Dear Mr. HandyPerson: I want to refinish my oak hardwood floors to make them a light-brown color, but I don't exactly know how to go about doing this. I did one room by sanding, staining and wiping, ...

Hardwood floors cost $3 to $8 per square foot to refinish, depending on the process and wood type.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here's what you can expect to shell out for spruced up floors. What's wonderful about hardwood though is that they have more than ...

After about 20 years, most hardwood floors start showing their age; scratches, dullness and discoloring are the most common signs that the wood is due for refinishing. Fortunately, the typical ...

If you’ve got worn wooden floors and not enough money for professional refinishing, I’ve got an encouraging story to tell you. Back in the spring of 1967, my dad worked evenings and weekends to ...

This past week, my beautiful and patient bride of 49 years and I had to endure the throbbing and nerve-rattling experience of a massive hardwood floor sander grinding off the finish from the birch ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If your floors are long past their prime, don’t automatically jump to replace them. Refinishing them may be the better, more ...

Original wood floors can be one of the most striking features of a brownstone or townhouse, especially if they have intricate parquet or borders. But many wood floors have suffered years of neglect, ...

FARGO - Dragging the 100-plus-pound orbital sander from the car to the house was the hardest part - the rest just took patience. Cassandra Maland, of Fargo, sanded and sealed the wood floors in her ...

Here's what you can expect to shell out for spruced up floors. What's wonderful about hardwood though is that they have more than one life in them. “The typical three-quarters-inch-thick hardwood ...

Few home improvement projects refresh a space like refinishing hardwood floors. Just think: Years or decades of scratches, scuff marks, gouges, and random blood stains (hey, no judgments!) can be ...