Time To Go Back To Southern Yellow Pine Flooring

The Comeback of Southern Yellow Pine Flooring

 

Southern yellow pine flooring is regaining popularity. Some of the floors are solid wood; others are engineered or laminate wood floors. It has a beautiful yellow, or butterscotch, color that compliments many home or office styles. This pine flooring is harder than the other types of pine, but not as hard as oak or bamboo. The grain is appealing to many consumers too. If pine is your flooring of choice, consider southern yellow pine flooring for its price and durability. It has been a favorite among people for quite a long time. Now that it has regained its popularity, maybe you should try consider this flooring for your home renovation.

 

If you are considering wood flooring, then you will have to choose from a number of different woods, stains, and styles to get the flooring that you want and need for your home. You’ll also have to sift through the myriad myths about when and where you can use wood flooring. But wood flooring has many advantages over other flooring surfaces, making it a popular choice in all kinds of homes. And if you are considering that as an option, one wood you may want to consider is southern yellow pine flooring. It can be honestly quite confusing going through various wood options before you can choose one. The sheer availability of options is enough to confuse a lot of people and hence force into choosing something that they actually do not like. However, with Southern Yellow pine flooring there is no room for such mistakes. It has a unique feel and classy ambience to it that is unmistakable and hence would appeal to everyone.

 

The unmistakable vintage feel

 

Southern yellow pine flooring can make any room in your home look warmer and more inviting. That is what leads many consumers to choose it for their homes. The butterscotch-colored wood is just one type of pine flooring, however. There are many different species of pine flooring for you to choose from, but there are a few things that you need to consider when considering any type of pine flooring.

 

Pine trees are very plentiful, which helps to decrease the price of the flooring. Southern pine trees grown in a wide area of the South from Texas to Virginia. The good news is that southern yellow pine flooring is the hardest of all of the softwoods. This fact means you will have fewer problems with dings and dents in your wood flooring than you would with other softwood flooring varieties.

 

Benefits of choosing Southern Yellow Pine Flooring

 

Other great benefits of Southern Yellow Pine Flooring are that it holds the nails or other fasteners extremely well, and it’s very durable. The fact that it holds nails well is great for flooring because you won’t need to worry about the nails coming out, which can be dangerous for you and your family. The durability factor is always a huge issue, because no one wants flooring that won’t last. Southern yellow pine flooring will hold up well to traffic and the wear and tear will only make them more visually appealing. Therefore, if you are someone who is concerned about yearly maintenance of your flooring, this can be a fantastic option because it takes minimum efforts in maintaining it. A lot of people choose this because of its high durability, which is quite high when compared to other options.

 

The great thing about southern yellow pine flooring and other types of pine flooring is that the wear and tear only makes them more beautiful. This fact is what makes many consumers fall in love with this flooring. It reminds them of their grandparent’s house or another older home that they love.

 

Southern yellow pine flooring has been used for centuries in homes, because it is both functional and beautiful. This vintage feel is something that not many flooring options can provide. There are people who specifically ask for worn out pine flooring to introduce that vintage look in their homes. However, this does not mean that they are of inferior quality. They are just treated in such a way so as to impart that desired look and feel.

 

If you enjoy the look of the wood floors in older homes, then you may be surprised to find that you often are looking at southern yellow pine flooring. It is flooring that will stand the test of time in both design and style. Southern yellow pine flooring may be just the thing that you need to help make your house into that warm and welcoming home that you desire.

 

5 thoughts on “Time To Go Back To Southern Yellow Pine Flooring”

  1. We ordered 7″ wide plank pine floors for our living rooms and planned to do nail down installation and paint them. Our contractor asked if we were sure they could be painted because of the “sap.” I’m pretty sure I’ve seen painted pine floors, but do have any thoughts on this?

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  2. Hi hb,
    Considering that the planks are supposed to be dry (usually kiln dried), I don’t see why it should be a problem. Keep in mind too, that this was a common way to ‘decorate’ floors for a ‘cottage’ type feel going back many, many years ago. Have you ever seen sap rising from a newly laid pine floor? Thought not. ;o)

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  3. My son just purchased a log cabin, everything seems to be the same color inside, wall, ceiling and floors. He would like to stain the floors which are, southern yellow pine, to something darker. What would you recommend? And what kind of finish, gloss, matte…?

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    • Hello Mary Ann,

      How awesome! I absolutely love pine, and purchasing a log cabin sounds so charming!

      There are a few options for adding dimension when you have a home covered in wood. You can certainly just add rugs to break up all of the wood, a really good idea for pine floors as they are so soft and prone to scratches regardless of whether you re-stain them.

      Your son could also do a whitewashing of the wood on the walls, which is a popular design choice right now, to lighten it up.

      However, if he wants to stain the floors to something darker (also a perfectly valid choice!), I recommend following the tips in these articles:

      https://theflooringlady.com/refinishing_pine_floors/

      https://theflooringlady.com/refinishing_pine_flooring/

      The first has a great video to accompany it.

      As far as the type of finish, matte is certainly more popular right now, but it’s truly just a matter of preference. I would definitely recommend a water-based poly sealant, however, as pine definitely needs to be protected.

      Please do send some pictures! I’d love to see the finished product.

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  4. Remember old farm houses where they face nailed the flooring makes it look rustic.what you thoughts on that. And what kind if nails would u use to get that rustic look.,
    Thanks for your time,
    Joe and Sharon Agnello

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