Should you sand and refinish your wood floors or can they get away with a sandless restoration? This is probably the most commonly asked question we get. The main things to consider here are; when was the last time the floors had attention, were your floors site finished or factory finished, and are you striving [...]

Wooden Accent Walls are becoming very popular here in Minnesota and all across the globe!  No, we aren’t talking about the old pine car siding grandma and grandpa had in their cabin up north. We are talking about using cool dark, exotic and reclaimed woods to get great TEXTURE! Wood walls can be very versatile [...]

We are often asked how often should gymnasium or other commercial hardwood floors should have attention. Wood flooring in commercial settings such as churches, schools, racquetball courts, yoga studios, retail spaces etc generally wear through 1-2 finish layers per year. So ideally, these floors should have a maintenance coating done one time per year. The [...]

This summer we spent a few weeks restoring the floors at the Historical Department of Natural Resources Log building on the Minnesota state Fairgrounds. For those not familiar with the fairgrounds they are located right between Minneapolis and St.Paul in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. The project involved sanding the flooring, and refinishing with multiple coatings of [...]

The Museum of Russian Art in South Minneapolis is one of the projects we are most proud of from recent years. The 1930′s Spanish Colonial was formerly a church. In 2002 Raymond Johnson reopened the building to showcase his collection of Russian Realist painting. His collection is the largest known private collection. This restoration project [...]