I was looking at Sunset magazine's pair of smart homes for 2011, and came across a mention of something that looked and sounded very lovely: gray-washed bamboo flooring. I was immediately drawn to fact that it evokes sun-bleached driftwood. Check out the 2nd thumbnail photo from their Week 1 of documentation.

The vendor they looked at is Plyboo—http://www.plyboo.com/edge-grain.html

The only thing that makes me sad is Plyboo doesn't offer this color in their strand-woven bamboo flooring—which has a hardness rating up to twice that of the edge-grain bamboo. We've known a few people who installed the edge/flat-grain bamboo, and it just dents too easily. So...we can always install unfinished strand-woven flooring, then apply the gray wash ourselves (I foresee a lot of test swatches on scrap flooring first).

[Update: husband is not fan of the gray-washed flooring. Thinks the color is too limiting for the decor options. I think I've lost the battle to promote beach-house/modern styling.]