Wood Flooring ~ Choose The Right Color For Your Home

Today, having wood flooring in your home contributes to enhancing home décor beauty as well as increasing the value of your property. With regards to choosing the right wood species and color for your home, it will solely depend on your own preferences. If you do not have an experienced interior designer by your side, do not worry. By following the simple steps below, you can choose the best preferred wood color that will complement the entire décor of your house.  

• Space conceptualizing is not very complicated at all. All you need is a little bit of creative juices and some imaginations on what kind of “feeling” would you want your wood floors to have for the house. Usually darker wood colors will make the room looks smaller; but some still preferred darker wood flooring as it will make the house cozy and intimate. On the other hand, light colored wood flooring will make the room livelier and "bigger". Especially if you are talking about limited spaces in an apartment, lighter colors will be highly recommended.

• Your wood flooring should be of contrasting colors to the walls and furniture in your home.  If all the color tones are similar, it will make your furniture look “invisible”. Especially when you come home tiredly from work and cannot find your bed! Jokes aside; however contrasting colors is very important for the entire flooring design of the house as it will somehow make your sofas, daybeds, cabinets, flooring and other furnishing "stand" out uniquely from one another.

• Contact an experienced wood flooring contractor to bring some samples for you to see and match with your existing furniture and wall colors. Best to ask him or her to come during daytime in which you can match the wood colors with daylight as well as with your house lights. An experienced wood floor contractor will usually provide good advice on recommending the right wood species for your flooring. He or she will also let you know should there be a need for wood staining or coloring.

• What types of theme do you want for your home? Different kind of wood species and colors will portray a different theme for the house. Resort lifestyle owners may prefer tropical and exotic coconut wood flooring. Luxurious lifestyle owners, on the other hand, will prefer thick Brazilian cherry wooden flooring for their exquisite floors. Simple and straight to the point owners may prefer oak or teak flooring. Hence, at the end of the day, it will be up to the owners to decide which are the ones that suit them the best. It is just like buying cars; some buy for the shape, some for the feeling of driving it, some for the luxury and some for many other reasons which are very much different among individuals.

• Once you have finally decided the best wood flooring color and species for your home, just go with it. You have made the right decision because of that strong reason in which you want to make your home to be the most outstanding home décor from your neighbors. Go with it!