Central City Millworks in the Dome

So the Home and Garden is in full effect in the New Orleans Superdome right now and of course we are there making contacts and letting the Greater New Orleans area in on a great option for any woodworking needs.

Although it isn’t always easy to get away from home base at these conventions, I had a chance to walk around and take in the scenery. And one thing that seemed overwhelmingly popular at this years show was the idea of going green, and being environmentally friendly.

Its nice to see an emphasis on doing the little things to help. And its nice to be able to say that we at Central City Millworks have been trying to do right by mother nature since our genesis. (That is a hard word to use without seeming biblical or like a Phil Collins fan) We have always been big believers in salvaging wood to create our heart pine flooring (which has been a hit so far). In fact a large percentage of our wood comes from reuse and recycling.

So I guess I’m patting out backs a little bit, but whats the point of being involved in a buisness if you can’t be proud of it?

Louisiana Home & Garden Show

This weekend is the Louisiana Home and Garden Show at the Superdome and Central City Millworks is please to announce that we will be in attendance, displaying some of our finest work.  Come see us at Booth 672 to see some of our bracket designs, shutters, railing & balusters and much more.  While there you can look at our full portfolio to see all of the gorgeous cabinetry, stairs, doors windows and other woodwork that we produce.  We will also be featuring out antique heart pine flooring.  Reclaimed heart pine is a better alternative to white or carribean pine because it is more durable, more fitting with New Orleans architecture, and “green” because it is all reclaimed material, not newly milled.

So if you are interested in New Orleans millworks, come by Booth 672 to meet Central City Millworks.

Flooring

When you hear someone mention “New Orleans architecture” you might immediately think of a side hall shotgun, wrought-iron railing, or decorative brackets.  But most people will not immediately think of one detail that many classic New Orleans residences share – the Heart Pine Flooring.

Heart Pine was commonly used for flooring in New Orleans throughout the 1800’s and into the 1900’s.  It is made from the center or ‘heart’ of a pine tree where the wood is the densest and hardest.  It is perfect for flooring because of its hardness and it is well suited to be used in the humid Louisiana climate.

Heart Pine is, unfortunately, a limited resource.  Today’s foresting does not allow the trees to grow old enough to develop hard heart pine centers.  This is where Central City Millworks comes in.

Here at Central City Millworks we specialize in selling and installing reclaimed Heart Pine flooring.  We have a large inventory of reclaimed Heart Pine in;

Distressed Antique –

Classic -                          

Number One -             

Premier Vertical -     

The benefits of using Heart Pine flooring are numerous.

• Allows customers to match old flooring, be it an entire room or a small patch.
• Allows customers to have the highest quality flooring at an affordable price, with a material that is not available today.
• This practice is extremely environmentally friendly.  Not only are we recycling old materials for reuse, fewer forests will have to be cut down as a result.

If you need flooring or any other millwork visit us at www.centralcitymillworks.com