From experience this just looks bad, it looks like you ran out of the original and tried to match it unsuccessfully. It would be like painting 2 walls one color white and using a different color white on the other 2 walls.
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From experience this just looks bad, it looks like you ran out of the original and tried to match it unsuccessfully. It would be like painting 2 walls one color white and using a different color white on the other 2 walls.
+1 my girlfriends parents did their back room and it looks great for how easy and cheap it is to do. It's something I am considering putting in my kitchen.
You are missing the obvious solution.
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Haha! One of the rooms I am doing is my man room, so that would work nicely.
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I don't think it would be nearly as oversimplified as you have stated here. We have 2 different styles of hardwood, both darker cherry-ish color, that look great. They're on 2 separate floors of the house. It's not like they'd be butted up next to each other. So I've been in this guy's shoes, and it turned out great.
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Update: We took the plunge and went with a completely different color. I'm pretty happy with it. Not finished yet, still have to put shoe molding in.
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Honestly, I'd paint the stairs white like the molding. Then run a nice carpet running down the middle (where you leave about 3" on either side). Should look nice and blend a helluva lot better.
Or sand the stairs and find a stain that's close to the downstairs flooring. That mismatch would drive me NUTS. We have engineered hardwood in a few parts of the house and really want to carry it along into the living room, study, bedroom, etc. With my allergies, I'm starting to feel like carpet doesn't help with it..or dust.
Or sand the stairs and find a stain that's close to the downstairs flooring. That mismatch would drive me NUTS. We have engineered hardwood in a few parts of the house and really want to carry it along into the living room, study, bedroom, etc. With my allergies, I'm starting to feel like carpet doesn't help with it..or dust.
That was my suggestion also, I don't think I could do the two different colors.
Other than that, the floor looks great.
Yea I'm not crazy about the mis-match but I hate trying to match wood colors, especially brown. If I stain the stairs to match then I will run into the same mis-match except it will be with the upstairs hardwood.
I dont like stair rugs, so that throws out that idea.
Maybe I'll just paint the stairs white one day. I'm not planning on moving anytime soon, so I'll have some time to think about it.
I dont like stair rugs, so that throws out that idea.
Maybe I'll just paint the stairs white one day. I'm not planning on moving anytime soon, so I'll have some time to think about it.
I like the two tone stairs actually. To each their own I guess, but if it were me I'd keep it how it is. New floor looks great!
Flooring looks good!!
Thank you!
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I installed 9/16" espresso bamboo in the living room and hallway it came out very nice. Thank God Home Depot has the transitional thresholds because the Pergo I had previously installed in one of the bedrooms was considerably thinner but it worked out well.
Looks great, I want to do this to our home but I was not sure about wood being on a concrete slab.
Thanks. This is vinyl plank, so we didn't have to worry about the problems or cost that comes with wood. This is waterproof, stain proof and scratch resistant.
Where did you get the planks from and did you do the install? Are those oak retreads? I have carpet steps and want to do wood throughout the house.
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A company out of Mt. airy NC did the install. They did my Man Room and the hallway for $1300. It was going to cost me $1100 in materials from lowes, not counting my time, so it was a no brainer.
Not sure on the steps. They were like that when we bought the home. I did refinish them last year though. They were scratched up pretty bad.
The company is Foothills Flooring
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