It's often just fashion, not actual affinity for natural materials. The "AirBnB look" IME is usually engineered wood (aka bits of wood + liberal amounts of adh

It's often just fashion, not actual affinity for natural materials. The "AirBnB look" IME is usually engineered wood (aka bits of wood + liberal amounts of adhesive) floor, or even vinyl (tile if they're fancy), not natural wood. Natural wood scratches too easily and is more expensive to deal with generally. So for a rental? Nah. But yeah in actually older places sometimes it's natural wood liberally coated with basically-plastic clear coat. ;) A lot of the exposed beams are also not "real" structural beams. Often they're plastic too! Stuff like this. Lower maintenance, doncha know. https://www.architecturaldepot.com/BM.html https://www.architecturaldepot.com/BM.html