Also called hand-sculpted. Hardwood planks are individually hand-scraped to create distinctive, one-of-a-kind floors.
Handscraping described the smoothing process employed on hardwood floors before the invention of sandpaper or motors. A burnished piece of metal was drawn towards the scraper resulting in a very smooth finish.
Before sanding machines arrived in the 19202s, floors where scraped to remove the old varnish before a light sand by hand and then refinishing. Real wood floors prepared this way had a slightly undulating finish.
building material used in laying floors
The boards or other material of which a floor is made
floor: the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"; "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent"
(floored) provided with a floor
Staircase and living room moldings from Nucasa
Mouldings, flooring and stair parts from Nucasa create the finishing touch in this formal livingroom. Mouldings, hardwood flooring and stair parts from Nucasa. A Dakota Homes Project.