What You Should Know Before Painting Hardwood Floors

The author states that installing a new hardwood flooring should be taken to be a major investment and that is why the right one has to be chosen. But the task of choosing the right one is a big challenge especially when someone is a novice as to wood floors. Some of the questions that newbies ask is whether oak is better than walnut and why are warm tones being emphasized so much in wood floors. Therefore to get the answers to these pressing questions, the author went to seek the help of experts in wood floors. Patrick Bewley who is the vice-president of marketing at Duchateau, a company that is based in California, states that newbies should start with the basics. He continues by saying that two basic factors go to make a hardwood floor and the first is the grain which is influenced by the wood species and then the second is the finish or stain that serves to create the color for the wood. People who are not familiar with wood floors should start with colors that speak to them, colors that resonate with their personality. After choosing a color, they can then look at specific grain patterns that fall within the range of the color.

Key Takeaways:

In picking the desirable look of your hardwood, you need to consider the grain and the stain.
The stain of your hardwood determines the color, both the tone and the depth of its richness.
The grain, which is the innate pattern of the wood, is determined by the species of hardwood chosen.

“Installing new hardwood flooring is a major investment, which makes choosing the right one even more daunting, especially for a wood-floor newbie.”