Settle a flooring argument.

[mrs.jacinthe]

In your opinion, how important is it that the flooring and woodwork match in a 'historic' home?  Should it just be color or does wood species also matter?

R and I are having a difference of opinion re:flooring.  He says we can just pick something in the same color family and call it a day.  I say we need to bring home a ton of samples and compare so we can get as close as possible to the woodwork.

WWYD?

[sjh722]

Team you.

[ktzmoh]

I agree with you if you are staying in the same color family.

Although depending on the context, I think going with something that contrasts with the woodwork might be beautiful.

[Deleted]

Confused. You mean like the floors match the baseboards and door trim? Not sure I've ever seen that...I'll have to check my books. Many times they didn't even use the same specics wood throughout the house originally (e.g. oak with inlays in formal areas, maybe fir in kitchens, etc.), much less color. I'd probably try to figure out what they were using in the area at the time.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Feb 5, 2013 14:50:20 GMT -5 ktzmoh said:

I agree with you if you are staying in the same color family.

Although depending on the context, I think going with something that contrasts with the woodwork might be beautiful.

This is a good point.  Here's a reference PIP (the living or dining room):  



Should we try to match that dark color or go a medium?  I think I'm anti-light color ... 

[Blueper]

I would try to do something in between medium and the current color.

[SusanBAnthony]

I would match the current trim color or get darn close, I think.

[thatgirl2478]

When we were faced with this issue, we went with the stain color that was closest to the trim.

However, in our current house we have nasty orange 1950's wood trim. So we chose a color we liked for the floor & are planning to paint the icky baseboards white... however we've been here almost 2 years and STILL haven't done the trim... so yeah.