Test your floors

Wooden floors are the most solid and classic material in each home this days. The elegance that they are showing us (if the floor is well treat ), and keeping the fact that it last for many decades is making wood flooring an attractive for informed house owners!

If you have a hardwood flooring, you can refinish it and bring back the in it sparkle again!
Wood as a material base is a porous and vulnerable. Many people today usually choose to help their floors last longer as protecting them against moisture with sanding. A simple test to find out your floor condition is to place a drop of water on it- if the drop isn’t absorbed, or takes a few minutes to soak in,this mean that your wooden floor may be in good shape, but in case the drop soaks in immediately- this mean that it is time for renovation !

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Small space apartment restoration

Small space apartment restoration 

Even if you are living in the smallest apartment or on a old fashion house ,there are couple of thing that you can do in order to achieve the effect of modern and good looking home area.Changing the whole furniture is expensive and pointless specially when you are living on rent so here we are speaking about things like painting ,floors renovating and this type of things that you can even speak with apartment owner to deduct from your rent. If you choose to sand your floors you need to call upon the experts because even one mistake in process will ruin the flooring, this is why experts do it well,fast and with attention to each detail. Sanding will transform your environment in many ways like-lighting, breathing, good looking, no scratching and long lasting ,so contact us if you need more information any time you wish !

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MAPLE:

 There are 115 species of maple. Only 5 commercially important species grow in the U.S. Two of the five are hard rock maple and sugar maple.
 Maple is so hard and resistant to shocks that it is often used for bowling alley floors. Its diffuse
 evenly sized pores give the wood a fine texture and even grain. Maple that has a curly grain is often used for violin backs (the pattern formed is known as fiddle back figure). Burls, leaf figure, and birds-eye figures found in maple are used extensively for veneers. The Birds eye figure in maple is said to be the result of stunted growth and is quite rare.
Maple is used extensively for American colonial furniture, especially in medium and lower priced categories. It can also be stained to simulate cherry wood, which it resembles.

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SOFTWOODS top 3

PINE: Pine is a softwood which grows in most areas of the Northern Hemisphere. There are more than 100 species worldwide.

Properties: Pine is a soft, white or pale yellow wood which is light weight, straight grained and lacks figure.It resists shrinking and swelling. Knotty pine is often used for decorative effect.
Uses: Pine is often used for country or provincial furniture. Pickled, whitened, painted and oil finishes are often used on this wood.

ASH: There are 16 species of ash which grow in the eastern United States. Of these, the white ash is the largest and most commercially important.

Properties: Ash is a hard, heavy, ring porous hardwood. It has a prominent grain that resembles oak, and a white to light brown colour. Ash can be differentiated from hickory (pecan) which it also resembles, by white dots in the darker summer wood which can be seen with the naked eye. Ash burls have a twisted, interwoven figure.
Uses: Ash is widely used for structural frames and steam bent furniture pieces. It is often less expensive than comparable hardwoods.

HICKORY: There are 15 species of hickory in the eastern United States, eight of which are commercially important.

Properties: Hickory is one of the heaviest and hardest woods available. Pecan is a species of hickory sometimes used in furniture. It has a close grain without much figure.
Uses: Wood from the hickory is used for structural parts, especially where strength and thinness are required. Decorative hickory veneers are also commonly used.