What color/type of kitchen floor will match my hardwood floor?
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Comments (20)Redroze, I'm just getting back online and seeing your questions, so I'll try to answer what I can. My new floor in the LR/DR was not pre-finished, it was all site-finished. I did put a pre-finished floor down in my office (no pics, sorry) because I work from home and didn't have time to be without my office for the week it would have taken to have floor sanded etc. The pre-finished does have a different feel to it than the site-finished. I wouldn't say it's grooved, just a more defined difference in between the individual planks. The office doesn't adjoin any other room, except the tiled hallway, so I didn't worry so much about the wood being different there. I see from your pictures what you mean about running the planks the same way and wanting to be sure things don't look odd. One idea might be to take up some of your FR planks, like the first 12 or so, and then put them back down interwoven with the new planks. That way there's not a clear line in between the 2 rooms, but rather a more gradual blending. Here's another couple of pictures, this time of my family room. The first one is a before shot of the hardwood floor + a rug-like carpet. The floor created a frame around the carpet. I had the carpet taken up and new hardwood put in where the carpet originally was, then everything sanded and refinished. You absolutely can't tell where the old wood was vs where the new started. In this case, the new is random width because it opens directly to the kitchen (as opposed to the LR/DR which is all the same width). So, one house, all new site-finished floors in the LR & DR, all new pre-finished floor in the office, original/refinished in the kitchen, and half&half refinished + original in the family room. Boy did we have dust! Hope this helps! New:...See MoreWhat color to stain my hardwood floors
Comments (4)I am answering not from a place of how any of these stains look because my taste is terrible. With that said, I would pick a medium stain over a dark stain because dark floors show everything, and I have neither the time or the energy to try to make them look nice....See Morehelp with new hardwood floor installation for matching some old floors
Comments (11)Those "gaps" are mild. They are normal. They are expected. They tell the story that they are original. They are meant to be there. The new floors will eventually do that too...which means they will match (eventually). It might take a decade...but it will happen. And don't forget that once everything is sanded down, you will be VERY surprised at how those "gaps" seem to go away (visually). Why, you ask? Because some of that is dirt. Once the floor has been sanded down (1-2mm of wood is taken off with the sanding), the dark material between the planks gets shaved off as well. And voila...they look cleaner (because they are). Relax about the absolutely normal spacing between planks. Unless you have museum quality climate control, this LITTLE bit of shrinkage is normal and to be expected with every floor (especially if it is 30 years old)....See MoreHardwood Kitchen floors to match oak cabinets
Comments (12)I have wood cabinets and if i did not have hardwood floor, I would have done a stone tile similar to what shirpp posted above - maybe a slightly lighter tone as I have only one window in my kitchen. Slate works well with white and wood - however it can be dark. Be sure you plan no alterations to your kitchen layout when you change out cabinets. Then your new floor may need to be replaced. This is my wood kitchens idea book - some newer, some older and some with a mix of white and wood. You may want to work with the wood if it is in good shape. https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/75202366/list/wood-kitchens...See MoreHALLETT & Co.
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