3 are similar to your current floors. Are your floors damaged?

I have similar to the left one. Don't do it. Not timeless.

I was wondering the same thing - is there a reason not to refinish/stain the floors you have?

If your current floor is true hardwood, why not just sand/screen and stain?

Selecting colors is so very hard using the Internet and computers. Lighting is seldom balanced with a true whitescreen, plus we can't see anything of your other existing finishes...

OK, so forget reality and just look at the samples vs. your existing flooring...

Your existing flooring appears in good shape, but with much smaller, narrower wood pieces than your samples. But you want to replace your existing flooring with one of the four samples...which is more timeless?

Choice is easy, it's no. 1 (dark) or no. 2 (lighter). No. 3 is much too busy with small wood pieces and too much color range. No. 4 has simply too much texture and grain variation to be timeless.

So...which one did you pick? :-)

not 1 - too dark

Nothing wrong with dark, especially if the interiors are finished with light value finishes. But the flooring sample number 1 is only a middle value. For dark, look at the chests. The flooring could actually go that dark, giving a very contemporary (and timeless) look!

Thank you!

Forget about the existing floorings. Pics were taken in my current home and the flooring we are selecting is for a house we are buying.

Will comment some more later on, thank you so much. This is helping

I like #2 the best.

As a general rule, I usually prefer dark floors, but they're harder for me to coordinate with dark furniture. I can also appreciate an awesomely varied, highly textured floor, but your furniture doesn't say, "rustic" to me, lol.

Have you tried the dartboard method?

The darker the floor the more everyday dust shows - even when you've just vacuumed.

I'm drawn most to #2 with your furniture but #1 might work - looks green in some pics but then we're not seeing this in person and computers skew color.

#2 is my pick.

None if that's a satin finish on the floors. If it is, you'll see every mark. For example if you walk in socks or barefoot, it will mark the floors with your feet sweat. Same for if you have pets. Ask me how I know.

I vote for #2, though I fully admit that color is my Kryptonite. I like #2 best because it feels the most neutral, the most basic ... and I see floors as a background item, not something I want to stand out.

I find #1 rather flat in tone. Might not be the best descriptor, but the color just seems "wrong" to me.

I don't like #3 because the boards are somewhat mis-matched in color. Perhaps it wouldn't matter so much once the whole room is set up with furniture ... but I prefer the more "even" look of #2.

I actually like the slightly darker #4 (slightly darker than #2, which I've already identified as my favorite) ... but I don't like that the darker edges almost "outline" the boards. Again, I prefer a more "even" look.

None if that's a satin finish on the floors.

What's the better, low-to-no maintenance finish of choice?

I agree - #2 for the formality of your furnishings shown. I LIKE #3, but it's too busy if the piece you show is representative of the rest.

We have a satin finish on our floor and haven't had any of the issues you mention CP. It's very forgiving but maybe different manufacturers provide different results. and ours is site finished, not prefinished so maybe that makes a difference.

I have a high gloss (gym floor finish) on my site-finished hardwood floors and they show very little. They certainly do NOT show footprints/pawprints!

I think it has to do more also with the texture of the floor. I believe my new floors have a satin finish but they don't show anything because they have more of a texture. (White oak) My last floors had no texture to them (Ipe) and every mark showed.

Thank you so much

This is the info of Flooring # 2

The finish is totally matte - it actually looks like they did not apply any kind of coat or varnish, which, according to the owner of the showroom, is an upscale look - (my current flooring has a high gloss finish).

If you scroll down, the flooring shown is more yellowish than the actual sample.

I also like this one as the color variation is low: Lazio