![]() ![]() ![]() And the slightly smaller (than the modern cottage) 5¾-inch engineered white oak floor feels like it’s just always been this way. And not gray at all, but definitely neutral. The medium-light wood tone is striking all the right chords with warm undertones that don’t read too red or too yellow. I feel like these floors are timeless, yet effortless. Honestly I couldn’t be happier with where we landed. I was sure it was THE ONE, but it was a good reminder to slow down and, pull in some patterns and color palettes you love before pulling the trigger.Īs soon as I laid a few samples on the other floor color, everything felt really harmonious. But next to all of these swatches, the “winner” was pulling too… red. I brought all of my fabric and wallpaper swatches into the new house to start dreaming up a palette, imagining layers of textures and patterns - steeped in tradition. I had selected what I thought was going to be the color of our floors (the bottom one above), but when I was shooting this campaign for spoonflower, everything changed. We went back and forth a few times until we finally landed on these two stain options. Well, there was a bit of miscommunication with the color of stain we wanted, and how many samples we wanted to see. I envisioned a rich, medium, classic wood-tone–something that felt timeless and true to the house’s colonial style. Getting to this point has come with its own set of hiccups, just like most projects amiright? In this blog post I shared all my inspiration and thoughts about selecting a stain for the floors. To avoid living amongst contractors and sawdust indefinitely, we hired contractors to tackle that beast before moving in and it’s been the greatest gift to have such a clean slate right off the bat. The main level was wall-to-wall Brazilian cherry (the reddest of reds), and upstairs was all carpeted that needed replaced anyhow. At the top of that list?–replace all the flooring with stain in place white oak. Back in May I shared a list of all the projects we wanted to have done before moving into our new house. ![]()
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