Choosing hardwood floors

“We look at a building holistically, so the walls and windows, and the environment that we’re in, all feed into the decision-making about the floors,” JLF’s Paul Bertelli tells The New York Times in an article for its “The Fix” column on selecting a hardwood floor. “You can find oak siding off a 150-year-old building that’s been weathered beautifully and use that for flooring,” Bertelli says later in the article, adding that JLF Architects frequently does just that. “We want character in the floor, and our philosophy is that there are perfect imperfections.”