Interior Design Tips for Floors

The hidden physics of wood expansion and wall gaps I once walked into a house where a $15,000 wide-plank walnut floor was cupping so bad it looked like a potato chip because the installer didn’t check the crawlspace humidity. The homeowner was furious. The gaps at the perimeter were nearly an inch wide in some […]

I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I have spent twenty-five years on my knees with a moisture meter and a level. I have seen fifteen-thousand […]

The optical illusion of a continuous plane To make a room look bigger you should install hardwood planks parallel to the longest wall or towards the primary light source to extend the visual lines of the space. This technique creates a sense of depth and prevents the eye from being cut off by perpendicular seams. […]