Got wood?

[robert.]

There was a time 12-15 years ago. You could not buy bird's eye maple. i tried to buy some for a bow. Only to find it priced higher than gold. i ended up taking it from a tree in my front yard.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[healey36]

Dog(s) have torn up the oak floors here. No amount of sanding would likely bring them back. That’s some lovely work, Greg, but here the dogs would lay/drool/pant all over it. Couldn’t risk it, lol.

Thank you Paul! Wood floors are difficult to reconcile between beauty and durability. Mine have suffered through 4 kids and occasional pets throughout the years. I’m making my kids crazy since they’ve been refinished but they are old enough to to understand what being careful means. I put a new black walnut floor in our kitchen that is stained ebony. It’s very dark and it shows everything but that’s what my wife wanted. I cringe when the kids go in there

A guy I once knew lived in a great old Maine farmhouse that had floors so badly worn my brother and I offered to come up and refinish them for him. I remember the staircase treads had great divots in them, accumulated from two hundred years of footfalls going up and down. He politely declined, saying the wear throughout the house was a daily reminder to him of all those that had lived there before him. I think those floors were pine, and I’m sure they could have told some stories.

[E7]

Yellow pine used to be a staple for floors.A friend of mine just finished his place.....the floors are made of grass.

[gregj410]

There was a time 12-15 years ago. You could not buy bird's eye maple. i tried to buy some for a bow. Only to find it priced higher than gold. i ended up taking it from a tree in my front yard.

This flooring was purchased from Sandy Pond hardwood out of PA I believe. They are out of business now but at the time they were the go to source for BE Maple. I had little experience in the maple world at the time and was quite surprised and disappointed with the color variations. I expected it to be all white to blonde. When I called them the man said that’s standard and that BE is graded on figure, not color. BS I thought but was pretty well stuck with it at that point, so I made the best of it.

Years later I had a repair on an estate we had worked on throughout the years. It called for highly figured, white with no mineral streaking BEM. 2-1/4” x 30” pre cuts laid in a pattern. 30$ per sq ft just for the flooring! I still have the water damaged flooring we removed and a few bundles of the new stuff laying around. May do another inlay some day.

[gregj410]

I was working in my shop today and stumbled upon this. Kind of ironic given the circumstances. I can’t remember every detail but I remember requesting this catalog from this company for a more detailed pic of the rose window

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[robert.]

Mirror or doorway?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Mirror or doorway?

I think a mirror might reflect some of the flooring of the room it's immediately facing, but I guess with exacting camera placement that one could make that questionable.

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[healey36]

Yellow pine used to be a staple for floors.A friend of mine just finished his place.....the floors are made of grass.

I'll pass...I have enough trouble keeping the lawn mowed.

[E7]

Yellow pine used to be a staple for floors.A friend of mine just finished his place.....the floors are made of grass.

I'll pass...I have enough trouble keeping the lawn mowed.

The grass I am referring to is prefinished BAMBOO.

Bamboo is a grass and is very hard and excellent for flooring!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yellow pine used to be a staple for floors.A friend of mine just finished his place.....the floors are made of grass.

I'll pass...I have enough trouble keeping the lawn mowed.

The grass I am referring to is prefinished BAMBOO.

Bamboo is a grass and is very hard and excellent for flooring!

I was wondering if you really meant bamboo.

[robert.]

A side note. American bamboo is worthless.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

A side note. American bamboo is worthless.

Well, it does burn nicely,