HOW HARDWOOD BECAME AMERICA’S FAVORITE FLOORING: A POPULAR HISTORY
HARDWOOD AND THE RISE OF THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS BEFORE THE 1600S: EUROPEHARDWOOD IS NOT FOR FLOORSBefore the 1600s, wood flooring was not something. This is not to mention that no floors were made of timber, but many were made from dirt or stone. In the densely populated urban centres, where two-story buildings had started… Continue reading HOW HARDWOOD BECAME AMERICA’S FAVORITE FLOORING: A POPULAR HISTORY