As we near the end of 2024, the Wood Floor Business staff reflected on this year’s magazine articles and chose their favorites:
Kendra Griffin, National Account Director
My favorite article this year is “2024 State of the Industry Report.” It's helpful and interesting to see what is happening at the ground level in our industry. I'm grateful to our loyal readers for providing insights into their businesses–regional trends, what products they are using and plan to purchase, how sales have been and predictions for the upcoming year. It's a great chance to identify opportunities and potential challenges across all business types.
Kim Wahlgren, Editor
For me, these articles are about the people I get to work with as we develop them. Given that, for 2024 I have to choose "How We Did This Floor: A Huge Chevron Floor in a Historic Government Building." Sprigg Lynn and I worked on this article for months as we went through the multitudes of photos and videos and he explained all the challenging, crazy and entertaining scenarios presented by that unusual and massive job. When it came time to delve into the details of the sanding and finishing, I got to work with Low Country Flooring's Kent Rogerson and Jamie Lambert for the first time. I have no idea how I've done this job for so long without having worked with them before, but that led to our article "Something That Sets You Apart and Costs Nothing: Keep it Clean," and I'm sure there will be more to come in the pages of WFB from that excellent team.
Marj Schultz, Digital Production Manager
My favorite article from all of 2024 was "Color Theory 101: What Wood Flooring Pros Should Know.” As an artist, I enjoyed how the article went into detail about color theory and learning about how it applies to wood floors. I also enjoyed designing that layout since it was outside the norm of a typical Wood Floor Business article.
Sophia Voight, Assistant Editor
Since I started as WFB’s assistant editor in June, I’ve spent much of this year digging into the complex and fascinating world of hardwood flooring. Given all the technical knowledge required to write about wood flooring, I enjoyed reading articles that break down the trade into simple, digestible bits of information. My favorite article this year was “Domestic Species for Wood Flooring 101: What Pros Should Know." Bob Goldstein’s article was extremely helpful in teaching me the fundamentals of working with domestic species, so I’m confident that it also benefited flooring pros in the field.
