Top Shelf Flooring brings new life

to a Classic Iowa Four-Square

These before and after photos show how a sand and refinish can recover the beauty and elegance hidden under years of wear and tear. These floors were not in that bad of shape when Top Shelf was asked to lend advice to this project. There were however different finishes in different rooms and the floors had seen normal discoloration from sunlight and rugs and even a brick fireplace that had been built over ten square feet of the hardwood. Top Shelf never suggests a job be done when it is not absolutely necessary. In this instance our advice was: "If the floors bother you then it's time to refinish". Our customers decided to do a full sand and refinish and the results were phenominal.

As you can see the wood work and the floors are beautiful together and the "dirty" look of the old finish has been replaced by a uniform colored, beautifully smooth, and classically elegant Oak Floor. These pictures were taken after the second coat (water-bourne polyurethane) and before the final buff and last coat of finish. A customer can expect slightly more build on the finish and all the little imperfections to be buffed out and finished. In other words, although these photos represent a beautiful floor, they are not yet good enough to be a Top Shelf Floor.