Flooring advice, project ideas, and hardwood care.

Buying hardwood flooring can be confusing. There are planks of different lengths and widths. There are different species, stains, and finishes. There are so many options. However, there’s one option that you might see less often: thickness. Sellers might mention the...

Hardwood floors are very resilient if you take care of them. They don’t require much upkeep or very involved maintenance. However, there are things that can happen. One danger is cupping. Cupping occurs when there is moisture present. It’s a distinct danger if you...

In general, there are two basic kinds of wood stain; there are pigmented stains and reactive stains. Reactive stains are also called active stains or chemical stains. Instead of having pigment that soaks into the wood and colors it, reactive stains have chemicals that...

Hardwood flooring is usually thought of as purely an indoors adventure. Decks and patios are made with wooden floors but that wood is often a treated softwood. In fact, hardwood is often thought to be so finicky that you don’t even want to use it in high moisture...

For the longest time, hardwood floors basically came in one texture. You could get a perfectly smooth hardwood floor that had been sanded too perfection. It was then stained and sealed with layers of glossy polyurethane until it looked almost wet. That was the...

Many 21st century hardwood flooring trends are about unnatural colors such as blue. At first glance, the red hardwood trend seems like it might be the same thing. However, the red hardwood flooring trend is more about natural colors. There are naturally red hardwoods...