We've all heard the expression, "If these walls could talk," but how about your floors? If you use antique wood flooring you might be surprised at what your floors would say.

Antique wood flooring is usually made from the recycled wood from old buildings, barns, farmhouses and similar structures that have been abandoned or demolished. The wood retains much of the character from its original purpose complete with distress marks from the elements.

Once recovered, the wood is treated and dried before being reincarnated as beautiful antique flooring that is as at home in a modern mansion as it is in a log cabin.

Because the sources for antique wood flooring are limited, these are not the floors to choose if you want to cut costs. But they are the floors to choose if you are looking for something that adds character and warmth to your home and you are willing to make an investment that will last a lifetime.

As for durability, you have to imagine that if the wood could withstand a century of rain, sun, snow, hail etc., it can stand up to anything you could put it through.

With antique wood flooring, it is not just the appearance of the wood that gives it its unique character; it is the story behind it. Imagine the conversations when guests find out that your antique wood flooring came from an 18^th century farmhouse. Or what if your antique wood floors came from a building used to house the Underground Railroad. Maybe yours came from one of the first factories built in America or a saloon from the Old West. Who knows?

With antique wood flooring you can never be sure where your floors have been. But you can bet that if it could talk, your antique wood flooring would put the walls to shame.