Plain strips of tongue and groove flooring usually in oak was now throughout most custom made and spec houses in hallways ground floors and upper floors.
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Given the region s settlements by colonists from england architectural styles from that era still popular today include colonial and cape cod homes.
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Painted floors were most common in new england but originals have shown up in the midwest and texas too.
The region also adopted styles from other parts of the country depending on the landscape and the population density.
Plain painted floors were common in farmhouse kitchens.
By the last decade of the 19th century and well into the 20th hardwood floors became the norm for all new construction.
Over time new england originated new styles such as the shingle style home plan.
In the south longleaf pine source of the most desirable heart pine flooring was harvested later and is pervasive from eastern virginia to texas.
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