Brazilian Cherry is a strong colour. It starts off as a nice even brownish tone (like a light walnut) and then DARKENS or STRENGTHENS in colour. It has two colour palettes: orange/red (like flames or fire) or pink/purple (like a colour found on some cars). Yours appears to be the flame orange/red. You will need to sand this down to raw wood (it looks to be a factory finish which *could mean this is going to be a difficult/expensive event) and then stain it a medium brown tone that has plenty of green in it. Green undertones cover up red tones. But here's the kicker, you will not know how DARK the floor will be for several months. Brazilian Cherry (aka Jatoba) DARKENS as it is exposed to "light" (yep...overhead lighting also does it...not just sunlight). With continued exposure to sunlight (as in LOTS AND LOTS of direct sunlight for many hours a day for years and years) the Jabota will then fade to a much lighter reddish gold. Whew. Most people need to work with a strong colour like American Walnut + Jacobean to get a "brown" Brazilian Cherry. Both stains have green undertones to them which is why they are able to tone down the fire red colour in the floors. But be aware that the colour you choose for the floors TODAY will NOT be the colours you get to live with for the next 25 years. Brazilian Cherry LOVES to change colours. It LOVES to throw in a curve ball just when you thought you had nailed the colour. If you are not ready to play "hide and seek" with colours/stains just yet, I suggest you leave it alone. The floors appear to be in good shape. A full sand/refinish is usually done around 25 years of age. I would say those floors are fairly new (7 years old...or so???). And a factory finish is often an Aluminum Oxide finish. These are SUPER tough finishes to remove. They can take twice the effort (and cost) to remove the finish. That means the average cost for refinishing a floor ($5/sf) goes up to around $7 - $8/sf. So before you make any more plans, PLEASE bring in the BEST professional you can find and have them look at your floor. Most of these high-end guys can spot an Aluminum Oxide finish. A few of them will attempt it (with the higher cost to refinish) while the rest of the 'guys' will simply walk away and refuse to return any of your messages. First things first: bring in a professional to give you a quote. After that, go ahead and figure out if you can live with a brown floor that could be "too red" if you get the stain wrong or "too dark" if the floor darkens more than you anticipated. And then decide if your money is better spent on a new type of hardwood floor.

Paint those walls a warm Ivory, buttery yellow, a pale sea salt, throw down large area rugs in a very neutral and natural SISAL. Consider a dining table in a painted finish and stay away from as much brown wood, brown leather and brown anything else for that matter. The house is long and deep, and your exposures are not abundant. Make VERY certain this is the house for you. Emotional reactions to light...........no right or wrong......are that in a nutshell.

We are in the process of refinishing our Brazilian Cherry wood floors. We chose a Brown Mahogany stain to eliminate the red tones in the wood. We are excited to see how it turns out!! 1st photo - before sanding 2nd photo - after sanding 3rd photo - stains - left: gunstock, middle: espresso, right: brown mahogany

Very handsome. I love B. Cherry but it is quite bossy. You've done a beautiful job 'taming' it without sealing it in a finish that looks like paint! Nice job!