If you plan on using an area rug in the entrance way you could match your runner to the area rug for some form of cohesion.
Dark wood stairs with light wood floors.
The color of your wood does not protect it from water or moisture damage.
Wood will warp twist or rot when exposed to water or moisture.
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Other than a redo of the stain on the treads banister and posts your down to a carpet stair runner that pulls in colour from either the walls or the wood floor.
The home has medium oak throughout the first floor and stairs.
How would a dark floor look with the light coloured wood of the stairs.
Both light and dark hardwood floors offers a unique sense of style beauty and a timeless value to a home.
And i am oh so grateful that we didn t do our floors yet because this little lesson has taught me that i could never ever live with a whole house of dark wood floors whether they are ebony like my stairs or medium dark stained like i talked about doing in this post.
What would you.
We re considering buying a 20 year old home with existing hardwood stairs between the main floor and upper floor.
I m having a similar dilemma my girls want modern bedrooms upstairs with extra light wood floors.
All hardwood floors require proper cleaning and maintenance to make them remain beautiful and strong.
The main level flooring is original and we d like to put in a dark coloured hardwood or laminate.