lizzyann
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So here is my dilemma...hardwood flooring!
I live in a newer colonial, built in the early 2000's. We are the second owners. The original owner who built the house put prefinished oak hardwood floor in most of my first floor. The formal living room which is huge, the foyer, hallway and stairs are all in the oak flooring. The whole backside of my house is one long open room consisting of dining area, kitchen and family room, which do not have the hard wood. I would like to install hardwood there now. The kitchen and dining area are a hideous linoleum and there is berber in the family room portion. I'd like to match the hardwood in the rest of the downstairs but when I contacted the flooring people who originally put it in, they said that the maker, Columbia, has different options now but they may have one that is a pretty close match to my current hardwood. The formal living room does open up to my dining area so I would need a pretty good match so it doesn't look off. So my question is...do I just go ahead and get the best match oak hardwood for the dining/kitchen/family room portion? Do I do a completely different wood for that portion - like a darker wood or something (might be weird to have two different hard woods though)? Or do I bite the bullet and just put in an entirely new hard wood in my whole downstairs so it all matches? I'd like to avoid this though to save some $$.
Couple things to note - I do not love tile, so that is not an option. My kitchen has maple cabinets with black granite, stainless Viking appliances, tan walls. WIll oak flooring look ok with maple cabinets?
Any help much appreciated!
I live in a newer colonial, built in the early 2000's. We are the second owners. The original owner who built the house put prefinished oak hardwood floor in most of my first floor. The formal living room which is huge, the foyer, hallway and stairs are all in the oak flooring. The whole backside of my house is one long open room consisting of dining area, kitchen and family room, which do not have the hard wood. I would like to install hardwood there now. The kitchen and dining area are a hideous linoleum and there is berber in the family room portion. I'd like to match the hardwood in the rest of the downstairs but when I contacted the flooring people who originally put it in, they said that the maker, Columbia, has different options now but they may have one that is a pretty close match to my current hardwood. The formal living room does open up to my dining area so I would need a pretty good match so it doesn't look off. So my question is...do I just go ahead and get the best match oak hardwood for the dining/kitchen/family room portion? Do I do a completely different wood for that portion - like a darker wood or something (might be weird to have two different hard woods though)? Or do I bite the bullet and just put in an entirely new hard wood in my whole downstairs so it all matches? I'd like to avoid this though to save some $$.
Couple things to note - I do not love tile, so that is not an option. My kitchen has maple cabinets with black granite, stainless Viking appliances, tan walls. WIll oak flooring look ok with maple cabinets?
Any help much appreciated!