Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Never underestimate how the right vintage hardwood floor pattern can revitalize the look and feel of your home, even more than new paint or furniture.

Watch this incredible before & after as we inject resin and refurbish an old, worn hardwood floor. ✨ From cracks and gaps to ...

Hardwood floors can potentially have a positive return on investment (ROI), unlike some other home improvement projects. Moving furniture, demolishing the current floor and preparing the subfloor ...

There's tons of debate on carpet versus hardwood floors. While carpet helps keep the house warmer in the colder months and helps deaden sound, it also gets dirty easily, shows wear quickly and poses ...

so I’m renovating a house and have put in a pocket door from the bedroom to the master bath. in most of the house, I’m refinishing the old pine floors and was thinking of doing the same in the master ...

Dear James: I have seen inlaid wood floors in older buildings and would like one in my own home. Can I add decorative inlays to my existing hardwood floors? — Trish K. Dear Trish: Decorative inlays in ...

When it comes to boring and tedious, watching paint dry is often the example of choice. But anyone who has had to stain or refinish their hardwood floors knows there’s something worse. Tom Dux ...

Just under that worn carpet lies gold. Well, not gold, but authentic, classic hardwood flooring. A lot of older homes were built with floors of red oak or white oak, or to a lesser extent, Douglas fir ...