Our Collinsville house was built in the late 20's/early 30's by Mr Krite. Mr. Krite owned Krite Hardware which was located on Main Street in downtown Collinsville. The building still has the name Krite in the brickwork above the store. Anyway, we have to believe he had access to great workmen and materials for many reasons, but especially because of the hardwood floors which are throughout the first floor.
While we've lived there most of the floors were carpeted and while the occasional carpet layer would ask us why we wanted to cover up the wood, we stayed with carpeting. Now that we no longer want this, the floors were uncovered and we saw this last week.
The flooring people were interested in the manner in which the wood was laid. Each room was laid in squares with interlocking corners and we were told this would have taken a lot of work and it was done very well. There were no issues and bad boards. What I saw was, oh, man, how will they ever clean up.
Well, the guys were there all week sanding and top coating and today buffing. It turned out just unbelievable and we could not be more amazed and thrilled.
Dale took this picture when he wasn't able to walk in on the floors but it's pretty easy to see the difference. I"m so glad I took the time to get those rooms painted before this started.
George & Alberta would be thrilled to see these floors back in there former splendor! The Krites were wonderful, kind people. Dad's first job was for him. When dad bought the pharmacy from Mr. Anderson, Mr. Krite sat outside for over a half hour just to make sure that he was Dad's very first customer!
Posted by: Todd Evers | June 26, 2020 at 09:11 AM
The floors look great!
Posted by: Judy Dellamano | June 26, 2020 at 09:53 AM
Todd, thank you for some interesting history!
Posted by: Diane Meyer | June 26, 2020 at 10:32 AM
That is beautiful. Enjoy your new life. You and Dale deserve it. Cheers.
Posted by: Diane Favazza | June 26, 2020 at 06:20 PM
Beautiful!
Posted by: Barbara Lemke Ullman | June 27, 2020 at 10:17 AM