Daniel Antes

08/13/2025

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Dan Antes, general manager at Distinctive Hardwood Floors in Bloomington, Ind., explains what the term 'ceruse' means in the wood flooring industry and where it came from.

08/09/2025

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Dan Antes, general manager at Distinctive Hardwood Floors in Bloomington, Ind., explains what the term 'ceruse' means in the wood flooring industry and where it came from.

06/19/2025

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In May, Daniel Antes was kind enough to open up his Distinctive Hardwood Floors shop once again and host another “Meeting of the Minds” event. It’s a gathering of wood floor pros and reps to share ideas and techniques.

02/01/2025

NWFA Wood Floor of the Year 2010: Best Limited Species | Archetypal Imaginary Remodeling Corp. (Little Neck, N.Y.) Suppliers: BOSTIK INC. | AutoCAD Design: Custom CAD Design LLC | Buffer: Bona US | Distributor: PC Wood Floors | Finish: WoodCare USA | Nailer: Stanley-Bostitch | Router, Saws: Festool | Scraper: Jungle Jim Tools | Wood Flooring: Distinctive Hardwood Floors (Daniel Antes)

12/06/2024

https://www.woodfloorbusiness.com/blogs/article/15709884/meeting-of-the-minds-pushing-the-boundaries-of-whats-possible-in-wood-flooring

In October, I attended the “Meeting of the Minds,” a gathering of hardwood flooring professionals hosted by Daniel Antes at Distinctive Hardwood Floors. We all came together with one goal in mind: exchange knowledge, ideas and techniques.

11/18/2024

Engineered end grain floor by us. Installed and finished immaculately by Walter Bastian of Majestic Hardwood Floors In the greater Minneapolis Minnesota area.

11/12/2024

We invited a select group of industry experts to our facility for an inspiring collaborative event. The aim was to learn from each other's expertise and share our own insights. As part of this exchange, we created a stunning medallion for Cummings Veneer Products/Armenia Mountain Plank and Panel, one of our most esteemed vendors and now customers. A time-lapse video documents this collaborative process. Thanks to Josh Hansman for the video.

10/04/2024

Another fully tongue and groove rotunda design. We love using curly quarter sawn white oak for accents.

09/18/2024

This is a 13 foot diameter rotunda pattern in engineered 6mm on 15mm French oak ABC grade. The entire pattern is bevelled and tongue and grooved so it can go to a prefinishing factory. It will be finished piece by piece and then reassembled on jobsite after finishing. The last photo shows the tongue and groove locations on each piece. Without the tongue and groove it would be difficult to register the heights of each piece to each other after prefinishing. The pattern is also too large to ship in one piece or even quadrants so the traditional construction using tongue and groove is absolutely necessary.

10/06/2023

Parquet of the week.

09/06/2023

We enjoy the partnerships we have with some of the most talented companies in this industry. This exceptional install was done by Absolute Wood Floors of West Palm Beach Florida. We were fortunate to get to go to the jobsite and help with the layout and installation the the Master Bedroom pattern. Since it was panelized it took just under 4 hours to completely install that space.

07/18/2023

We also love to make signs.