Behind the showroom, you’ll find Jennifer Van Dyke — and behind Jennifer, you’ll find Inside, her highly curated shop of indoor plants, rugs, cushions, and other home accents. Being attached to the Van Dyke Hardwood showroom, the two businesses aren’t just neighbors, they’re a natural extension of the same idea. Randy helps you choose a floor that will last and look right for decades, Jennifer helps you figure out what to do with the room once he’s done. Her eye for texture, warmth, and living detail means that customers who come in wondering about flooring often leave with a clearer sense of how their whole space could feel. Inside’s tagline — “bringing your home to life,” turns out to describe both businesses pretty well.
The Artisan
Our Story
A family business built on floors that last.
I — The Craftsman
A decade in retail. A chance encounter. Thirty years of floors.
Randy Van Dyke didn’t plan on spending thirty years doing hardwood floors. He had a business degree and did retail management, but was restless. When a chance encounter at a home show introduced him to the trade, what struck him wasn’t the floors themselves, but what the work offered: all different projects, different problems to solve, and something tangible to show for it at the end. He started from the bottom, and never looked back. That background in craft runs deep — his grandfather was a carpenter, and he grew up on a farm where fixing things were expected. That upbringing shows in how he works: methodically, thoroughly, and without shortcuts.
Over three decades, Randy has built a reputation spanning the Pacific Northwest. He’s worked alongside acclaimed Montana architect Larry Pearson, whose project The Cape, featured in Ralph Kylloe’s The Rustic Home, required floors that could hold their own against world-class designs. He completed multiple projects with Yellowstone Traditions, including Roddy Lodge at Elk Run, just miles from Yellowstone National Park. That kind of work demands more than skill. It demands judgment about materials, an eye for how a floor lives inside a space, and the kind of commitment that gets the job done whether the roads are open or not. Now in Port Angeles, Randy brings that same standard to every project, whether it’s a restoration job where someone else said the floor couldn’t be saved, or a first-time homeowner trying to figure out what floor they’ll actually want to live on for twenty years.
II — The Craft
Most flooring decisions go wrong before the first board is laid.
Randy believes most flooring decisions go wrong before a single board is laid. Customers choose by color when they should be thinking about species stability, board width, finish type, or whether the floor can be restored in the future or will need to be replaced. His job, as he sees it, is to help educate; to ask the right questions early, explain the tradeoffs honestly, and help people end up with something they’ll still be glad they chose a decade later. That commitment extends to the tools he invests in and the standards he holds his crew to. When Randy’s team leaves a job site, the only thing left behind is the floor.
You get what you pay for — and that includes the work, not just the material.
— Randy Van Dyke, Founder
Every project starts with a conversation.
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