My husband and I are currently building a reproduction center chimney colonial in New England. We are making it as authentic as possible and because of this we are going to install wide pine floors (12-20 in). I have done lots of research on the internet and we have visited companies in just about every state in New England. I have found a very large discrepency in pricing. One Mill in NH (which is very well known) said that they only use the center of the trees and every one elses uses the rest of the trees and that is why their wood is so much better and costlier. So is there really a difference in quality between the 10in pine floors that Lumber Liquidators is selling at $1.19 a sf and the 10in floors that this mill is selling for $4.75 a sf? Also is kiln dried wood pretty much the standard for pine flooring and if not would you ever consider putting pine flooring in that has not been kiln dried? Lastly with wide planks would you reccommend ship lap, t and g, or square edging? Thanks for any info anyone might have.