The living room floor is part of the original hardwood floor that s almost 70 years old.
Living room with red oak floors.
We wanted to make sure the grain showed through so it looked like stain not just paint.
Be bold and paint your walls red to turn up the heat to the max.
They don t seem to look anything like the sample we tried and have a greyer tone than we wanted.
The kitchen floor is only two years old.
This is another contemporary living area which uses solid oak floors paired with oatmeal painted walls.
The singular pop of color comes from the blue armchair.
Blue is also a great choice for red oak hardwood floors.
Both are red oak but the original floor in its raw state had a more red tone to it while the kitchen floor had a more pink orange tone to it.
But also this was another patch job.
For the furniture it has a loveseat in purple 2 armchairs with pixel pattern fabric a small wengue coffee table a small pedestal side table and.
You can consider pastels aquamarines and darker shades as well.
Treat wood floors that lack intense yellow or red undertones as a neutral freely layering furniture and accents in your palette of choice.
Floors only have stain on it so far and i m not sure how they will look different with the water based poly.
Wall colors for red oak.
So we went with bona 1 2 medium brown and 1 2 classic grey on our red oak floors.
It has an accent wall with a built in electric fire place clad with gray soapstone tiles.
We tried different proportions of poly mixed with paint and poly mixed with water.
My task was to test the paint water poly combos on scrap wood the same kind of wood as my floors red oak and figure out the formula for my contractor.
Red oak is warmer and reflects the sunny tone of apricot or sunflower yellow walls and the vivid heat of red.
A light warm colored hardwood floor adds color to this room that has otherwise simple cool toned furniture with some warm accents in the form of tables.
Jun 13 2014 explore laura bajorek s board red oak hardwood floors on pinterest.
With its warm tone you can pair a red oak hardwood floor with colors like yellow or apricot to create a warm effect in your room.
Floors of red oak and white oak influence the color mix in a room.
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