matching or contrasting wooden floors?

7 years ago

Hi,

Any opinions v welcome!

I'm keen to get parquet (either reclaimed or distressed engineered) in our new kitchen diner (a warm colour of wood to warm up monochrome shaker kitchen). We also need to lift the floors in the double reception next to it as they need replacing and levelling, but it will be too expensive to then put the same parquet as the kitchen in this double reception.

We'll probably have to put the old floorboards back down, sand and stain them instead.
The two spaces will be connected either side of a chimney breast that separates them, so not open plan but next to each other and you will see one from the other. The kitchen will also be on a slightly lower level- probably three steps down from the dining room to the kitchen diner, either side of chimney breast.

Would you try to match the parquet and whatever wood stain we use on floorboards in the double reception? Whereas I like quite a golden wood in parquet, not so much in old pine floorboards. Or would you purposefully contrast them e.g dark stain on the old floorboards, warmer colour in parquet? What would the steps be, that go in between the two spaces?

Thanks in advance

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7 years ago
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Ideal to match the floor colour through out , you have 2 different types of wood , oak and pine, pine is lighter and soft, oak is harder and darker, when applying the same stain colour on the 2 woods you will get different contrast of colour , you will have to run the stain down with a quick dry spirit, apply the spirit bit by bit to get a close matching colour

p.s always try the colour on a sample board first before applying it on the chosen surface

I always apply the colour on the oak boards first and then try matching the colour on the pine board with the diluted stain,

when matching the reclaimed boards make sure the natural colour and the grain match , wood also gets old the older it gets it becomes darker, when applied the stain you get a matching contrast in colour ,if the wood is lighter its newer to the 1 you have,

or, bleaching the oak floor to make it lighter , is an idea to match colours
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7 years ago
Agree with Bespoke Interiors, i'd go for the same ( as near as you can get it ) on all levels. If it's done right, then you really won't be inspecting the boards for change of colour as you walk around. It's easier to match darker than light as you can build up the stain.
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