In article , Murray Peterson says...
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We want to put hardwood floors in our entire first floor. This
includes the kitchen where I am having a frustrating time deciding on
the exact wood and stain color. We have very dark wood floors in the
office (also on the first floor as you come into the front door) and I
love them but I'm not sure if they would look good throughout the
house. Our baseboards and trim work are a light wood color (I don't
like them, but whatever) and our doors are just your standard, cheap
hollow core wood grainy doors, also a light color. I don't want
matchy-matchy, but I also don't want a completely browned out look in
the kitchen. So, what do you think would go nicely with the
orangy/honey oak cabinets? What wood and stain?
This sounds facetious, but go with whatever catches your fancy. We have
four different colours of hardwood on our main floor, and it looks fine (at
least we think so). We did paint out the dark stained oak baseboards, and
the cheap veneered hollow-core doors -- looks much better.
The only advice I can pass on -- don't make your flooring the same colour
as your cabinets. Contrast works better than having it all the same (or
even worse, almost the same).
This isn't lighted very well, but it gives you an idea:
http://members.shaw.ca/murraypeterson/reno-finished.jpg
Agreed. Either go darker like in your office, or light like your doors and
trim. Don't use anything near the cabinet color.
Furthermore - sounds like you should consider re-facing or painting the
cabinets. If you describe them as "orangey", you probably don't really like
them. Then you can have more options.
From reading into your post a bit, you like the darker floors, don't like the
current cabinet finish, so you should go with the darker floors and then think
what cabinet finishing you'd like that would work with that. Paint is cheap;
refinishing isn't bad. But that's just my off-hand take on it ...
Banty
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