Go with a slight whitewash. I think it would look nice.

Yes the hardwood does have a little whitewash pigment in the grain. Its one of our most popular floors :-)

thinkdesignlive , that floor is made to order so its available as Solid or Engineered in any width. :-)

Here is a lighter French Oak floor project we have just finished in St Paul, MN.

CIcerone Pilsner

Yes I think they both "wood" :-)

As Oak & Broad is pointing out, your home could benefit from a lime wash or a smoked finish simply because your wood walls are NOT gold....they are a mid-tone brown. That gives you SOOOO many more options. You can work with a natural (ie. non-orange) white oak without any stain whatsoever = light gold tones with plenty of green undertones (white oak in a natural finish can be a little green in a character grade product). Or you can have a white wash (very light) or a lime wash (staying away from "pickling" which was popular in the 80's that had PINK tones).

Of course if you work with European Oak (a premium product to begin with), you won't have to have ANY wash/colour added. It already starts out life in the "silver-gold" tones...just like Unique Wood Floors shows. As European Oak ages, it turns more silver. The gold-tones start to disappear with UV exposure.

But to get this to happen, the wood MUST have clear coat water based products used (like Bona or Loba). An oil based or oil modified finish will simply turn orange no matter what wood you use.