Early last year, the father (Steve C.) of one of our NYC customers wanted to convert his basement into a "Cigar-Room". He sent his son links to some flooring photos he found on the internet to get his opinion, to which replied:
"Dad, go to historicflooring.com
You want really nice reclaimed wood you need to talk to Steve McKinney…
Steve did my ladders, beams & planters. You should face time with him showing his warehouse/s
Nicest stuff ever! My feeling is to do a reclaimed floor with something really rich dark tones, think leathery-smoky-smooth, but texture too!"
Joshua C
So the project began. After chatting, e-mailing, and a trip to NY, it was decided...the flooring was to be extra-wide antique oak, with a barn wood wrapped bar base, topped with a stunning live edge Black Walnut bar top. To add to the ambience, the customer chose to accent the room with a custom loft ladder, and a c. 1870's beam to hang the lighting from.
The flooring, our most requested, is extra wide plank antique oak c. 1800's. We hand selected each plank based on the character he was going for...random growth rings, worm holes, solid knots, small checks. Then, we carefully hand sanded the surface, taking care to preserve the historical integrity of the wood. We added a shallow micro-bevel on all the ends and edges of each plank. Finally, our signature hand rubbed finish to give the flooring that satiny smooth feel you can only get from Historic Flooring.
Our craftsmen built the bar base from reclaimed hand-hewn beams and red barn wood in-house according to the customer's specs. The bar top is an amazing live edge walnut slab with a "Y" at the end that we accented (connected) with a white oak spline.
The lighting has an industrial look using old hay trolleys suspended from a c. 1870’s hand-hewn beam complete with original mortise and peg holes still present…
Steve C. wasted no time having everything installed, and as you can see by the text of his email, I think he was very pleased…
"Steve I hope you are proud. Everyone who enters this room does NOT want to
leave I have to throw their [censored] out of there. My favorite room in the
house!!!"
