Paradise Valley Reclaimed Karri Wood

This stunning Paradise Valley home features reclaimed Karri wood flooring with a rich history. Karri is a magnificent hardwood native to Western Australia, prized for its exceptional durability and beautiful grain patterns.

About Karri Wood

Reclaimed Karri wood is typically salvaged from old agricultural buildings in Australia—barns, shearing sheds, and industrial structures that have stood for generations. This gives each plank a story and a character that simply can’t be replicated with new materials.

The Restoration

When we first saw these floors, they had lost their luster after years of wear. Our job was to carefully resand the reclaimed Karri wood and bring it back to life, revealing the deep, rich tones and distinctive grain that make this wood so special.

Karri is one of the densest hardwoods you’ll work on — it loads sandpaper fast and punishes an impatient approach. Reclaimed material adds another layer: decades of old finish, embedded grit, and surface contamination from agricultural use. You have to cut through all of that before you’re even into the wood itself. The sanding sequence here was slower and more deliberate than a standard domestic species, but that density is also why the floors look the way they do after finishing — Karri takes a finish differently than white oak or maple, with a depth to the grain that comes through more clearly the cleaner the surface prep.