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Hardwood flooring dilema

Ric
7 år siden

Need your advice! Mirage Maple Charcoal hardwood choice for entire house- good idea or too dark? Or to grey? Enough Brown in it?

Thoughts? Anyone picked this?

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  • User
    7 år siden

    In the upper end market builds here, it is all about classic timelessness. Rift and quartered oak, with only a light to medium stain. The look will last for generations. You do see some adventure in color in some of the builds with a sleek modern aesthetic, but those are few in number. But those modern homes are just as likely to be using stained concrete or terrazzo tile as wood. Traditional through transitional are classic and timeless.

    The local charity home show for the top 5% price market just concluded, and almost all of those floors were rift and quartered, with the darkest tones being not much more than the classic gun stock color. You had one that had some hints of gray, but it was very subtle.

    In many of the mid market 50 percentile builds, dark floors do have some traction. Not so much the pure grays though. You see greeney browns with gray undertones. Walnut like, but with more of a hint of gray. Some light gray wash on white oak. A hint of color away from natural. Not so much the truly dark almost ebony floors though. Everyone is over that big time. Even with a weekly maid stopping in, the floors never look pristine.

    Surprisingly, it's all of the entry level to mid market builds whose floors that are really embracing the grays trend. Light whitewashed driftwood all the way through charcoal tones. There is hardly any traditional "wood color" wood being done. Perhaps it is a consequence of using the less expensive materials (laminate is common) that allows them more freedom to use a fad. It costs less to change it out down the road when you are using $2 a square material.

    When you're paying $15-$20 a square, you don't want to ever be replacing it in your lifetime. That is why the traditional upper end homes avoid fads. Buy good quality timeless once, take care of it, and that is the only time the purchase has to be made.


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    • User
      7 år siden
      Sidst ændret: {last_modified_time}7 år siden

      Much too dark and not enough graining. It will always show footprints and wear and tear. A medium natural color with a prominent grain is always the best choice for longevity and ease of care. Like natural oak.

    • PRO
      TORLYS Floors
      7 år siden

      We'd be able to assist more if you have some photos of the rooms where the floor would be going, especially the kitchen (since the way your floor, cabinets, and countertop interact may change how you feel about the floor on its own).

      A dark hardwood will show footprints, dust, and pet hair (if you have any). It can be really challenging to get clean. The more natural the colour, the easier to keep clean!

    • Ric
      Forfatter
      7 år siden

      Thank you for your reply. I have no pictures to show as it is a new build, and I have to make these choices for the build. No kids, no pets. The cleaning part is not to much of a concern as I have really dark hardwood now and manage to keep it pretty clean. So, I guess what I am really after is your advice in the choice of color as the charcoal does have a lot of grey in it. Not sure if that "trend color" could be a problem later. And wondering if folks are happy with it once its in, with the grey tone. I have since seen some models with this color and actually really like it. Since you are in the business perhaps you could share what others are buying - in general, Do you see lots of a grey tone in the pre-fab being used in builds or renovations? Much thanks!

    • PRO
      Unique Wood Floors
      7 år siden

      @live_wire_oak

      Excellent points you made there. I wonder what market you are in.

    • Ric
      Forfatter
      7 år siden

      Interesting points. Thank you!

    • Ric
      Forfatter
      7 år siden

      This was what I was looking at, perhaps it is too dark based on the comments here.

    • Ric
      Forfatter
      7 år siden

      http://www.miragefloors.com/ENG/hardwood-floor-maple-charcoal/

    • PRO
      Cancork Floor Inc.
      7 år siden

      Those are beautiful...and HYPER trendy. Super, duper, uber trendy. So long as that is your desire, then enjoy your floor.

      You've not told us your market....so there is nothing much more we can offer other than "Hm. That's pretty."

    • Ric
      Forfatter
      7 år siden

      Appreciate your insight. Super trendy doesn't sound like a great idea.. :). Market? its a new suburb, new builds and starting around 500k upward to 1M. This build is a 2600 sq foot single that will come in around 700k all done. Middle of the road price range/market I guess.

    • User
      7 år siden

      Stick with tried and true natural wood tones and leave the gray fad for the walls. You can paint over them a lot easier than you can replace the floors.

    • PRO
      Cancork Floor Inc.
      7 år siden

      Suburb??? Bit vague. By "market" we mean "New York", "L.A.", "Los Vegas", "The Hamptons", "Seattle" ....etc.

    • Ric
      Forfatter
      7 år siden

      Ah! Lol... after reading your previous comments I assumed you meant high end to entry level! No worries.. I'm in Canada... Ontario btw.

    • PRO
      Cancork Floor Inc.
      7 år siden

      Ontario is about 1/10 of Canada...which is the second largest single land mass in the world...so suburbs of Sudbury, Timmins or Thunder Bay will have a different vibe than suburbs in the GTA...just sayin'.

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