OSB, or oriented strand board, is by far one of the most unattractive wood surfaces to have in your home. Bumpy and pieced together with bits of low-quality wood, it is also one of the trickiest ...

For our newly renovated attic, we'd wanted solid wood flooring, but that idea, it turned out, wasn't practical: The attic floor is out of level—so much so that it's actually wavy. Back to the drawing ...