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In today’s hyper paced, digitally manufactured marketplaces, the basic human element of trust can easily get sideswiped by a whole lot of noisy marketing. So here at William & Henry we recommend that before making a substantial financial investment on a high end product like wide plank flooring, it’s wise to do a gut check […]

We love wood and appreciate the natural color tones of all wood types, especially when enhanced with a high-resin tung oil finish. In our previous blog post, we talked about how even though wide plank floors are typically traditional in nature, you can create many different design styles from urban to contemporary, rustic to elegant.

At William & Henry, we take great pride in keeping the tradition of beautiful wide plank floors—the kind that you find in the first homes ever built in America—alive in the floors we make for homes across the country. The most traditional of these floors is made from old growth Eastern White Pine; we like

The Truth of the Matter is part of a blog series where Don Carlisle, founder and president of William & Henry Wide Plank Floors, talks personally about his appreciation for wood, its history, what he wants others to learn and understand about the industry, and his New England roots, values, and way of life. I

In Part I of this series I introduced you to the stories about how I learned to love wood, how my family got started in the business of making traditional wide plank wood floors, and some of the artisans and sawyers who influenced my knowledge and appreciation of wide pine.  When I got to the office this

My father taught me about wide pine at a young age. It was not only the flooring throughout our home, but my parents made a living from it. In fact, they were known as the best suppliers of good wide pine in New England. My father gained his passion from a friend of his, a

Many of our customers think that they should only install wide plank wood floors in areas of their home that will not be exposed to moisture, such as in living rooms and bedrooms, but not in kitchens or bathrooms. However, we encourage you to put our William & Henry floors an any room in your

In Kitchens, Bathrooms, Beaches: Wide Plank Wood Floors & Moisture we talked about the reasons why wide plank wood flooring works well in kitchens, bathrooms, and in coastal or humid climates. It has to due with the quality of wood, the tightness of the vertical grain, and properly acclimating the boards. These are the same factors

“Pine is soft.” That’s a phrase we hear a lot at William & Henry when we find ourselves talking about our old growth Eastern White Pine. And we usually have the same response: Yes, Eastern White Pine is a softer wood, and that is exactly why we love it! I think the reason why people may