Distinctive Hardwood Floors was founded by  Richard and Daniel Antes in Nashville, Indiana. Daniel has eighteen years experience in the hardwood flooring and related industry. He apprenticed with Chuck Crispin of Legendary Hardwood Floors and later Birger Juell Ltd., both multiple NWFA Floor of the Year winners. This experience allowed him to work with many industry leaders on cooperative projects around the county. Richard L. Antes is Emeritus Holmstedt Distinguished Professor from Indiana State University. He has had a long-standing appreciation of art and design and is experienced in oil painting, home design, construction technology, and custom fabrication. Richard and Daniel have an appreciation for high figure veneer quality lumber and Old World craftsmanship and strive to be peerless in their craftsmanship as well as ethical business practice.

         Located in the middle of one of the largest contiguous forests in the United States, Distinctive Hardwood Floors has access to the best of solid lumbers that are only rivaled in the specialty veneer industry. The beauty of wood is beginning of all projects. The craftsman’s responsibility is to preserve and reveal that beauty. Everyone is familiar with lifeless two-dimensional wood of today’s production market. Distinctive Hardwood Floors stresses the development of the third dimension appearance and iridescence only seen in the finest of furniture.