Kim Wahlgren

1 month ago | woodfloorbusiness.com | Kim Wahlgren

When Chuck Crispin designed and installed the beautiful parquet wood flooring in the Swope Art Museum in his hometown of Terre Haute, Ind., in 1998, he didn’t anticipate the flooring wouldn’t be recoated for more than 20 years, but that’s how it turned out, and when he returned to care for the floors, “a lot of dirt was walked into the grain,” he says.

Jan 17, 2025 | woodfloorbusiness.com | Kim Wahlgren

This issue’s Trick of the Trade is from Daniel Caffo of Daniel Caffo Hardwood Flooring Inc. in Woodlyn, Pa.:I came up with this jig for scribing to the stone walls of a recent project we did in Wayne, Pa. I used an oak cut-off for the base, and the bottom edges were rounded over to avoid catching on small obstructions. I also opened the groove slightly so it would glide easily along the board being scribed.

Jan 17, 2025 | woodfloorbusiness.com | Kim Wahlgren

The Kalispell Mercantile building dates to 1892, and it became one of the largest retail and wholesale operations between Seattle and Minneapolis before closing in 1980.

Nov 14, 2024 | woodfloorbusiness.com | Installing Herringbone |Kim Wahlgren

Jack Horton and his brother have restored classic cars since they were teenagers, and their grandfather did, too. In particular, Jack always loved his grandfather’s 1953 Chevy pickup, and “I made sure he knew I was very interested in it,” he says. Then tragedy struck in January: Jack and his wife, Jessica, lost their third son, Caster, only five days after he was born. Afterwards, Jack’s grandfather called and said he wanted to give Jack the truck in memory of Caster.

Nov 14, 2024 | woodfloorbusiness.com | Kim Wahlgren

There’s one work of art that’s revered among all others in the wood flooring industry, and, of course, that’s “Les Raboteurs de Parquet.” The oil painting by Gustave Caillebotte was rejected when initially presented for display in 1875—the Museé d’Orsay, where the work now resides, says the jury was “doubtless shocked by this crude realism (some critics spoke of a ‘vulgar subject’).” Fast forward to Europe in 2023, and lifelong Italian wood flooring pro Giovanni Sonzogni of Milan had the idea...