I was thinking of keeping medium oak on stairs and continuing the upstairs hallways medium with matching wainscoting that the stairwell has and only keeping the bedrooms light.
Dark wood stairs with light wood floors.
If you plan on using an area rug in the entrance way you could match your runner to the area rug for some form of cohesion.
I m having a similar dilemma my girls want modern bedrooms upstairs with extra light wood floors.
We re considering buying a 20 year old home with existing hardwood stairs between the main floor and upper floor.
The home has medium oak throughout the first floor and stairs.
Other than a redo of the stain on the treads banister and posts your down to a carpet stair runner that pulls in colour from either the walls or the wood floor.
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What would you.
Jun 22 2016 explore kathy caveny s board dark bannister light floors on pinterest.
All hardwood floors require proper cleaning and maintenance to make them remain beautiful and strong.
Both light and dark hardwood floors offers a unique sense of style beauty and a timeless value to a home.
And i am oh so grateful that we didn t do our floors yet because this little lesson has taught me that i could never ever live with a whole house of dark wood floors whether they are ebony like my stairs or medium dark stained like i talked about doing in this post.
Wood will warp twist or rot when exposed to water or moisture.
The main level flooring is original and we d like to put in a dark coloured hardwood or laminate.