Red Oak Stairs with White Oak Floors
natalieoh
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Comments (8)@Sye Phommachanh thank you. The contractor has been very unpleasant from the beginning. Any other solutions ... like maybe just redoing the red oak plank on the landing or the entire landing? Do you think the nordic on red oak will look much better and almost match the landing? Is it worth re doing For $700-800 (His quote). Any good way to approach him and try to talk the price down? Like I said, I felt like he’s been burned before and didn‘t want to offer any advice and just threw his hands yo defensively when I asked for his professional opinion. I’m not a surgeon, so Imm not going to tell a surgeon how to do surgery. I also asked him to tell me if it looked crazy, which it does....See MoreRed oak stairs with white oak floors
Comments (2)I wonder why you can't change to white oak stair treads. They seem to be available on Home Depot's website. I think more background information would help us help you....See Morewhite oak and red oak floor next to each other stain help
Comments (5)I don't think you will be able to get that light look consistently with red and white oak. You probably need to go with a medium neutral stain on all floors, one that has green tones in it. Green is the complement to red/pink, and mixing complementary colors neutralizes them. I've had success with Special Walnut stain throughout my home. The floors in the original (1920s) part of the home are oak, not sure if red or white. The new white oak floors in the kitchen were installed in 2014; all are stained special walnut. Here is a photo of the transition area between dining room (above the saddle) and kitchen (below the saddle). The color is not too dark and not too light. Depending on the light it can look warmer or cooler. It's my "go-to" color for me and my clients for many years....See MoreStaining red oak stairs to match white oak floor?
Comments (4)Does your floor manufacturer make a matching stair cladding? If you do that, you don’t need to have oak treads. Another option is to do a beautiful contrasting color of stain on the stairs. You could pull the colors together with handrail or baluster or post colors. Adding a runner on the stairs, or painting the risers would give you more options to tie in the floor colors. If you really want to match wood, dark stain is worth a try, but lighter colors are really tough. I matched a red oak transition strip to a dark chocolate brown stone tile once. I had to keep mixing and adding stain. It worked only because it was a dark brown color. It’s hard to neutralize red and yellow tones....See Morenatalieoh
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