The Boston Public Library We have a penchant for history at Real Wood Floors. And no better place to talk history than when you investigate the past of hardwood flooring. We’ve found that when looking into this history, what began as function gave way to design. Then, what became design cast a backward glance to the function (and style) of the traditional wood floor. Historically, widths were functional. In the early 1900s, wood flooring was functional and structural, and certainly not a design feature. To produce flooring at this time, lumber mills cut boards into two primary widths: 2 1/4...

Photo by Domenico Loia from Unsplash The pandemic brings an influx of home offices. With the coronavirus pandemic, many of us face the challenge of working from home—and often for the first time. Some of us are camped out on beds or couches while others are perched at dining room tables, and still others trying to shore up a space or nook wherever possible. Many of these spur-of-the-moment or makeshift setups are resulting in frustration because of undefined boundaries between work life, and, well, living life. Photo by Abdilla Oakaq Tozkv8 from Unsplash Our sales team has recently been fielding...

Left: Silvian - Virta, Right: Eighteen Seventy-Five - Putney. Both European white oak Have you ever wondered why some European white oak floors look brown, instead of a natural honey-like color? Have you ever wondered why some walnut floors don’t have any hints of gray? In other words, have you ever seen a wood floor color that looks different than what you expected, or perhaps not even possible? If you have ever wondered about these things (we do), then you’ve come to the right blog for answers. There are two primary methods to alter the color of a wood floor...