Hardwood Floors February/March 2026

Steve Nutter Cabinetry and Specialty Flooring has worked on the Wianno Club, which was built in 1888 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The clubhouse overlooks the Nantucket Sound in Osterville, Massachusetts.

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“When you go into these 200- to 300-year-old buildings and get to salvage the wood, it puts you back in time a little bit, seeing how they used to operate or how they used to live. You build a passion for it,” explains Sancic. “Then, by taking that piece of wood and repurposing it for flooring, you are bringing it back to life again; you are recycling it.” PIECES OF HISTORY Based in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Steve Nutter of Steve Nutter Cabinetry and Specialty Flooring is in a prime location to encounter some of colonial

America’s historic buildings. This includes two houses from the 1600s that he has worked on, both of which still had the original floors. “One of them had 18-inch boards, which were unusual because the King of England would usually take those logs for sail masts for the ships, so they weren’t available. It was uncommon to have that wide of a board,” shares Nutter.

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