Avoiding Cheap Wood Floor Refinishing Contractors
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 tremendous value to your home, both aesthetically and in resale value. Restoring & refinishing your hardwood floors is well worth your money. But, […]
Can Hardwood Flooring Ever Be Used in a Basement?
The Best Hardwood Floor For Below Ground Rooms Having a home filled with kids is wonderful, but at some point, those little people get too old to share bedrooms. Not everyone has the luxury of moving to a bigger home with more rooms, so a popular trend is to use the basement. It turns out it’s […]
There Will Be Flood!
(Cover: 2013 Jamestown, CO flood. Photo by: Steve Zumwalt/FEMA,from the FEMA Photo Library) Add flood insurance to your Colorado homeowner’s policy With warmer spring weather right around the corner we’re saying goodbye to frost and snow, and hello to the potential for flooding. For many Mountain Communities, as well as the Front Range taking precautionary […]
What’s the Story Behind Your Reclaimed Floors?
Reclaimed hardwood floors are popular for many reasons. First, it is environmentally responsible. Second, they look cool. And third, they have a rich history that you can’t get with new hardwood floors. This is also true for our reclaimed mixed species hardwood floors. Historic buildings often become beautiful reclaimed hardwood floors When old commercial buildings […]
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 […]