Jun 13 2014 explore laura bajorek s board red oak hardwood floors on pinterest.
Furniture for red oak floors.
Case 4 49 sq.
Light furniture upholstery and frame materials work wonderfully with dark wooden floors.
After it dries it has a gray haze to it.
A medium gunstock oak floor side tables with tops the same wood stain as the.
So where should you use oak flooring in your.
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Contrast furniture and flooring.
In this dining nook the beauty of wood floors is exposed by the purposeful elimination of an area rug and the lighter upholstered chairs and unique rattan pedestal dining table that sit on top.
The flooring guy s staining process is probably the issue.
You ll get the best results if you choose undertones of the same specific hue.
Light furniture blends in too easily and doesn t match.
Did he pretreat the red oak by water popping before applying the stain.
Typically such floors call for rustic primitive or early american furniture the pine seems more casual than a fine grained hardwood play to the strength of the floors with an antique farm table a twig chair handcrafted from branches a sofa upholstered in corduroy or.
I have parquet floors will be purchasing an area rug and it does pick up one of the wood colors in the parquet.
Blue ridge hardwood flooring red oak natural 3 4 in.
Also you want to make your decision based on the wet look on red oak or with finish on it not stand alone stain.
Dark furniture doesn t always seem to go with the lighter oak color.
Natural pine floors with their punctuation of darker knots are attention grabbers that define the sense of the room.
The reason why you didn t get the result you were expecting.
If your floor takes on a yellowish look pick furniture that also has that yellow tone.
If your wood flooring has neutral undertones you re in luck.
When i said the wood for the legs was a medium brown i should have mentioned it has a little red in it.
Likewise dark furniture pieces such as a leather sofa would do a great job at taming a vibrant light wooden floor.
Treat wood floors that lack intense yellow or red undertones as a neutral freely layering furniture and accents in your palette of choice.
The color of oak is a rich honey color that encompasses your room and warms it up.
Strive to be consistent.
As beautiful as oak colored flooring is it s also one of the hardest colors to match.
If the floor is dark then your furniture should be light and vivacious.