New wood floors... dilema is old oak doors...

5 years ago

We're in the process of looking for new flooring for the main level of our home. We want to use luxury vinyl tile due to having three small children and a large golden-doodle. We have oak doors currently and were told that it would be $160/door to have them painted. What color of flooring would you suggest with oak doors? We'd put down a cream trim/baseboard. I don't love the oak doors but we can't afford to paint all 32 doors in our house currently.

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lesleycurl

5 years ago

Get a flooring that is complimentary to your door wood tone and then you don't have do anything to the doors.

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Denita
5 years ago
Photos?
katinparadise
5 years ago
What color stain are your doors? I would look for a natural oak color that had some variant of the oak door color in it.
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Chessie
5 years ago
Definitely post a few pics - it would help others provide suggestions.
Suki Mom
5 years ago
Find a flooring that includes the color of your oak doors, but don't try to match the door entirely - get a plank with variation in the color.
redsilver
5 years ago
On first thought: as little grain as possible, or loud contrast I suppose, cause your doors have much grain I am thinking-- in them. And choose a tile that compliments them, and save repainting. You can sand and revarnish them, also?

But anyways, I found this brand. I would love 3 of them, depends on the colors and the door stain/other decor, in your home: Adura Calypso Mist, Seasiders, or Graphite Charcoal Flax, last one, because it catches the cool and the warm equally in a home I expect..Corsica could be nice if your home is generally light and again, depends on your wood stains and painted walls and decor colors...Which one works, if any of them? https://tmcarpetandfloors.com/vinyl/mannington-luxury-vinyl/ Canadian Maple is a great color, but the contrast may just be too busy with your doors, or it may be just the right tones? The other 3 or 4 may be better tho?
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JAN MOYER
5 years ago
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Thirty two doors...............is that a typo? How big is this house? I've done 6.000/8000 sq foot homes that don't have thirty two doors in the house, let alone on a single floor.
Eric
5 years ago
5 bedroom house with sliding closet doors and a master with a walk in closet and bath. There is 15 doors. Hall bath, half bath, linen closet, basement, cubbord, mud room. There is 21. bonus room french door style is 23. 32 is tough to Get to.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
5 years ago
I am not sure about the door count but even so painting doors is not a huge thing to DIY I don’t see why you can’t just paint the ones that you see at one time for now and carry on when you have time. Not sure about the reasoning of the cream colored baseboards and trim . Posting some pictures always gets you more help.
Chessie
5 years ago
I have 19 doors in my home and I have a relatively small house.
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JAN MOYER
5 years ago
If I understood the op...she has 32 on ONE LEVEL. : ( That would be a hotel in my book

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