Refinishing Oak in Iowa Farmhouse

This job halfway between Hills, IA. and Riverside, IA. presented some interesting challenges. The original layout of the house had been changed leaving patches where walls once were, new doorways and walls, and many different surfaces coming together. In fact the entire house had been moved thirty years ago from some other location. The old finish was a mixture of Shellac, polyurethane, wax and untold layers of cleaners and polishes. The floors were dirty and damaged and in need of some TLC. Above you see one of the before views and below you will see the same floor (from a different direction). We believe the results were spectacular.

Our customers wanted a look that was clean and bright but not totally unlike the original finish. After trying three different stains (in samples applied directly to the floor) we sanded them off and went with a base coat of de-waxed Shellax sealer and two coats of Ce-rox water-bourne polyurethane. I believe we met their goals.

Top Shelf Flooring

serving Eastern Iowa

319 321-5814

A Top Shelf Remodeling Project

Top Shelf Construction bought a house in January and has slowly been remodeling. The Floors have just been finished and trim is going up currently. This was a total top to bottom project and when finished there will be no surface in this house that did not get treatment. As you can see there was quite a bit of damage. These pictures will show what a customer can expect those old floors underneath their carpet to look like after Top Shelf has been through.

These are all before and after Photos of the same areas.

This last picture shows an area where new floor had to be blended in with old.

The results were seemless. As is any Top Shelf Project.