Inspired by local water mills. Photo by Dennis Crider. www.criderphotography.biz Vintage Loft is our exceptionally-long, extra-wide, textured floor. Think industrial buildings of the past. Think factories and warehouses in bustling, downtown commercial districts. Think opera house lofts or the second stories of mills. With that in mind, you’ll find yourself amid the spirit of our Vintage Loft collection. A hat tip to history. We enjoy floors everywhere we go. One might say we study them (you know, where study isn't a bad thing or involves any homework). After visiting and soaking in some of the water mills, opera houses, and...

We readily admit our bias for wood over other flooring options. But we are not alone in our bias. According to the most recent survey we could get our hands on, 66 percent of homeowners consider wood the ideal floor for their “dream home.” In the National Wood Flooring Association 2017 survey, 52 percent already had dreamy wood floors in their homes. We found this detail very heartening, given the quick and easy argument that the upfront cost of wood floor is prohibitive compared to linoleum or carpet. We get that. But we also get that for many consumers, wood...

From time to time we feature blogs about hardwood flooring and art. In this post we’ll travel back in time to 1875, check out mountains of floor (literally), and drool over some 90-year-old museum flooring made of tropical hardwood. The Floor Planers In 1875 in Paris, most artists created paintings that showcased the upper echelon of society, the elite. It certainly was not vogue to paint the working class, but that is exactly what former solider and attorney-turned-painter Gustave Caillebotte did. Up to this time, some artists did use the working class as subjects and typically did so by depicting...