Architects · Designers · Builders · Developers

You see the space.
We see the grain.

Bring your vision, your drawings and your questions. Let’s work through the material, the construction and the details that connect the two.

Share your project brief
Hexagonal wood parquet meeting custom kitchen cabinetry in the Lincoln Park project
Lincoln Park / A collaboration in parquet

Craft in the conversation

From concept
to connection.

Some of the most important decisions happen at the edge.

Where timber meets stone. Where a new floor joins an existing one. Where a pattern turns into a stair. Those details benefit from an early conversation between the design intent and the installation approach.

Our work includes new hardwood installations, refinishing, custom parquet, stair finishing and repairs. Restoration can sit alongside new construction in the same brief.

Four parts of a useful brief

Bring the idea.
Let’s resolve the details.

Whether you’re shaping a single room or coordinating a wider development, start with what you know.

01 / Context

The space & scope

Project address, use, approximate floor area, existing construction and the current design or construction stage.

02 / Direction

Material & expression

Species, board dimensions, tone, pattern and finish references. Bring samples or images that help communicate your intent.

03 / Interfaces

The detailed junctions

Stairs, thresholds, other trades, subfloor information and any acoustic or building requirements for the space.

04 / Coordination

The route to installation

Target dates, site access, decision-makers and the parts of the specification that still need to be resolved.

Completed curved staircase and dark handrail in the Lincoln Park townhouse

Case study / Lincoln Park

One townhome.
Many expressions.

A collaboration with builders and designers brought together prefinished hexagonal kitchen parquet, white-oak bedroom parquet finished on site, and considered stair detailing.

The project makes a useful starting point for a conversation about pattern, finish and continuity.

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Off the screen. Onto the table.

Materials are
better together.

Flooring samples laid out for comparison in the showroom

A place to test the direction.

Bring a cabinet finish, a stone sample, a paint reference or a drawing to the Park Ridge showroom. Looking at the materials together helps give the floor a place in the whole scheme.

Call ahead to arrange a visit and discuss the samples or questions you’d like to cover.

Arrange a showroom conversation
1024 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068
(847) 696-2800

A shared eye for the details

Let’s put the floor
into the plan.

Introduce the project, your role and the decisions you want to work through.

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Notes from Ace

Good things. Underfoot.

Thoughtful care starts with the right guidance. Explore the care journal, or ask Ace about future updates.

Ask about updatesA little care for right now

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Ace / Floor guide

A good place to start.

Chat demo · automated guide
Ace floor guide

Hello. What would you like to explore—an existing floor, a new installation, a first budget, or everyday care?

Scripted replies. Messages stay in this session and are not sent to Ace.

Talk with the Ace team.For advice specific to your floor.

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