Walnut Stained Oak Floors

The poly finish is satin.

Walnut stained oak floors.

The 1st floor oak flooring has english chestnut stain throughout kitchen living room dining room and smaller bed room. I like the look of whitewash as it keeps lower level so bright. I wanted to avoid orange undertones and this dark walnut stain was perfect. See more ideas about stairs design house design staircase design.

Do you think provincial banister and spindles will look right with dark walnut stairs and floors. After deliberating between jacobean dark walnut special walnut and provincial we finally settled on provincial as our favorite color stain. As i mentioned previously i selected dark walnut for the stain color. My red oak banister spindles stairs and floors are currently stained provincial.

The wood on my floors is red oak. Sep 23 2018 explore kellie wallace s board dark walnut floors on pinterest. My dilemma is what stain to go with. My question is should both 1st floor and garden level floors have the same color stain.

White oak flooring can look bleached out depending on its finish. You can consider pastels aquamarines and darker shades as well. Wall colors for white oak. While they can be sanded and refinished several times if desired you can also enjoy a look for life.

Lighter shades like cherry and golden oak will accent the natural grains and beauty of a floor while still giving it some depth and color. My floor guy really doesn t want to change the color of banister and spindles. On that note red brown shaded stains like walnut and chestnut have a very warming homey effect in a home and are a very safe bet. You can paint your walls a rich charcoal color or match the floor color to create a classy formal look in a living room or dining.

Red oak and white oak floors absorb stain more uniformly but be aware that there is a difference between the density of earlywood or springwood and latewood of these species. For various size of floorings in various locations there are various suggestions that i could share to you. Solid hardwood flooring is milled from a solid piece of 100 hardwood and topped with a protective finish these floors are valued for their long lasting beauty and durability. Blue is also a great choice for red oak hardwood floors.

I shared this with you in my previous post but here is the color of the floors in the downstairs left compared with the upstairs right. As you can see from the photo above right the more porous springwood stains considerably darker than the dense latewood giving the boards a distinct zebra striped look.