OAK FLOORS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 675, 29 May 1929, Page 6

OAK FLOORS

Beautiful and Durable

FOR THE HOME

A young man consulted a friend of his who was in the timber business about building a home. They went over the plans carefully, and when they had finished the timber merchant turned to the young man and said:

“Of course, you will want oak flooring.”

The young man had not thought a great deal of the floors—he was too occupied with other details. The “of course, you will want oak flooring,” seemed so much like a foregone conclusion the young man wondered why he would “of course”-want it. . As an experiment he talked with another man who was well known for his business ability and his sound judgment. During - the conversation the older man remarked: “You have forgotten to specify oak flooring.” There it w:as again, that taken-for-granted remark. When the young man built his home his floors were of oak; and years later, as he looked at their unchanged beauty, he knew why if he built again he would want oak flooring, “of course.”

That was not an unusual happening. It has been years since the supremacy of oak flooring has been disputed. Oak flooring has grown to be a necessity to the majority of home-builders. The permanent beauty and durability of oak flooring, the perfect floor, have made it highly desirable and almost indispensable in the plan of a home. The reason it has enjoyed popularity, besides tliose mentioned above, is that it is so easy to keep oak floors in a state of high finish. In the floors lie a great part of the charm of the interior of a home.

Upon entering a room, one of the first things that meets the eye and leaves either a favourable or unfav-