Yesterday

 

It all began in 1985. I was a teenager working for my older brother, Jim Caroll, when he decided to direct all of our attention to hardwood flooring. We were furniture refinishers at the time. Jim and I accidentally ruined a client’s floor while stripping some woodwork and were forced to learn how to refinish wooden floors and thus, we started down our career path. Soon after, Jim opened a new business called Buffalo Hardwood. Jim sent me to work with master craftsmen to learn all aspects of the hardwood flooring trade. We installed hundreds and hundreds of floors together, from the simplest to some of the most elaborate decorative wooden floors ever installed in our area. We were five time winners of the prestigious NWFA Floor of the Year award in the 1990’s. Over the next decade, the business quadrupled in size and became a household name. In 2003, Jim decided to sell Buffalo Hardwood and focus on his Italian wood import business. I decided to venture out on my own and formed M P Caroll Hardwood in July of that year. My brother and I certainly accomplished many great things together since our humble beginnings as furniture refinishers. Every day I’m proud and honored to build on that legacy.