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It is All About Design
When choosing a hardwood floor that complements your style and dcor will be easier if you follow these simple tips: 1. The first step is to look at your hardwood floors as a design element and imagine it in a room full of your furniture. Whether you have ceramic tiles, carpet or hardwood flooring, how you decorate your flooring will either tie rooms together or completely distract from the room. Your flooring has to complement the existing furniture and walls. 2. The Light and Dark of it Many people have a difficult time deciding between rich darker shades or warm lighter shades of hardwood. A good rule of thumb is, if the room has plenty of natural light, or if it is a room that demands a formal look, then you may wish to consider using darker shades of flooring, which can be found in many of the exotic woods. However, keep in mind that darker shades will give the illusion that the room is smaller than it really is. Lighter shades are perfect for rooms, which do not have sufficient natural light. Lighter shades of hardwood also offer a more casual look, which is why they are often used with country and contemporary dcor. Another advantage of lighter shades is that they work more easily with a wider range of color schemes. 3. The edge treatment of your hardwood boards is another important design feature you must consider. Square beveled boards do not show seams, which offer a more formal as well as contemporary look. Whereas beveled boards display a line or crease between every board. This style has a more relaxed, casual, and old look to it. For cleaning purposes many people prefer the square boards as they do not trap small particles of dirt and grim. 4. Board width Hardwood flooring planks come in a verity of different width. When choosing your board width, you should consider the overall size and scale of the room where the flooring will be installed. Rooms with high ceilings and open space can accommodate the wider boards. Wider boards often make a bold grand statement and can over power smaller size rooms. When using small width boards in large rooms, the smaller boards are often lost within the room. Therefore, for smaller rooms it is best to use narrower boards so that they complement the room. 5. Borders, accents, and patterns Hardwood flooring can be installed at 45o angles, in a basket weave pattern, and in a herringbone pattern. These diagonal patterns help to draw the eye across the room, giving the room the illusion of being larger than what it is. Another unique way of installation is to use your hardwood floors to create inset borders by using a board of a contrasting color. This is an inexpensive option. However, if you home is open, then you can create the illusion of different rooms with in one room by using domestic with exotic hardwoods or combining hardwood flooring with marble, stone or tile to separate the kitchen area from the living room, or the living room from the dinning area within the same floor.
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