Before the last half decade, it had been pretty tough to say anything was getting better at the Deer Lagoon Grange.

But during the past five years, the 90-year-old building — which started its life as a church on the shore of Lone Lake — has been getting the TLC it needs to make it another nine decades. It has a new roof, a rebuilt foundation and, as of this summer, a new paint job.

Last week, Rob Volz, owner of Local Hardwood and Tile, brought the interior of the building back to life. He and his employees donated their labor and tore up an old vinyl floor to reveal the Grange Hall’s original, beautiful maple board flooring.

Volz, who recently joined the Grange, wants not only to fix the floors, but the rest of the building.

“We want to bring it back as close to what it was in 1930,” Volz said.

Chuck Prochaska, president of the Grange, has the same desire. Looking to open the hall to more community events, he said the next step is to remove a drop ceiling and expose the old beadboard interior. Fixes like this, he hopes, will make the Grange Hall a more appealing place for organizations looking for a hall to rent. He also hopes to draw in more Grange members.

“We’re just trying to make this more available to the community,” he said.