Correct your carpeting mistakes! At some point, you thought that carpet would be a better choice for you living room. You love the soft feel on your bare feet, and it’s a softer landing for [...]
In the early 19th-century, hardwood floors were either crudely sawed and installed for the lower and middle class or intricately laid parquet flooring for the wealthy and powerful. The beginning [...]
The weather is getting warmer, flowers are breaking ground and reaching for the sun, and it’s the end of hibernation for many of our local animals here in Colorado. A few animals that are often [...]
Prefinished vs. site-finished floors When you speak to people about hardwood flooring there seem to be two separate camps: those that choose the site finished hardwood flooring vs. those that [...]
White Oak vs. Red Oak There’s a reason the saying “stronger than Oak” came about; it wasn’t just pulled out of thin air. And the reason is pretty straightforward; Oak flooring is known to be the [...]
Maple and Cherry Wood Red Oak, White Oak, Maple, and Cherry are the dominant species commonly used to make hardwood floors worldwide. Today, we’re focusing on the Maple and the Cherry, and the [...]
Save a little time with floating hardwood floors In our haste to warn you about common mistakes with a floating hardwood floor, we forgot to point out all the awesome advantages of installing [...]
There are many different ways to approach choosing a hardwood floor. Some start with the visual, picking the type of species they are most attracted to, but another way of choosing your hardwood [...]
We’ve touched on this before, but now that Planet Earth took home the best actor Oscar at the 88th Academy Awards a few Sundays back we thought we’d give a few more tips to making environmentally [...]
Hardwood floors aren’t cheap, but if done right, they can last a lifetime with minimal care and maintenance. Having worn out and damaged hardwood floors restored to their natural beauty can add [...]