Wooden Wall Decor for Your Super Bowl Baby
According to the NFL’s “Super Bowl Babies” spot during Super Bowl 50 – you know, the one where the Broncos kicked the Panther’s…ehum, you know the one – a lot of you Bronco fans went on to have a fun, sexy time. So, if the ad rings true, it’s time to start thinking about how […]
Installing Solid Wood Flooring
Which direction you lay your solid hardwood floors can have just as much to do with the shape of your room or the direction of your subfloor joists. Since we’re talking about installing solid hardwood flooring, you are going to need a wooden subfloor to support the wood boards, so we’re going to assume, for the […]
Installing Diagonal Hardwood Flooring
There’s no limit to what you can do with hardwood floors. We’ve gone over several attractive installation patterns, but one that is not getting the attention it deserves is the diagonal hardwood floor. Most contractors will try to avoid this type of installation as it requires extreme precision and a lot of patience, but a […]
Kids, Toys, and Hardwood Flooring
Many parents see hardwood floors as “one more thing my child can fall and hurt themselves.” But, before you move your whole family into a bouncy castle where there’s nothing hard to hit your head or glue foam mattresses to every surface of the home, let’s dispel some myths about kids, their toys, and your […]
Preparing Your Subfloors for New Wood Floors
When it comes to your subfloor, the three magic words any hardwood flooring contractor wants to hear is “clean, dry, and flat!” Before any hardwood flooring installation project, make sure you talk to your contractor about the subfloor and give it a good inspection before you do anything else. Common subfloor problems Your floors are […]
Be a Hardwood Flooring Rebel and Leave Them Unfinished
Choosing between the many floor finishes can be a little overwhelming. You just spent a long time deciding on the wood species and the installation pattern, and now you have hundreds of floor finishes to choose from to complete your hardwood flooring project. But, what if you didn’t have to choose? What if you could […]
Hardwood Floors for An Open Plan Home
It’s not uncommon for new homeowners to want to knock down a wall or two creating a big, open space. The open floor plan is more popular than ever, but there’s more to creating harmony with a large space than simply tearing down a wall. If you are combining a few rooms into one big […]
The Benefits of Buying Mill Direct Hardwood Floors
Congratulations on realizing that the best thing for your new hardwood floors is to have a professional in charge of the installation process! That doesn’t mean that you can’t be hands-on during the entire process. Just because you have a professional crew, doesn’t mean that you aren’t part of the decision process, and buying wood […]
The Number One Threat to Hardwood Floors: Flooding!
Winterize your winter home every time you leave Having a second home in the Colorado mountains, close to all the winter sports action, is an incredible luxury. But it also comes with great responsibility. Those hardwood floors in your winter cabin are part of the charm of a classic mountain home, but one burst pipe […]
Ants in Your Hardwood Floors and Sub Floors
One little breadcrumb and a string of ants seem to be immediately marching single file over your floors. But, if your hardwood floors have been damaged due to moisture issues, you could be looking at a bigger ant problem: carpenter ants! Carpenter ants love damaged wood Carpenter ants don’t feed on the wood, like most […]