastic finish that preserves the original appearances of your floor.
Up to 5 times more wear-resistant than most other finishes.
Added UV protection for natural light-colored wood species to delay and reduce the sun-shading phenomenon that causes wood to darken and yellow over time.
A healthy finish that dirt can't lay a finger on.

The bottom line is...nobody makes a better floor than Mirage. You owe it to yourself to choose the very best.