Matching Wood Floors To Stairs

Staining when hardwood flooring coverage is expanded it s not always necessary to sand and stain both the preexisting and newly covered areas at the same time.

Matching wood floors to stairs.

For example you could match just your treads and handrail to your flooring and mix with painted balusters and risers. Or use something other than oak for the bannister as you will never get close to a match to the floor with oak. Even though the match may not be exact once furniture area rugs and accessories are added to the space the slight difference in floors will be minimized. This is very important because stains can look very different on different types of wood.

Everything doesn t have to match to get a cohesive look. If your home is a bit more decorative or eclectic in nature use this opportunity to add a little bit of artwork to your risers with paint or tile. Swap out your wood balusters for iron ones. For example in our new house we are using sea smoke from adm flooring.

Conclusion on matching new and existing hardwood if you have solid hardwood it s relatively simple for a professional hardwood flooring contractor to match what you have. It is a beautiful european white oak. Adding carpet to stairs isn t for everyone but for some it takes the headache out of trying to match woods. You must first determine which colors went into the baseboard.

Hardwood stairs average 100 to 200 per step including labor a flight of stairs is 10 to 12 steps and would cost 1 000 to 2 400. So we made sure and order white oak stair treads. This how to do transition from laminate floor to stairs or threshold between laminate floor to stairs show how to install transition from laminate floor to s. It s important to look at height type species grade width color and direction of wood.

Start with a finisher s color wheel shown below. Use these stain matching tips to replace broken or missing parts or to make new furniture match existing furniture or trimwork. Natural stair tread designs to match hardwood flooring from carlisle wide plank floors. The large entry way is tiled same tile in eat in kitchen but the family room and entire 2nd level is carpet.

Tiled or decorative risers. Let s say you want to match a new oak table to an existing baseboard. We are replacing all the carpet with hardwood and my hubby insists that it needs to match the stairs. The first step to matching stair treads to prefinished flooring is using the same species of wood.

I have a cherry stain oak staircase that you see as soon as it walk into the house. That actually scares me more than the mismatch. And i am trying hard to picture the formality of a curved stair with wide plank flooring usually associated with far less formal home styles than one with a curved stair.