Comments on: Hardwood Floor Decisions

By: anjillie

anjillie — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 22:30:16 +0000

We have had oak floors on our entire main floor for all the years we have lived here, unstained white oak, but it still ages a golden color. We have redone them twice. I really do not care for it, would like to strip and whitewash them for a very pale tone. I love Swedish design so that is some influence. What keeps stopping us for the time being is the monumental amount of work it will be to move everything around. I know a lot of people love the dark floors, and I do think them pretty, but the dust problem would be a lot of work here in dusty Colorado.

By: Blondie's Journal

Blondie's Journal — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 05:32:08 +0000

We went from a very light pine–almost unfinished, to very dark. I so wanted it and it is beautiful. I was warned that everything shows up on it and that's true. The best way to deal with it is a good vacuum cleaner with bare floor level. I tried a broom and two different Swiffer products. The vacuum works the best. Stairs…hands and knees! Totally worth it.

Jane

By: Life 411

Life 411 — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 04:11:45 +0000

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Jacki Phillips

By: Unknown

Unknown — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 03:49:16 +0000

Before you make a final decision do yourself a favor and take a look at Cali Bamboo (that's the name you can find them on the web). They offer 5" planks in some of the most beautiful colors/finishes I've ever seen. Bamboo wears great – and I just found out Lowe's sells it too. Check it out to add to your decision making process.

By: At Rivercrest Cottage

At Rivercrest Cottage — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 03:41:57 +0000

Courtney, disregard my last comment. I did a new blog post for you on our hand-scraped wood floors 5 years later. Still loving them! http://theothermeissane.blogspot.com/2017/07/hand-scraped-wood-floors-5-years-later.html

By: Marmee

Marmee — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 00:43:15 +0000

Decisions, decisions, decisions. We finally took the plunge and had our first floor, stairway and upper hallway done in oak . The color is gunstock. It is a shiny finish and I love it! We chose flooring by Somerset which is an American company. The wood is harvested in the United States and the flooring made in the USA. I had panic attacks once I made the choice, fearing another color would be better. We were advised that a floor that complimented the color of woods in our furniture but also provided contrast would make an ideal choice. We also had the existing 3 1/2 in. baseboards replaced with 5 1/2 in. I am so pleased I am already dreaming of getting the upstairs done!!

By: At Rivercrest Cottage

At Rivercrest Cottage — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 00:41:49 +0000

I hope you will check out my 3 posts on installing hand-scraped wood floors in Nov 2012:
https://theothermeissane.blogspot.com/2012/11/wood-floors.html
We lived with ugly cement floors in our unfinished spec house for almost 2 years until we found the floors that were just what we wanted. There are three posts I did in Nov 2012 (and linked to your blog party back then) about our beautiful hand-scraped floors walking through the whole process. It's been 5 years and we still love them as does everyone who sees them. They are so easy to care for and you can see in the posts how they were scraped on site and stains were sampled right here. Hope you'll take a look.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 00:18:00 +0000

Be careful of going too dark. You have to dust it everyday because you can see the dust on it. If you go too light it shows the little spiders you never knew existed in your house. They die on the floor and leave little black specks. It also shows every hair that is dark. Medium seems to be the best bet. Good luck!

By: june

june — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 23:55:05 +0000

I went through this two years ago but had never had hardwood. Our home is only 30 years old and has a medium oak stain. When we redid our kitchen that year we changed all the cabinets to painted with a warm glaze. I too felt the lighter floors looked too contemporary so we went with a variable board hand scraped warm brown with a bit of distress. it looks amazing with our french style furniture. The peninsula in our kitchen is a distressed painted black cherrywood cabinet with rubbed edges. I think it just flows beautifully. So happy I went with dark floors.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 23:17:35 +0000

Wow, I remember you tell us about the hurtles you went through refinishing the floors, If I was close by I would offer to help with anything I could… I am sure you will make the best decision for dilemma…What about wide plank with destress brown and black , just a thought. 🙂 I am pulling for you both….