Taupe kitchen cabinets and red oak floor. Help choose floor stain!
muellerkm
4 years ago
We're getting ready for a full kitchen remodel. Our cabinets (already ordered) are a warm grey, similar to attached photo. We currently have some very orange looking red-oak floors that we plan to refinish before installing cabinets. I was hoping to go natural with only a water-based finished, but think the natural red/pink tone in the floors will then also pull out a pink tone in my cabinets. Suggestions on your favorite red oak finish? Leaning toward a slightly darker, medium brown tone, but would love opinions and suggestions. Thanks in advance!
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Comments (8)We have white oak kitchen cabinets with a very light stain. Our house was originally built with white oak floors, which we thought were red oak. We had to replace quite a few boards and we used red oak so now we have a red and white oak floor (definitely by accident). I'm with you on the white oak being nicer. Despite the efforts of our floor refinisher, the red oak still has a pinkish cast to it. In order to make the white and red oaks really blend, we would have had to go with darker stain on the floor, which we didn't want. Have you checked local cabinet makers for prices for white oak cabinets. We found that some could only get red oak and others could only get white oak. The guy who could only get white oak wasn't any more expensive than the guy who could only get red oak....See MoreHelp me choose! Need wall color advice for natural red oak flooring.
Comments (0)Tons of natural light, 8’ ceilings, brown leather furniture...... Gray? Taupe? Tan? Green? Help!...See MoreHelp picking a floor stain color for red oak hardwoods!?
Comments (4)Hi John, do you have any photos of the space you could post? That might be helpful. In general, it's trickier to make wood floors work with wood stained cabinets, but I've done it. Since you don't want reddish floors, I'd aim for a cooler brown - more towards a walnut. I would NOT do ebony floors; those super-dark floors are impossible to keep looking clean. They show dust, lint, grass, etc. Also, what stain product is your contractor using? Most come in pre-mixed colors. That may determine the palette you have to choose from. Other stains can be tinted or adjusted if needed. Adding green to a stain color, for example, will help cut the red of the oak floors. You have to go easy though, you don't want to end up with a noticeable green tone. You're welcome to email me directly if you want more info - I don't check messages on here very often. Thanks Info@PaintColorHelp.com...See MoreRed oak hardwood floor stain anxiety, help!
Comments (32)We are about to do a kitchen remodel and our red wood hard floors that are in the main living room, hallway and bedrooms will be carried through in the new kitchen. I don't like the red, orange or pink hue in red oak, but I need to make the best of it. I'm looking at all the pictures posted from 2 years ago and wondering how everyone is liking their floors. We are wanting to go light, to give a white oak look, but everything we see is too pick. We may just pick a medium brown, but not sure what color is best. Any thoughts or recommendations on either? We need to make decisions soon. Any tips would be appreciated!...See More
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4 years agoAdding a picture of the floor tone I have in mind. White walls, white quartz counters.
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