Editors’ Picks: Wood Floors 101

Hardwood floors are one of the character-defining features of old houses, but over the years, they can start to show signs of wear and tear—and not in a good way. Fortunately, most wood-floor issues are easily fixable, whether through a simple patch or a new finish coat. And if your old floors are truly too far gone to salvage, there are plenty of options on the market for mimicking their well-worn charm. Check out the articles below to find out what your options are for renewing old floors, and how to implement solutions.

Repairing & Refinishing Wood Floors: How to determine whether to preserve, refinish, or replace vintage wood floors.

Fixing Wood Floors: With a little know-how, you can silence faulty floorboards and repair minor damage.

A Clearer View of Floor Finishes: Once you understand the pros and cons of traditional methods and modern products, it’s easier to balance history and practicality.

5 Milled Wood Floors: Adding milled wood floors to your house offers beauty underfoot.

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Tile Patterns for Old-House Baths: Tile floors accented with period designs, from simple to elaborate, can be a great fit for old-house bathrooms.

Old-House Heating Made Pretty: From hot-air vents to radiators and baseboards, visible parts of heating systems can be made more appropriate to your old house.

American Foursquare Architecture & Interiors: The epitome of the post-Victorian “comfortable house,” the Foursquare is about dignified self-containment.

Products & Services Directory

River-Recovered Heart Pine flooring

From Goodwin Heart Pine

Goodwin’s River-Recovered Heart Pine is reclaimed flooring with a twist—the boards come from the bottom of the Suwanee River, where they sank hundreds of years ago as they were being shipped downstream from logging mills. A rare treasure preserved by the spring-fed river, the logs are retrieved by divers, then slowly air- and kiln-dried and milled into durable, character-filled boards in a variety of lengths and specifications.

View all Wood Flooring in the Products & Services Directory.

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