You may want to visit the Carlisle Wood Flooring website linked below. I'm ordering their solid wood floor to glue down on a concrete slab, and I believe their wood can also be used over radiant heat. I understand this is because they only use old-growth wood (at least 200 years old) and also cure the wood over a one year period, so there's no moisture left. (Sorry if I'm not using the correct terms - just a consumer here.) I've always loved their wide-plank floors that I've seen in their advertisements, but assumed I couldn't use the product because we're on a slab, so I'm really happy that I did my research here on GW and found out this isn't the case. So far, I've been extremely happy with the great customer service and knowledge of my sales rep, and they'll send you tons of information and floor samples to help you make your choice. The website is also very informative. Oh - and the floors are gorgeous! They offer old-growth and antique walnut, oak, chestnut, pine, etc. They're based in New Hampshire but I visited their new showroom in California because I had to see the product in person before ordering. We went with the intention of ordering white oak or walnut but fell in love with the wide-planked (up to 20" wide and 16' long) white eastern pine. We ordered 13" to 17" and they're throwing in enough 20" wide planks to give us a few runs at no extra cost. Cost is $8 sf - the same as the engineered merbau used in my dd's room. It starts at $6 sf for thinner planks, and I believe pricing for other woods is listed on the website. We're also ordering an antique beam from them to be used as a mantle for our fireplace, and I believe it's $3-400 for one 7ft long. Here is a link that might be useful: Carlisle Wood Floors

I love this thread too! So many beautiful homes! Amber, I just took a look at your photos... such a terrific home! I liked all your bay/alcove windows, your fireplaces and your stairs best! I'd love to see some pics of the exterior. Looks like you have a victorian? Our home is modest compared to many here, but I love the victorian door hardware, and we have a twist doorbell too. The bell is still there but it makes a clacking sound more than a ring most of the time. Needs new inside parts! I also love our heart pine floors, wood work and porch. Maybe I'll post some pics later, just for fun. Hope others will post more photos. I love looking! Cheers, -Kim

I too live on the family farm (my kids are 6th generation, my great-great-grandpa bought the place 96 years ago though I wasn't raised here). My cousin owns the farmhouse and barns - I really wanted barnboard floors in the FR but my great-aunt died while we were building, my uncles inherited and it was such a mess with the estate (5 acres with the house that was all she had left - my great-uncle had sold off acreage to my uncles and me earlier) that I didn't even want to ask. You'd be doing your grandfather a favor by finding a local place (check with flooring companies) that will come and tear the barn down and pay him for the wood - just tell him part of the deal is that they leave x sf for you. At first I thought your cousin lived there and was going to use it for a woodstove to heat the house, but even if that were the case he might be better off selling the barn and buying firewood. If he was just going to burn it to get rid of it, DON'T LET HIM!

Houzzers! I think I've convinced my hubby to sell the media console as I believe I can get about what I paid for it (he's all about the almighty dollar). Can you recommend a better TV console design that might work in it's place??