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can i see your wood floors - trying to decide on a stain

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Re: can i see your wood floors - trying to decide on a stain

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Hmmm... a lot of the unstained ones look nice, too!

Decisions, decisions!!



My brother just finished his oak floors, no stain. I have to say it looked very similar to my stained floors...

Posted 9/12/07 5:08 PM
 
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Re: can i see your wood floors - trying to decide on a stain

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I think I love all your floors!

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Ok I agree with this. BUT....you may NOT like them if you go too dark.

I saw on a home decorating show where they stained the floors really dark. It made the room too dark IMO, so I would wary of going too dark. Too light, ok, too dark, could make things very dreary feeling.

Posted 9/12/07 5:11 PM
 

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Re: can i see your wood floors - trying to decide on a stain

Posted by Leeners

Not sure how well you can see them in this pic but here's a pic from Thanksgiving-time last year. We got the floors (oak) stained a java color - we LOVE it. It really warms up the rooms and also sets us apart from the other co-ops in the development (important to us for selling purposes later).

ETA: some of these pics might give you a better look (these are VERY old Chat Icon)

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LOVE THE DARK WOOD. WHO DID THEM?

Posted 9/12/07 5:26 PM
 

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Re: can i see your wood floors - trying to decide on a stain

We did Mahogany stain. Love the look but it shows alot of dog hair and dust. I'm constantly going over it with a microfiber mop. I have the stain through my house in the livingroom & diningroom.

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Posted 9/12/07 5:30 PM
 

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Re: can i see your wood floors - trying to decide on a stain

Posted by Goobster

Posted by Kara

You people are not making it easy. Chat Icon

I think I love all your floors!

Maybe this is just a sign that I'll love it no matter the finish! Chat Icon



Ok I agree with this. BUT....you may NOT like them if you go too dark.

I saw on a home decorating show where they stained the floors really dark. It made the room too dark IMO, so I would wary of going too dark. Too light, ok, too dark, could make things very dreary feeling.



Thanks!

After seeing all these pictures, I'm actually leaning toward a light stain or not staining them at all. I was worried about how it would look with our furniture, but I love the contrast and think it will brighten up the rooms a bit.

Posted 9/12/07 5:31 PM
 

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Re: can i see your wood floors - trying to decide on a stain

Posted by BlessedMommy

We did Mahogany stain. Love the look but it shows alot of dog hair and dust. I'm constantly going over it with a microfiber mop. I have the stain through my house in the livingroom & diningroom.



Pretty color!!!! Chat Icon

Posted 9/12/07 5:41 PM
 

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Re: can i see your wood floors - trying to decide on a stain

We just sanded and had the floored polyurethaned, no stain.

our old office room, now my son's room (pretty much the same for all 3 bedroom on this floor of the house)
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our living room just after we had them done:
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the dining room, before we painted the top part a red color:
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more recent dining room, except now we have a rug under the table:
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Posted 9/12/07 6:16 PM
 

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Re: can i see your wood floors - trying to decide on a stain

Ours were sanded and stained a cherrywood color. We have pine floors in our home (I have no idea why..) and the wood took the stain differently...some boards are different colors...but it looks great!

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Posted 9/12/07 10:14 PM
 

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Re: can i see your wood floors - trying to decide on a stain

Posted by Smileyd17

We just did ours, Oak w/ Gunstock stain. Its awesome. So happy we went with a stain.

Have to get you pics.



We left the floors the way they were when we moved in. But we used Gunstock stain for our doors and trim. I love it!

Posted 9/13/07 8:00 AM
 

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Re: can i see your wood floors - trying to decide on a stain

we have unstained oak upstairs, and put in cherry downstairs:

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Posted 9/13/07 9:16 AM
 

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Re: can i see your wood floors - trying to decide on a stain

Ours aren't stained, just sealed.

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Posted 9/13/07 9:21 PM
 

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Re: can i see your wood floors - trying to decide on a stain

so jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted 9/13/07 9:34 PM
 
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