An Artisan's Touch: Amish Craftsmen Shape HomerWood Hand-Scraped Floors into One-of-a-Kind "Floor Art"Proud Craftsmen Individually Sign the Back of Each Flooring Plank They Create

Amish Hand-Scraped™ Flooring is a special collection of Character Grade® flooring from HomerWood® Hardwood Flooring that offers a truly authentic handcrafted look because it is actually hand-scraped by Pennsylvania Dutch craftsmen.

The only manufacturer who uses artisans to hand craft a truly custom floor

Amish craftsmen, known for their fine workmanship, have transferred these artisan skills to create true hand-scraped flooring, adding history and heritage to any home, one plank at a time. New planks are hand-sculpted, one by one, to create unique custom flooring of timeless originality and distinction. Each craftsman has his own style, although they work as a team. While many hands touch the product, each plank is treated as a distinct work of art, custom-made for the individual home owner.

"As far as we know, we are the only manufacturer who are using artisans to hand craft a truly custom floor," says Tyrone Johnson, general manager, HomerWood®. "Unlike most of today's machine-scraped flooring, no two planks are alike."

What makes this collection unique is that the Amish workers sign the back of each piece they have scraped so that each one bears the signature of the proud craftsman who created it. This process sets HomerWood® apart from contrasting types of lower-cost alternatives used by some other flooring manufacturers. "They also will sign the front with a Dremel tool, if the customers requests, or, by special request, customize a plank with the family"s name," adds Johnson. "It"s like commissioning your own personal piece of "Floor Art"."

Many of the Amish craftsmen live about 30 miles from the HomerWood factory in what is known as the "Spartansburg Amish Community." For religious and cultural reasons, Amish scrapers tend to be private people. They attend school until the 8th grade. You can tell if Amish are single or married, as the single men do not have beards. Once they are married, they are required to grow beards.

Some of the scrapers still live at home. While living at home and working, they must give 85-90% of their paycheck to their father. On occasion, a scraper may drive his horse & buggy to work, although this is not a common practice, as the commute is over two hours, one way. Local people in the area offer transportation for them to get to and from work. They scrape daily, with an exceptional Tuesday or Thursday off for weddings or funerals.

HomerWood"s Amish Hand-Scraped™ solid Collection is available in prefinished and unfinished wood that includes Cherry, Hickory, Oak, and Black Walnut. Cherry and Black Walnut are favorites for the Amish craftsmen to scrape because they are softer hardwoods to work with. Offered in both unfinished and prefinished styles - and now in an engineered hardwood floor construction in select species - plank widths range from three-inches to seven-inches. Some species are stained to further enhance and deepen the effect of the hand scraping.

For information, call HomerWood® Hardwood Flooring at 1-814-827-3855 or log onto to www.homerwood.com.

About HomerWood®
Located in Titusville, Pennsylvania, HomerWood® Hardwood Flooring is a manufacturer of quality hardwood plank flooring, including unfinished, prefinished Character Grade® and Amish Hand-Scraped™ Character Grade® products.

Contact:
Michele Zelman
Cherry Leaf Communications
(718) 859-6766
mjzelman@cherryleaf.net