LOL!!! Well, lets start like this... What your seeing is normal and a very common characteristic of most exotic wood species, and especially Jatoba / Brazilian Cherry. All wood to some degree is effected by UV light and exposure. Even reflective light. Jatoba is very light when first installed and finished. It turns very dark over a short period of time. The room where there is the most effect, has how many windows and how large or tall are they? Removing the rug and it will slowly catch up to the exposed area. It won't happen over night, but it will eventually catch up.

Well hope I'm not too late but....we installed Brazillian Walnut in our kitchen and dining room and we've been really happy with it. I don't have the problem of everything showing on this floor any more than on the oak we have in some other areas. The planks have some variation in color so maybe that's why. This is a very solid hard (like teak) wood. We got it at Lumber Liquidators (Bella wood) and installed it ourselves, but they have installers they can recommend too (if you don't have one already). The first is a more recent pic, the floor is 10 years old. One huge plus with this particular floor is that it is not stained, it's this color all the way through so it will always look like this. When the time comes all we have to do is lightly sand it and revarnish. No staining involved. Furniture wise, our house insn't real large, so we just have pieces we love, an old farm table I've refurbished and an old cabinet both painted white. I don't think a floor type necessarily limits you, especially if it's wood.

Yes -- an area rug (think of a sisal rug for now) would work to separate the two -- BUT the "double fudge" chair (love that name! LOL!) would visually connect the two areas of deep color. I've add a link to a Pottery Barn rug as an example -- JUST an example -- check out their rug selection for more ideas too! Just be sure to use more of that dark chocolate color around the whole seating area to tie it together ..... Here is a link that might be useful: PB rug -- just an example!

I’m following this post because I have the same issue with my living room — dark brown couch and very dark floors — brown overkill! Can I ask for more specific advice, if possible? Should my rug be mostly ivory, with tan accents? Or will the tan color bring in more “brown?” Should I paint the brown wooden top on my fireplace white to eliminate some of the brown in the room? BELOW: View from my entry foyer looking at living room. What can I place behind couch? The couch reclines, so it can’t be a sofa table. BELOW: 1. What color sideboard can I place under TV? 2. See room with yellow arrow. I have 3 swivel barrel chairs for that room (ivory color); must the rug in that room match the living room rug?