RUSTIC APPEAL: Leana and Browne Greenes master bedroom sports a ceiling built from reclaimed wood. The Greenes made the wood a priority in the restoration of their Tudor-style house, built in the 1920s for MGM chief Irving Thalberg and actress Norma Shearer. (Mel Melcon / LAT)
GENUINE: Michael Kuhn travels the country in search of old wood for Pegasus Custom Hardwood in Costa Mesa. His is a small yet intensely competitive business: Theyll blindside you if you dont watch out, the native Kentuckian says of his rivals. (Allen J. Schaben / LAT)
Blue Greene, 3, left, and her sister Violet, 7, of Los Angeles play on the familys entryway floor, made out of brick and pine, all reclaimed. (Mel Melcon / LAT)
