wood staircase different than upstairs floor?
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Help! Stairs between two different wood floor species
Comments (2)Your stair treads appear to be stained. Simply sand them and then refinish them in a natural finish. Be aware that the stair treads MAY BE red oak (which is CHEAPER than white oak). If they are white oak, a natural clear coat (water based polyurethane) will NOT amber or turn a deep orange. I think this has happened to the stairs...or they have a medium stain added. It is hard to tell from your photos. Please add a close up of a stair tread. Please try to photograph a step with the bamboo showing as well as a tread with the upstairs oak showing. That way we can see what is happening. Normally you try to match the stair tread with the PUBLIC area flooring - which I'm assuming is the bamboo. The private areas (normally the upstairs where the bedrooms exist) are stand-alone areas and do not need a match to the stairs....See MoreDifferent runner on stairs vs carpet upstairs
Comments (0)We’re moving into a new house and changing out the carpet upstairs and on the stairs. The wooden stairs are a red oak that have ambered over time. We don’t have it in the budget to refinish the treads, spindles and railings. But our goal is a darker gel stain and possible white spindles (4th pic, just with carpet). Upstairs we are putting this Mowhawk smart strand carpet. My question is, do we carry this medium pile/padded carpet down the stairs (in runner form), or do we choose a different lower pile carpet /runner for the stairs? If so, how do you pick a runner that matches well and doesn’t look strange when they join at the top of the stairs? Thanks!...See MoreBasement Stairs Wood Stain match upstairs flooring or basement?
Comments (6)Traditionally you 'match' the floor that is in the public areas...that is to say the main living/entertainment of the home. If everyone and their dog hangs out in the basement and you entertain in the basement and you serve formal or semiformal dinners in the basement, then match the basement flooring. If you have a traditional house with a stair case that is visible (open...not a closed door at the top of the stairs) from the main living space then you match the stairs to the main living space. Basement flooring can be stand-alone....See MoreShould stair treads match the upstairs flooring or the down stairs?
Comments (5)Definitely match stairs to your main floor. When I'm on my main floor, my basement stairs are quite visible. It would drive me crazy if they didn't match the surroundings (FWIW, once you get downstairs there's a laminate floor that barely matches, and I don't really care because the basement is a casual space)....See MoreUser
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