When it comes to designing a space that reflects timeless beauty, practicality, and environmental mindfulness, the flooring you choose plays a pivotal role. As the largest surface area in your home, the floors you choose stand to have a huge impact on its overall design and functionality.
While carpets have long been considered a staple of comfort and style, it may be time to rethink their place in your home with reclaimed hardwood flooring. After our mid-century love affair with wall-to-wall carpets, design trends have been drifting back to a timeless aesthetic of hardwood floors.
Whether you’re remodeling and looking to replace existing carpets or building a home from the ground up, reclaimed hardwood flooring offers a stunning combination of durability, warmth, and eco-conscious appeal. At Manomin Resawn Timbers, we are excited to supply the highest quality reclaimed wood flooring to builders and remodelers throughout Minnesota.
A beautiful reclaimed hardwood flooring in antique white oak was installed by Wes Hanson Builders.
The Journey of Our Reclaimed Hardwood Flooring
At Manomin Resawn Timbers, the story of our reclaimed wood flooring begins with history itself. We source our exceptional materials from 18th and 19th-century barns, factories, and warehouses throughout the Midwest.
These structures, once the backbone of hardworking communities, were built with strong, seasoned old-growth wood that has stood the test of time. Each plank we place continues a legacy rich with character that stems back to the pre-colonial forests of North America.
After carefully dismantling these structures, our skilled craftsmen breathe new life into the salvaged wood. Every piece is meticulously processed, preserving its innate beauty while ensuring it meets the highest standards of quality and durability.
A modern, open-concept kitchen with floors finished in a deeply detailed antique elm.
The Versatile Aesthetic of Reclaimed Hardwood Flooring
Reclaimed wood flooring offers unparalleled versatility in aesthetic appeal, providing a foundation that can beautifully harmonize with any design vision. The variety of wood types available allows homeowners and designers to craft spaces that are as unique as they are timeless.
White Oak, with its bright hues and subtle patterns, is a perfect match for a more modern build, while the wide, red grains of Douglas Fir might evoke the atmosphere of a Northwoods Cabin. Our rare Wormy Chestnut, from a now-extinct species, is a stunning choice for a darker and more moody ambiance that will have no shortage of history.
Unlike carpet, which often feels at odds with surrounding furniture and décor, reclaimed wood floors effortlessly complement built-ins, tables, and cabinetry by their very nature. Whether paired with distressed farmhouse-style furnishings or sleek, contemporary pieces, the wood’s character shines through, creating a seamless flow throughout the room.
More than just an accent, reclaimed hardwood flooring establishes the very tone of a space. Its inherent warmth and authenticity set the stage for living areas that feel grounded, harmonious, and full of life. With reclaimed wood, every floor tells a story, lending unparalleled texture and soul to your home.
This elegant master bedroom from Julkowski Inc. features our rich espresso pine flooring.
Complementing Reclaimed Wood Flooring with Furnishings and Décor
Reclaimed wood flooring pairs beautifully with a versatile range of furnishings and decorative elements, empowering you to curate rooms that exude both charm and practicality. Then dynamic patterns and colors of reclaimed wood allow for endless opportunities to accent its rich style in every corner of the room.
An area rug can provide the soft comfort typically associated with carpet, yet its diverse patterns and textures offer unmatched individuality and design possibilities, while the edges of the room are still allowed to bloom with the elegant hardwoods. Whether you choose intricate traditional designs, understated neutrals, or bold modern prints, area rugs can delicately highlight the character of the wood grain while tying together the room’s furniture and color scheme.
Beyond the floor, walls and ceilings present exciting opportunities to extend the naturalistic elegance of reclaimed wood. Decorative touches like box beams and reclaimed wood pillars provide a striking architectural statement, imbuing any space with old-world charm. Crown molding, baseboards, and coffered ceilings crafted from reclaimed materials offer seamless transitions between surfaces, framing the room with intricate detail and depth.
The furniture that inhabits the rest of the room can match or contrast with the strong backbone of style provided by reclaimed wood flooring. Antique furniture can be used to continue the old-school aesthetic, or you could opt for couches and tables made in light modern textiles and dark metals that will grab onto the highlights of the complex wood grains.
This dark-stained floor from Pillar Homes shows off the complex detail of our reclaimed Douglas Fir.
The Functional Advantages of Reclaimed Hardwood Flooring
Reclaimed wood is not just a stylistic marvel; it also stands out for its remarkable functionality and ease of maintenance, making it a superior choice compared to carpet. Unlike carpet, which can trap dust, allergens, and other irritants, hardwood flooring provides a cleaner living environment, especially for those prone to allergies or sensitivities.
Its solid surface doesn’t harbor particles, making regular cleaning both simple and effective. A quick sweep or vacuum, complemented occasionally by a damp mop, is often all that’s required to keep it looking pristine.
When properly sealed, reclaimed wood’s resilience shines. It becomes far more resistant to water, dirt, and stains, standing up to the rigors of everyday life with grace. This protective layer not only preserves its intricate character but also ensures that spills can be cleaned with minimal effort, unlike carpet, which can stain permanently and require costly deep cleaning treatments.
Sourced from centuries-old trees that were naturally cultivated with slower growing conditions and a tighter grain, old-growth reclaimed wood has a unique durability and unparalleled strength. These qualities make reclaimed wood more enduring than many of its modern hardwood counterparts and allow it to weather the wear and tear of busy homes with ease.
This bright and cozy lake house from from Katie Kottke Interiors is rounded out perfectly by our skip-planed oak flooring.
How Reclaimed Wood Flooring Can Enhance Any Home
Reclaimed hardwood flooring can be worked into any project with a big impact. Whether you have carpet, laminate, existing hardwoods, or no floors yet at all, Manomin Resawn Timbers can help your home become a practical work of art.
For homes with carpet or other flooring options like luxury vinyl planks (LVP), switching to reclaimed hardwoods will bring authenticity and vigor to your home. Replacing these types of floors with reclaimed wood flooring will undoubtedly increase form, functionality, and value.
For a new build, reclaimed wood flooring promises to set a strong foundation for your custom design and take advantage of the multitude of wood types to match any style. This choice grounds the brand-new structure in weathered materials with a strong sense of history that will provide character unavailable in new homes made strictly from contemporary resources.
Homes that already feature hardwood flooring, whether hidden under carpet or suffering from damage, can also find new life through the use of reclaimed wood. There’s a good chance that your home, built at the turn of the century, has floors made from wood more similar to our old-growth varieties than to the new planks you might find from modern vendors.
If those old hardwoods need patching or replacement, our reclaimed wood can be just the right match to your existing floors, making the refinishing process as efficient as possible. By using reclaimed wood, you can maintain an overall aesthetic and breathe life into an older aspect of your home.
Find Your New Flooring
Contact Manomin Resawn Timbers here to start browsing our wonderful selection of reclaimed hardwood flooring options. We are happy to help you decide on the new look of your home and connect you with a trusted builder in the area to get things installed.
