If herringbone and parquet are your top two hardwood flooring design choices, you might be a bit confused about which option is an ideal fit for your style. Would the interlocking V-shaped wood ...

Engineered wood flooring is a type of flooring composed of a thin hardwood top layer, called a veneer or wear layer, over core layers of strengthened composite plywood. In some cases, the plywood ...

And, they said, parquet flooring can be a little tricky, so the refinishing probably should be handled by a professional. Simpson said the first thing to determine is if the floors are solid wood ...

Oak, which is almost certainly the type of wood in your parquet floor, has alternating bands of light- and dark-colored wood, plus very thin, dark brown streaks running vertically in each board.

RESTORING WOOD FLOORS. In the 1950s, homeowners wanted modern-looking homes and often covered old-style wide planks, which they deemed “old fashioned,” with wall-to-wall carpeting or new flooring.

Most residential parquet floor tiles range in thickness from 5/16 to 3/4 inches thick. The thicker hard wood tiles are more durable, but they will raise the floor level more.

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, ...

“A soft floor brush is the best solution for hardwood floors and parquet because the bristles are flexible and they don’t tend to grind into the surface,” Malcolm Berman, owner and founder ...