Question about Hardwood Flooring (paint, sand, kitchen, colored)
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We have American Cherry multi colored 2 1/4" plank hardwood in darker shades throughout our main floor except the bathrooms and bedrooms. We now want to do the bedrooms but our supplier went broke and we have only been able to find this wood in uniform color light shades. During the day the bedrooms can be seen from other parts of the house. How do you think the contrasting shade in the same wood would look.
When we were trying to decide on wood flooring for our family room we went to many flooring sources, both big box and small local dealers. Every one of them warned us that dark cherry, be it Brazilian or American, will fade.
Considering that the darker floors will probably fade somewhat, and the difference in daylight in various rooms, I think it may look just fine, as long as the contrast in color isn't extremely eye catching from the start.
We had the same situation. We used a different color of wood for the kitchen area. Even though we used high quality wood, it still looks awkward so we had to get a painter to sand it and paint as closer as possible to the main floor.
I would definitely not worry about everything being 'matchy-matchy'! If the wood is similar and just in a lighter shade, I think that would be far preferable to having everything exact. I'm pretty sure most decorators would tell you the same thing. It is far more sophisticated to find tones in your home that complement and highlight interesting features than to have everything uniform.
Never mention the fact that you couldn't match it. Mention that you love the contrast in the less formal bedrooms (or something like that)
Look out your window...if all the foliage out there were the exact same shade of green, it would look like a plain green wall. Variety is the spice of life!
Not a big deal at all- but you might have to do a lot of researching/calling.
Most hardwood flooring installers have dealers that they buy from. Name the species- they'll get it, if it's not in their warehouse.
The art of the completed project is in the finishing. I've had one hardwood flooring installer for the last 15yrs. and he has had one finisher that had "the touch" for matching new to existing. The same could be done for you- the only difference will be in the poly finish. There's just no way to duplicate the exact finish; or the durability of a factory pre-finish that has aluminum oxide in it. But the color, texture, and grade of wood can be easily duplicated.
...and the search is on!
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