About to start looking for someone to do this (sanding and finishing) for my parquet floors. I’ve read re-doing parquet is different from re-doing regular wood floors (where the grains all flow in one ...

There are certain areas of your floor that get more traffic than others. So what do you do when one heavily trafficked area of your hardwood floor looks worn while the rest of it is OK? A reader sent ...

Original wood floors can be one of the most striking features of a brownstone or townhouse, especially if they have intricate parquet or borders. But many wood floors have suffered years of neglect, ...

From stained glass windows to intricately carved plaster, parquet floors to cased openings, there are plenty of features that add charm to historic homes. But when it comes to older houses that have ...

The Phillipses renovated a 1904 Queen Anne-style home in New Albany's East Spring Street Historic District, preserving original features like the woodwork and staircase. The kitchen underwent a ...