On Monday, December 18, 2017 at 8:29:25 AM UTC-6, Leon wrote:

I was at an entry way to a restaurant yesterday. They had the dark wood
looking tile floor. I have never seen this style before, it cupped and
bowed up on some ends. It really looked like an old wooden floor that
had been in place for many years. The cupping and bowing was only
slight in actual physical condition, but looking across the floor at a
distance it sure looked like it's fasteners were coming loose.

No telling. On one hand, "kind of rustic" is coming back as a decorating trend. On the other, with attorneys hammering every aspect of our lives as an opportunity to sue, an obvious defect that could lead to a classic "trip and fall" suit seems unlikely.

I would bet in an entryway that sees all the traffic a restaurant gets along with exposure to wet, dirty feet from arriving clients that the joints (if trimmed, all exposed end cuts) are simply letting go.

Robert