Hardwood Floor Cleaning – Simple Steps and Best Practices

A Clean Hardwood Floor Looks Better, Lasts Longer and is Healthier For You Recently, I wrote to you about the health benefits of hardwood flooring, so I won’t belabor the point again, today. However, in that earlier post I glossed over a very important concept; the best practices for hardwood floor cleaning. Yes, the traditional Read More

The Hardwood Floor Design of Your Dreams

Imagine What Your Hardwood Floor Will Look Like When you set out to create the hardwood floor design of your dreams, the multitude of options available can be daunting, to say the least. Should you choose the simple, timeless elegance of a monotone wide plank floor, or would an intricate percale featuring 10 different colored Read More

Preventative Hardwood Floor Care for Winter in Reno & Tahoe

Caring for your Hardwood Floors in the snowy, slushy months of Winter in Reno & Tahoe is easy, once you know how. If you’ve got Hardwood Floors, you probably know the kinds of damage standing water and abrasive dirt can have on the finish. Keeping the elements out of your home and off your beautiful Read More

Hardwood Floors – Can they add Value to your Property?

“Residential real estate agents say homes with wood floors sell faster and fetch higher prices, according to a nationwide survey commissioned by the National Wood Flooring Association” The Value of your Property will never suffer if you’ve got beautiful Hardwood Flooring  Hardwood flooring not only offers home owners a feeling of comfort and a sense of style, the Read More

Hardwood Floor Refinishing Renews Their Beauty

Are your hardwood floors suffering from stains, uneven coloring from fade and wear, or just a generally dingy exterior? We can help! We are experts at taking a beat up hardwood floor and turning it into a rich masterpiece that increases the value of your home.  We refinish or resurface hardwood floors in the Reno Read More

Subfloor Prep for a Quiet Step!

Subfloor prep is serious business. Proper subfloor prep will make all the difference in the overall quality and longevity of your hardwood floor. There are different process for each type of subfloor, but the main ideas are the same, whether you’re in Reno or around Lake Tahoe: Level the subfloor Clean the subfloor Protect the Read More

Providing Contrast – Dark vs. Light Flooring

When choosing the hardwood flooring type and color for your home, it is important to think about the overall design composition of your home; especially the rooms where you will be installing hardwood floors. As home owners, we often get to choose the colors and materials for cabinets, walls, baseboards, and flooring.  However, some things Read More

Hand Scraped Solid Wood Floors: Authentic, Rustic, Beautiful

  If you think that Hand Scraped Solid Wood Floors are just a fad, think again. This type of flooring has become a very popular option for people that desire a unique look and hard-to-beat durability. This hand-made tradition dates back to the 1800’s; a time when all homes had solid wood floors. During that Read More

Elegance Meets Durability

Hardwood floors can be elegant and add anything from simple durability to a custom look to an interior. Of course people know there are benefits to hard wood floors but you might not be aware of all of them. Durability and Maintenance Yes this, one’s often talked about but it can’t be said enough. Hardwood Read More