Robert Gilmore
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Hey everyone...first timer here who was happy to come across this site. I am a designer - a landscape architect - with an architect for a wife..So we'll see you on the design threads some day!
The living room of our 1861 home in Massachusetts has some gorgeuos old pumpkin pine floors. The rest of the place is carpet over what I think are the same, original floors (with lots of paint). I am about to begin the process of rebuilding the steps - new risers and treads; funky new landings of my wife's design - and we could use some advice on matching wood.
(we're really beginners here)
I found a guy selling "antique salvaged pine" (he wants $4/SF for the 12" boards, $8/sf for the 19" wide boards - reasonable?) from a nearby barn built in 1910. So i guess I have a few questions:
--Is this old enough to be the old, solid heartpine?
--I know that modern pine = soft...will 1910 pine hold up well as step treads?
--How do I match this old, dusty, unfinished wood to the warm orange/brown pumpkin pine?
--How do I match the painted, carpeted stuff to the finished floor?
--Do you use poly or stain?
sorry for the length! Like I said we're really beginners and don't really know how feasible this all is. I plan to construct the new steps/landings myself, and hire someone to sand and probably finish as well.
Thanks!
Robert
The living room of our 1861 home in Massachusetts has some gorgeuos old pumpkin pine floors. The rest of the place is carpet over what I think are the same, original floors (with lots of paint). I am about to begin the process of rebuilding the steps - new risers and treads; funky new landings of my wife's design - and we could use some advice on matching wood.
(we're really beginners here)
I found a guy selling "antique salvaged pine" (he wants $4/SF for the 12" boards, $8/sf for the 19" wide boards - reasonable?) from a nearby barn built in 1910. So i guess I have a few questions:
--Is this old enough to be the old, solid heartpine?
--I know that modern pine = soft...will 1910 pine hold up well as step treads?
--How do I match this old, dusty, unfinished wood to the warm orange/brown pumpkin pine?
--How do I match the painted, carpeted stuff to the finished floor?
--Do you use poly or stain?
sorry for the length! Like I said we're really beginners and don't really know how feasible this all is. I plan to construct the new steps/landings myself, and hire someone to sand and probably finish as well.
Thanks!
Robert
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