Historic Restoration

When it comes to restoring old wood floors, you won’t find anyone in the country with more experience or more options than Rosebud Co. We cut our teeth on 100+ year old homes and learned very quickly you don’t treat old floors the same as other wood floors. We took what we learned, developed Passive Refinishing® and found ourselves working on some of the most challenging historic projects around the country. Passive Refinishing® is now the standard by which all other restoration procedures are measured and we have the projects and success to back that up.

The experience we learned in preserving, restoring and protecting these old homes is available to all our clients, regardless of how old or large their “castle” is. Whether you’re a former President, industrialist or someone who just loves old houses and the stories they tell, we will help you understand all your options to avoid making costly mistakes.

So take a few minutes and read and the information I have made available on this page. Projects are well documented in the PDF’s to the left and I have put together some nice slide shows for a visual overview of some of the projects. To complete the learning experience, you get to watch a You Tube video of us at work at Montpelier, home of James and Dolley Madison. Enjoy your visit!

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Passive Refinishing®
Developed exclusively by The Rosebud Co., Passive Refinishing® is redefining how old floors are restored. Passive Refinishing® is the safe and environmentally responsible way of removing surface accumulations on an old wood floor without aggressive sanding or the loss of any wood. Developed in 1990 by The Rosebud Co. it has been used to restore more than 70,000 square feet of some of our nation’s most historic properties including the original wood floors of James and Dolley Madison’s Montpelier in Orange, Va. Passive Refinishing® is the solution for floors with historic value or floors that have no wood left to lose.

Non-traditional Sanding
Any home built before 1950 has a wood floor that has already lost a lot of wood. That’s why we take a non-traditional approach to sanding old finishes off your floors. We don’t attack the floor with coarse grit paper and sprint through the work. We take a “kinder and gentler” approach to sanding the surface and remove a fraction of the wood. We’re going to take the time necessary to preserve your floors. You get beautiful wood floors with minimal loss of wood. It is a good use of our experience and a wise investment in your old wood floors.