I’m restoring a home that had significant water damage, and the owner wanted to change a carpeted bedroom to one with a hardwood floor. When the home was built the builder didn’t make sure that the floor was level, but that was hidden by the carpeting....
A customer wanted me to remove some cabinets in her home office. This would normally be a simple job. However, when we took the cabinets out we discovered that the room’s hardwood floor didn’t extend beneath them. This presented several issues. Most floor...
One of my subcontractors accidentally damaged the wood floor on a remodel that I was doing. This accident posed a significant problem for me as the normal solution would be to replace a section of the floor, then sand and re-stain the entire floor. Not only would this...
Floor stains come in a variety of colors, and it can be difficult to know how a particular stain will look in your room based on a photograph. Just like wall paint, you can purchase small containers of stains and do a swatch test. This will give you a better idea on...
There are many stain options that you can use to personalize your wood flooring. However, in the case of the townhouse that I’m remodeling I wanted to go with a natural finish. I had harvested the oak logs myself, and I wanted to show off the imperfect beauty of...
Major construction projects have dozens if not hundreds of steps necessary to reach completion. All of these steps are very necessary, but not very glamorous. In fact, a project often looks worse during the process than it did at its beginning. However, certain...
