Refinished antique heart pine floor with sunlight falling across the boards

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Fifty years of floors.

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Freshly sanded red oak strip flooring running toward a bright wall — Site-finished red oak, sanded flat and ready for coat one

Wide heart pine boards showing dense straight grain and amber resin streaks — Antique heart pine with a tight vertical grain

Hallway mid-installation with black underlayment and stacked planks — Laying new floor over a fresh moisture barrier

Oak flooring part-laid with loose boards staged across the room — Racking boards out before the nailer comes through

Refinished oak staircase seen from the top step — Oak treads, looking down the flight

Floor buffer at the end of a long hallway with doors either side — Buffing a hallway between coats

Light oak flooring seen at a low angle across a finished room — Pale oak run wall to wall

Sunlight and leaf shadow falling across warm heart pine boards — Afternoon light moving across old heart pine

New pine board laid into a gap among older stained heart pine boards — Fitting a replacement board into a heart pine field

Curved timber detail meeting a pale wood floor — A curved apron, cut and fitted

Floor edger on golden oak beside white trim — Edging up to the baseboard

Wooden staircase with turned balusters above a warm landing floor — Stair and landing, run in one timber

Warm reddish heart pine boards running diagonally with deep figured grain — Old-growth heart pine laid on the diagonal

Craftsman kneeling to place reclaimed boards with a pry bar and hammer — Setting boards by hand, one at a time

Patchwork of reclaimed planks in golds, browns and greys — Reclaimed boards, every one a different century

Sander at work in a bright room viewed through a doorway — Seen through the door, mid-sand

Bright window pane shadow thrown across glowing amber heart pine — Window light raking across heart pine

Very wide heart pine boards filling the frame with rippled grain — Wide-plank heart pine, edge to edge

Sunlight and window shadow falling over pale floorboards — Window light across a pale floor

Room with curtained windows and sun stripes across the floor — Long light through the curtains

Church interior with pews removed and floor mid-refinish — A sanctuary floor, part way back

Rich orange-brown heart pine planks with dark knots — Heart pine with the colour only age gives

Close view of pine boards with dark amber resin lines — Resin streaks in quarter-sawn pine

Drum sander parked on half-sanded heart pine — The big machine does the flat work

Dramatic dark flame-shaped grain figure in a pale sanded board — Cathedral grain, sanded to bare wood

Clean heart pine floor with even honey tone — New heart pine, first light on it

Glossy heart pine floor beside white kitchen cabinets — Kitchen floor, hand-rubbed and glowing

Multi-toned glossy heart pine floor with strong figure — Every board a different colour of amber

Stained-glass window above a church floor being refinished — Working under the glass

Church sanctuary with a warm refinished wood floor and arched windows — The sanctuary, finished

Craftsman kneeling to fit a round vent into a new pine floor — Setting a floor vent flush

Drum sander in a large room lined with leaded stained-glass windows — Sanding under a wall of stained glass

Bright church hall with pews and a pale refinished floor — Church hall, back in service

Craftsman running a sander in a bright room with stained-glass windows — Working the room out toward the light

Black and white end-grain wood blocks showing growth rings — End-grain block paving, laid tight

Red extension lead curving over a glowing timber floor — Cable across warm boards

Dark inlaid border strip running along a landing beside a railing — An inlaid border following the stair

Historic hallway with dark inlay border framing warm pine boards — Original border inlay, brought back

Floor buffer on warm pine boards in a narrow hallway — Buffing out a hallway

Floor studded with rows of dark square wooden pegs — Hand-cut pegs, set proud and trimmed flush

Craftsman crouching with a sander and backpack vacuum — Dust extraction, and a lot of it

Four rectangular wood patches set into a pale oak floor — Dutchman patches let into a damaged field

Warm pine boards with dark knots and even sheen — Knotty pine, finished honey

Board with two dark stain samples brushed onto bare oak — Stain samples, laid on the actual floor

Sander in a wide room with tall windows and dark boards — Opening up a big room

Warm honey pine boards seen beneath a dark stair railing — Heart pine glowing under the rail

Rich multi-toned reclaimed boards with knots and nail marks — Reclaimed heart pine with all its history left in

Small dog standing on a warm reclaimed pine floor — The site inspector

Long room with new floor leading to french doors and greenery — Through the room to the garden doors

Open room with pale oak floor and a black wood-burning stove — White oak laid through to the wood stove

Hallway with a vacuum hose trailing across a pale floor — Hose down the hallway

Dark stained floor with a lighter replacement board blended in — A patched board, sanded in until it disappears

Drum sander with bulging dust bag on part-sanded oak — Dust bag full, floor nearly flat

Pale boards with large dark knots and mineral streaks — Knots and character, left exactly where they were

Room taken back to concrete with crew and equipment — Stripped to the slab

Craftsman working beside a cast iron stove and brick chimney — Kneeling in by the stove

Worn grey floorboards with old finish failing — How it looked when we got there

Glowing orange heart pine running down a hallway — Heart pine hall, three coats on

Craftsman running a buffer across a kitchen floor — Buffing out the kitchen

Diamond marquetry panel set into a reclaimed timber floor — Marquetry panel, cut piece by piece

Craftsman standing on a porch beside an American flag — Out front, job done

Long view down a dark stained oak floor toward bright windows — Dark oak through to the kitchen

Craftsman sanding a wide floor in a green attic room — Cutting back a cupped attic floor

Badly stained and blistered floorboards in a stripped room — Water damage, before we touched it

Circular inlay ring set into dark weathered planks — A round medallion set into barn boards

Modern kitchen and island above wide pale oak boards — Pale oak through an open kitchen

Hallway with a patterned rug, wood floor and a small dog — Hall floor, dog approved

Sander on a dark floor with daylight spilling through a doorway — First light through the door, last pass on the floor

Long heart pine floor framed by timber posts and beams — Heart pine running the length of the house

Pale wide-plank floor running past a timber balustrade — Wide plank down the landing

Rich red-brown reclaimed boards standing side by side — Reclaimed stock, sorted and ready

Pile of reclaimed timber offcuts stacked loose — Offcuts, sorted for the next job

Strong window shadow cast over glowing orange heart pine — Window light burning through heart pine

Staircase with yellow-painted treads part stripped — Old paint coming off the treads

Weathered timber boards in blue and grey tones — Blue-grey weathered boards

Glossy floor running toward a storefront window and street — Shopfront floor, run to the glass

Light oak boards part-laid across a bright room — Red oak going down over new subfloor

Craftsman in overalls standing in a finished hallway — Tools down, floor done

Stair landing with balustrade above a warm wood floor — Landing and rail, finished together

Close-up of pale heart pine with tight cathedral figure — The grain you only get from old growth

Detail of heart pine grain sweeping across a wide board — Two hundred rings to the inch

Heavily figured floor with rippling light and dark bands — Figure like water across the floor

Pale oak boards laid beside slightly darker existing floor — New boards blending into old

Wide living space with pale oak running past a kitchen island — Open plan, one continuous floor

Magazine spread featuring a craftsman seated against stacked timber — Jim's work, written up

Herringbone oak floor with a dark-framed diamond medallion inlay — Herringbone with a diamond at its centre

Pale grey-white boards with strong dark grain lines — Ash, sanded pale and left almost white

View through a doorway onto warm heart pine boards — Heart pine framed in a doorway

Warm oak floor with sunlight pooling near a window — Golden oak with the sun on it

Weathered deck boards beside a lake with a hose across them — Lakeside deck, before

Craftsman pressure-washing a deck overlooking a lake — Washing a deck back to clean timber

Black and white photograph of a checkerboard parquet floor — Checkerboard parquet, squared up by hand

Glowing orange heart pine boards beside a dark doorway — Heart pine against an old door frame

Warm oak floor with sunlight pooling across the boards — Sun across a finished oak floor

Timber-framed cabin interior with a new heart pine floor — Cabin floor, laid in heart pine

Craftsman kneeling to repair floorboards beside old tile — Cutting out where the tile met the wood

Pale floor with a contrasting inlaid cross detail — A cross let into the threshold

New porch decking with a dark panel resting on it — Decking, laid and screwed down

Smooth pale oak boards photographed straight down — White oak, flat and clean

Covered porch with light falling across new boards — Sun across a finished porch

Sander beside a brick fireplace with sun patches on the floor — Working around the fireplace

Black and white shot of a sander lit by a single work light — One lamp, one machine, one more pass

White farmhouse porch with new decking and a magnolia branch — Porch boards, wrapped around the corner

Rich brown oak boards with strong straight grain — Rift-sawn oak with a deep amber coat

Very pale grey-white oak floor in an empty room — Bleached oak, kept deliberately pale

Glossy dark heart pine floor and sunlit steps beyond — Heart pine landing, three coats deep

Craftsman kneeling to work on flooring in a sunlit bay — Fitting the last boards under the window

Chop saw set up over an old subfloor with power leads — Cutting stock on site

Dark water-damaged floorboards under a bright window — Before: water-stained and cupped

Craftsman crouching with an orbital sander on pale oak — Hand-sanding what the machine can't reach

Empty bedroom with warm oak floor and a sunlit window — Room finished, light let back in

Curved bay window with pale floorboards and a city view — Bay window, boards run to the curve

Doorway with damaged floorboards partly lifted — Taking up what's past saving

Drum sander on heart pine with sanded and unsanded halves — Heart pine, halfway back

Boots on warm heart pine boards with strong grain — Standing on two hundred years of pine

Circular wood patch let into a pine floor — A round patch, grain matched and set in

Heart pine boards glowing gold with raking light along the grain — Low sun the length of the boards

Floor buffer on warm figured heart pine — Buffing heart pine to a soft sheen

Row of dark glass panels inlaid into a warm timber floor — Glass and iron set flush into the floor

Swirling concentric grain figure filling a single board — One board, all the figure in the tree

Weathered dark boards with remnants of white paint — Old paint, sanded back to the wood

Old building being dismantled with reclaimed boards stacked alongside — Where the boards come from

Wide knotty pine floor in a bright finished room — Knotty pine, finished warm

Weathered log cabin standing in bare winter woods — The kind of building we take timber out of

Empty room with bare subfloor and sanding equipment — Stripped back, ready to start

Craftsman with a finish bucket in a curved bay window room — Cutting in the first coat by hand

Glossy honey floor reflecting tall bay windows — Bay window, finished and reflecting

Historic staircase with worn treads and panelled wall — An old stair, still worth saving

Craftsman drawing a finish applicator across a pale floor — Pulling the finish out in long, even passes

Light oak floor catching soft window light — Warm oak, evenly laid

Fresh pine board resting on a floor mid-repair — New board cut and offered up

Deep brown heart pine floor with a sunlit window beyond — Dark heart pine under a bright window

Reclaimed multi-toned boards seen from above with shoe covers — Standing on reclaimed stock

Modern kitchen with island above wide light oak boards — Pale oak through a new kitchen

Warm reclaimed pine floor running through an open kitchen — Heart pine past the island

Pale pine boards with dark knots and pitch pockets — Knotty pine, all character left in

Near-black boards with strong golden grain figure — Dark figured pine, close up

Dark glossy oak floor beside a white fireplace — Deep brown oak, finished

Rectangular parquet blocks framed by a contrasting border — Block parquet, laid out square

Very wide rough boards laid out on the floor — Wide slabs, milled from salvaged beams

Light oak floor running past dark cabinetry — Pale oak through a modern kitchen

Reclaimed oak boards with dark square cut-nail heads — Antique oak, still showing its cut nails

Two carved butterfly keys inlaid across splits in a dark oak floor — Butterfly keys, stitching a split back together

Craftsman standing at the end of a long glossy floor — Finished, and back to the family

Rich dark brown boards with a soft sheen — Dark stain, satin finish

Warm knotty heart pine floor in a vaulted room with a stone fireplace — Heart pine great room, finished

Timber workshop with stacked boards and machinery — The shop

Long room with flooring being laid toward brick wall — Running boards the length of the hall

Dramatic black and gold figured grain filling the frame — Ebonised pine with the gold left showing

Very dark boards with raised grain texture — Ebonised and brushed

Pale floor running down a hallway toward a bright doorway — Hall floor, run straight through

Silver-grey weathered reclaimed boards — Weathered grey, left as found

Dark floor with lighter replacement boards let in near a vent — New boards woven into the old floor

Sander in a sunlit room with long shadows across the boards — Sun and sawdust

Grid of stain samples brushed onto a pale floor — Picking the colour on the real floor

Sunlit pine floor beside a steel handrail — New pine, new rail

Pale oak boards part-laid with boots at the edge — Oak going down, board by board

Bundles of new flooring stacked ready to lay — Stock delivered and stickered

Pale grey floor reflecting window light — Grey oak with the light on it

Glossy orange-red heart pine boards — Heart pine under gloss

New deck boards being laid in a wide doorway onto woodland — Decking out toward the view

Brick-walled loft with flooring being laid — New floor into an old brick building

Black and white view of a wide plank floor and sander — Wide plank, in black and white

Vintage green drum sander standing on a finished floor — The old Hummel, still earning its keep

Glossy hallway floor running toward a bright room — Hallway, finished and reflecting

Close view of a pine board with a dark knot and flowing grain — A knot, and the grain running round it

Craftsman kneeling with an edger on a warm floor by a brick wall — Edging a loft floor by hand

Blue tape marking a rectangle on a pale floor — Taped out before the inlay goes in

Floor buffer on pale oak boards — Buffer, mid-room

View through a dark door onto a warm pine floor — Pine through a panelled doorway

Rotted boards lifted beside a sander, new stock ready — Rot cut out, sound wood going back

Very dark wide boards with subtle grain — Ebonised wide plank

Sander in front of a white fireplace — Sanding up to the hearth

Black and white study of wide planks and their grain — Wide boards, in black and white

Interlocking parquet blocks in a woven pattern — Parquet, woven tight

Craftsman fitting flooring inside a closet opening — Floor carried through into the closet

Letter H inlaid in dark wood into a pale floor — A monogram, cut and inlaid by hand

Warm pine boards with dark knots running through — Heart pine with its knots kept

Dog stretched out asleep on a finished pine floor — Approved

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