After my raging catastrophe with our engineered hardwood floors, Marc asked me if I wanted to talk about “real” hardwood floors on HomeFixated. While I’m certainly pro-hardwood floors, the truth is, is that I’ve never had to shop for or install them myself. This means that my ‘expertise’ on the matter is limited to walking and dancing (badly) on them and thinking certain varieties and stains are pretty. Not exactly helpful. Read More
Installing hardwood flooring isn’t a DIY task for everyone, but if you’re relatively comfortable taking on carpentry-related tasks around the home, hardwood flooring can be a great DIY project. Some projects for small areas with basic floor patterns can be banged out rapidly, but other more complex patterns, shapes and border designs using hardwood can typically be left to the pro’s. With a few key tools like a pneumatic nailer and, particularly a flooring nailer, installing hardwood flooring as a DIY project can be extremely rewarding. It’s also a project that will likely be enjoyed for decades to come. If you’re considering diving into a hardwood flooring project, read these 10 tips and insights I recently learned doing hardwood floors for the first time myself. Read More
