A historic river town with historic floors
Stillwater is one of the oldest towns in Minnesota, and the houses on the hills above downtown show it. Many have their original hardwood, along with the staircases, landings and trim that came with it.
Floors that old deserve care. They’ve usually been sanded before, the boards can be narrower than modern flooring, and the rooms are rarely square. We take the time to check how much wood is left and to work around what makes the house what it is.
Stairs, landings and patterns
Older Stillwater homes tend to have real staircases. We do stair refinishing too: treads, risers and skirt boards, sanded by hand and stained to match the floors.
We also refinish patterned floors like herringbone, which take more care to sand because the grain runs in more than one direction.