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Going green…staying green…MAKING GREEN

Okay, time to put in new floors. Why are unfinished wood floors the greenest choice? We know all the choices, we see the cheesy box store offerings, we have had the sticker shock at the boutique, so now what?

Lets make this easy, shall we?

We KNOW we want to be sensible and be as green, Earth friendly as we can be…so no carpet, vinyl or laminates. We know we love natural products, so lets focus on ceramic, stone or hardwood. We know we hate hard and cold and the Doctor has told us that its why our back hurts…so hardwood.

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Why Unfinished Hardwood Flooring and why now more then ever?

In the 1950′s housing starts were booming and most all of the homes had unfinished hardwood flooring.  It was beautiful, abundant, inexpensive and structurally sound. It was what one expected in a home. For the next two decades, it WAS the flooring of choice.

Then the late 60′s and early 70′s…wall-to-wall carpet hit the scene in a big way. It was quiet, soft, felt good on bare feet and could be had in many colors. Builders liked the fact that it was cheap, fast and covered up ‘less the perfect’ sub floors. Hardwood flooring was still used but only in high end homes or in just a room or two, it was still considered better in most every way…but we as Americans LOVE to have what’s the newest, latest and greatest…we just can’t help ourselves.

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