There’s a reason why resilient flooring types and ceramic tile are the go-to floorings for utility areas in the home.

Produce artful floors with ages-old techniques and some paint.

The flooring you choose sets the style, period, and tone for the room.

Get a leg up on old-house floors. Our editors highlight new and classic articles on flooring, and show us a way to fix a squeaky spot.

Sawmill-direct wide plank flooring from well-managed forests and a small family sawmill since 1965. Native hardwoods and softwoods, unfinished or prefinished.

Floors may suffer indignities as they age, even as they develop patina. Refreshing a basically sound floor will keep it serviceable. Given care and respect, a wood, stone, tile, or resilient floor will last for many decades and beyond.

Here are some fittings fresh as a new century, all well designed and crafted.

Original wood floors are a prized feature—when they have survived. For those looking to approximate one, our experts explain what an authentic floor should look like.

Make your hardwood floor's gouges, splinters, and holes virtually unnoticeable with a Dutchman patch.

A deft hand and a sharp knife can give classic pizzazz to linoleum floors.

Gleaming tongue-and-groove hardwood floors might seem like the standard for old houses, but that wasn’t always the case, as a trip through wood flooring history illustrates.

From Eastern White Pine to Hickory and Douglas Fir, we discuss the variety of locally sourced flooring options.