If cleaning floors isn t your favorite use of time keep in mind that dark hardwood floors are harder to keep clean than light ones.
Light stained floors.
You can read more about hardwood floor stain color trends in this article.
In my opinion hardwood floor stain colors are at their most impressive when the result is a deep color that is a million miles away from the actual color of the wood.
Tips for choosing red oak floor stains.
We love this look and so do most designers we work with.
We had water damage from a frozen pipe a few months ago and finally getting it all back together with some changes.
But just because dark is in it may not necessarily be the best choice for you.
Very dark almost black wood stains can completely transform naturally light white oak or beech so that it nearly looks like ebony.
Dark stained floors will help anchor a room and give you the freedom to put light bright colors on the walls or even just white that will add brightness to the room.
This is mostly a result of the way that dark stain reflects light.
Our floors are hand scraped red oak and they were a dark color.
Since they all have to be sanded down anyway we want to do a lighter stain but having trouble finding a good c.
Here in westchester county and the nyc metro area dark hardwood floors have been trending the last several years and continue to grow in popularity.
Very dark brown and almost black stain colors.