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Protecting Your Floors from the Christmas Tree

The holidays are here! My favorite time of year. Has anyone else been binge watching Holiday Baking Championships on the Food Network? It’s the default channel in my house during…

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October 21, 2020
custom hardwood floor installation, Exotic Species Hardwood Flooring, Grades of Hardwood, Hardwood Flooring, How to Choose the Right Floor, Sanding and Refinishing hardwood floors

Maple Hardwood Flooring

Common names- Hard Maple, Sugar Maple, Rock Maple Scientific Name- Acer Saccarum Origin – Northeast United States Janka – 1450 psi If you happen to do a bit of research…

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January 22, 2018
Flooring Trends of 2017

Flooring Trends For 2017 Part I

It’s that time again; the New Year is almost upon us.  Here’s a look at what’s trending in 2017 in the flooring industry …… ​​​​​​​​​The flooring industry continues to push…

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December 19, 2016
  • Hardwood Flooring,  How to Choose the Right Floor,  installing prefinished hardwood flooring,  Interior Home Renovation

    Why are Hardwood Floors So Popular? 10 Reasons Why hardwood floors are the most popular flooring.

    November 11, 2019 / 43 Comments

    Why Hardwood Floors are so popular. My top 10 reasons- COMING SOON Best Bargain Timeless Versatile                Styles                Species                Design Durable Abundant Hygienic Longevity Add value Natural Resource- can be replenished Can be fixed when damaged

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  • floor damage,  Hardwood Flooring,  Sanding and Refinishing hardwood floors

    Signs It’s Time to Refinish Your Hardwood Floors

    November 11, 2019 / 47 Comments

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  • Hardwood Flooring,  Kitchen Flooring

    Hardwood in the Kitchen

    November 1, 2019 / 39 Comments

    Hardwood flooring in the kitchen, should you or shouldn’t you, that is the question? And yes you should! Hardwood flooring in the kitchen is very, I mean VERY, popular in kitchens in the Northeast. With proper care and maintenance, hardwood flooring in your kitchen and home will last a lifetime maybe even two or 3 lifetimes. We have sanded and refinished hardwood flooring that was over 100 years old. Truthfully, hardwood flooring is one of those floors that never go out of style. The stain trends may come and go but with a sanding and refinishing, you can change that to bring your floors up to current trend. An experienced…

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    2020 Tile Trends

    October 23, 2019 / 1,432 Comments

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    Moody Rooms. What are they? And what are the best paint colors to use for a moody room?

    January 30, 2019 / 47 Comments

    Moody Rooms What are they? And what are the best paint colors to use for a moody room? What are moody rooms? Moody rooms are a fun and exciting new trend that many homeowners and designers alike are incorporating into their homes. So what exactly are moody rooms? Moody rooms aren’t exactly like they sound. Or are they? Well it depends on the mood you are trying to set; Not necessarily the way your are feeling(i.e. moody or grouchy). Moody rooms are darker in color. Bold, dark and exquisite colors are used to create these rooms. While the trend of light, bright and cool toned colors have been popular now…

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    Power Outages and Protecting Yourself and Your Home

    March 20, 2018 / 35 Comments

    Were you recently affected by the 2 back to back Nor’easter’s that blanketed the Hudson Valley area with a few feet of snow? We are expecting another Nor’easter the same day Spring begins so it doesn’t seem like winter is ready to let us have warm weather!   The first Nor’easter on March 2nd brought along heavy snow and wind gusts of 70 miles per hour. The destruction of fallen trees and down power lines were quite overwhelming to experience. Then on Wednesday 3/7/18 another storm hammered our region with another 18-/+ inches of snow. We lost power on the afternoon of  Fri 3/2 and had power restored on Fri…

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  • Grades of Hardwood,  Hardwood Flooring

    European Oak

    March 12, 2018 / 43 Comments

    Oak Flooring is the most popular flooring choice in the US. It is abundantly available, durable, and easy to work with. It is also very popular among builders as lumber. American Oak is distinguished into two main categories: Red Oak and White Oak.

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  • Floor Maintenance

    How to Care for Hardwood Flooring

    February 26, 2018 / 47 Comments

    Maintaining your hardwood floors Did you just have hardwood floors installed and are now wondering the best way to care and maintain them? Or did you just move into a home that has hardwood throughout and you want to keep them looking new for years to come? In this post, we’ll discuss some preventative tips for maintaining your hardwood floors, minimize scratching, and wear of the finish. Hardwood floors are classic and not going out of style anytime soon. One of the amazing benefits of hardwood flooring is that it lasts a lifetime and then some. We’ve refinished floors that were over a century old- albeit not always in the…

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  • Pre-finished Oak Hardwood Flooring
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    The Different Grades of Red Oak

    February 19, 2018 / 47 Comments

    The different grades of Red Oak Hardwood We had written a post on the different grades of hardwood in the past. It was a more generalized post about the overall grading system of hardwood floor. In this post, I thought it was necessary to be a bit more specific. Since Oak floor is the most popular hardwood choice for a vast majority of the United States, especially here in the North East region, we are going to discuss the different grades of Red Oak. You’ll notice, if you have read our previous blog on the hardwood grading system, many domestic species have interchangeable terms for the grades and it can…

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    Staining Hardwood Floors Gray

    February 10, 2018 / 47 Comments

    Gray stained floors have been a sweeping trend for the past few years or so. I remember the first phone call we received for gray hardwood. It was a trend that has crept its way up to Westchester from NYC. All the designers were raving about this beautiful gray hardwood. While trends come and go- gray stains have seemed to find a niche of their own and I can absolutely see this becoming a classic staple. One of the many reasons gray has become so popular is because of the many, many options of staining a floor gray. You can mix colors to create a custom gray, it can be…

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