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This couple asked for our help. They showed us what they live with using what storage they have for a pantry.

The couple was so delighted that they didn’t have to crawl into the storage space just to get their canned vegetables anymore!

We met with an elderly couple who are the original owners of this particular house. They wanted the carpet to be taken out, the kitchen linoleum taken out and new hardwood flooring put in, along with the stone hearth in the livingroom, taken out and hardwood floor put in.

After taking out the carpet and installing the new wood, we then used professional polyurethane, put 3 coats down for good protection.

The homeowners were thrilled to have their original floors back, along with having a new floor in the kitchen.

 

This house was built in the 1990’s and, thus, had the pickled oak look throughout it. The stair handrail had a volute that curved out. It was time to update the look. We cut out the extended, curved bottom tread and replaced the newel post with our handmade boxed newel post and replaced the painted balusters with beautiful metal ones.

Warren cutting out the extended step.

We were to paint the stringers and the risers, stain the treads and balcony nosing to match the new flooring that was installed by others.

 

After that was completed, we then installed painted box newel posts.

 We installed the handrails and metal balusters, which came from another source.

A new fresh look.

We were called out to an old farm house last December that sustained fire damage, to repair floors and the stair cases. We were to build an entirely new balustrade for the upstairs staircase that led to the attic.

All the sub-contractor’s took turns working there.  Here’s a video of our work.

 

Here is a balcony we updated. We tore out the old carpet and pulled out the old handrail. We built the new balcony nosing from red oak lumber. We used the curved handrail as our guide.

We got the balcony nosing to fit nicely over the floor construction wood and put up baseboard to give a sharp, crisp finish.

We then installed red oak hardwood, finished it with  Bona water-based finish.

The newel posts were custom made  and we used plain metal balusters to complete the upgrade.

The sunken Living Room floor in this house is Brazilian cherry. The homeowner wanted to change up the entrance to it making it more open.

She requested having the steps extend the whole width of the room, with the treads to be brazilian cherry to match the sunken living room.

We took down the handrails and the original nosing along the tile of the kitchen. Then we made stringers to support the new staircase.

We then built up the structure of the steps and placed new nosing made from choice brazilian cherry.

The stair treads we assembled using  choice brazilian cherry lumber.  The new treads are 12 feet long and 11 inches wide and very heavy.

We were very pleased on how the new steps made the room more open.

 

We were called back to an old house that we previously did the floors to the front half of the house. Now the kitchen floor needed redone. The homeowners tore out the existing 5 layers of flooring that was about 2 inches thick . We had to replace some of the old antique heart pine boards.

Here’s a video of what we did.

 

 

In the old house that we just refinished the upstairs,  the homeowners also needed their staircase refinished. They had carpet on them and this is what was underneath.

The carpet pad was a thick crust.

The risers the homeowner was going to paint herself. So, we prepped them for painting and we sanded down the treads and put three coats of finish on them.

 

 

“Can you do somthing with our floors?”  The homeowner of this house asked us when we came out to see their project.

The floorboards were cupped, and loose. They looked like they were not maintained for a long time.

Warren was able to replace or repair them. We then sanded them thoroughly and put three coats of Profesional urethane on them.

Most of the floors we are guessing to be hemlock. One room was antique heart pine.  We were very pleased with the results.

This house we had done the floors and staircase a few years ago. The home owners wanted their kitchen floor to hardwood floor like the rest of the house. This past week we were able to install oak hardwood floors, then stain it and finished as we did the rest of the floors.