Color Matching Hardwood

On a basic level hardwood floors usually are all brown with black or white painted hardwood being exceptions to the norm.

Color matching hardwood.

Even if the same wood species is selected for installation achieving that seamless match in hues will require staining the wood and some good old fashioned elbow grease. Due to the fact that wood colors naturally as it ages it is unlikely that you will get an exact match between your old wood flooring and your new wood flooring. If you have solid hardwood it s relatively simple for a professional hardwood flooring contractor to match what you have. As we already mentioned the specific shade of your hardwood flooring can make a big difference in the best paint colors for your walls.

Gather samples with different intensities of the same color then pair them with the existing faded floor. While mixing wood tones is perfectly acceptable and in fact encouraged it always helps to pick a dominant wood tone as a starting point to help you choose other pieces to bring in the room. It s important to look at height type species grade width color and direction of wood. Especially if a custom stain blend was used it can make it harder to recreate the exact color.

Otherwise pick the largest furniture piece in the room. When laminate or engineered flooring is involved try and match the faded tones of the existing floor to new products being installed. Also if your wood floors have been stained or waxed over the years this can alter the color.