How To Use Hardwood Flooring To Bring Color Into Your Home

If you are sick of your carpeted or tiled floors, then it
is time to consider a kind of flooring that has been
bringing warmth and beauty into homes for centuries.  Wide
plank hardwood flooring brings an old-world charm into a
home, but it does not limit the house in that way.  Modern
homes look just as gorgeous with wide plank floorings as a
cottage full of antiques.

The beauty of wood floors is that they are both timeless
and stylish, adding a touch of class and a warm glow to any
room.  They are easy to dress up with an ornamental rug or
beautiful to show uncovered in all their glory.  There are
plenty of woods to choose from as well, which will help to
determine the width of the cut as well as the exact color
that you will get from the flooring.

For a warmer, almost golden glow, take a look at an Ash
floor.  If you want a more rich look, American Cherry
flooring is a warm reddish brown that will have you
admiring the floor for hours.  Birch is a very pale shade,
but has variations between light and slightly darker that
draw the eye.  If you want your floor to have a color all
its own, then check out a sample of Brazilian Cherry.  The
bright red of the tree is stunning to say the least.
Eastern Pine is a beautiful golden color that warms up a
room nicely, but for the real variations in the grain you
will want to take a look at Heart Pine.  The swirling of
the grain of this wood is breathtaking.  Hard Maple is a
pale shade that sets a wonderful stage for bold furniture
and décor, and would look lovely in a gallery style room.

Hickory looks wonderful with golden wood and darker knots,
and would fit in well with cabin style decor.  Red Oak has
a reddish tint to the rich wood, and is full of the
swirling of the grain.  Mahogany is a dark red color, and
is very consistent in the coloring.  Sassafras is a warm
color as well, showing an almost orange glow.  Soft Maple
is similar to the Hard Maple, but stains slightly better.
Walnut is a gorgeous reddish color that is marbleized
throughout, showing beautiful patterns.  White Oak is also
a warm golden color with lovely patterning to it.

There are lots of color choices in hardwood flooring.  To
find the right shade for your project, the best strategy is
to take a photo of your furniture to the flooring supplier.
See what works best with your kind of furniture. If
possible, get some samples of wood to take home. No matter
what style of house or apartment you are decorating,
hardwood floors will bring a timeless appeal and a new
richness of color to your surroundings.


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Neil Street is publisher of
http://www.smallbusinessonline.net He wrote the current
article for his friends at Kellogg Hardwood Lumber,
http://www.kellogghardwoods.com who supplied the wood that
was the inspiration for this piece.