Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Nov 28, 2007 6:35 pm Hi all,
I have made the decision to go for wood floors instead of tiles in kitchen, meals, tv and halls. I haven't decided on real wood or laminate but I need help with colour. When I go into flooring shops I feel totally overwhelmed and end up walking out more confused than going in! Here is the furniture I have and tiles and carpet colour I'm using in other rooms, I would appreciate any help. Bathroom & laundry - slate grey tile Carpet bedrooms - medium dark grey Alfresco - grey slate tiles Kitchen - black laminate benchtops with white and coffee colour cabinets Furniture - Chocolate leather lounge, frosted glass dining with black leather chairs, dark wood buffet, black TV unit. I was looking at a laminate called apple, really light, almost white. Will it contrast too much? Jet Re: Help with colour of wood! 2Nov 28, 2007 7:08 pm Jet…..don’t do the light Apple colour!
In order to make a FAKE timber floor look realistic, it’s better to stick to the natural colours of a real timber. (If you go that way) Cherries, Beech, Oak and so forth. Heres a hint, the grey floorings you have, will go with anything! So they are not even on the list of trying to match with. The Chocolate lounge also will go with any timber! So what’s that leave you with? Kitchen - black laminate benchtops with white and coffee colour cabinets And a small selection of furniture for this area. Take samples of your chosen laminates for the kitchen, and head back to the flooring store. Remember warm tones in the timber flooring. This should be sooo much easier for you now! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Help with colour of wood! 3Nov 28, 2007 7:24 pm Thanks Michelle, I knew you could help. I just have this feeling that the light is not what I want, so will have something else. We had a cherry floor in the last house and it showed up all the dust and scratches. I guess I was going to the other extreme.
Jet Re: Help with colour of wood! 4Nov 28, 2007 7:29 pm I have read many architechs recommend Blackbutt with a tung-oil finish as this is supposed to show the least amount of dirt.
I have that type of floor - they obviously haven't met my kids Re: Help with colour of wood! 5Nov 28, 2007 7:30 pm Jet if you get real timber flooring, then the sealant they use should prevent the scratching!
Also with a floating floor, I always suggest sealing it after it is laid! I know this is not the norm, but to me it makes sense, you seal in all those gapes in the timber and give it a final coat of protection. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Help with colour of wood! 7Nov 28, 2007 8:08 pm Yes but it also help to protect against water spillage!
Ohhhh and anyone reading this post with a hair salon……DON”T put floating floor down!!!! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Help with colour of wood! 8Nov 28, 2007 8:29 pm You also have to be certain the finish your going to use is compatible and will adhere to the unknown finish of the floating floor Re: Help with colour of wood! 9Nov 28, 2007 8:59 pm Hey Michelle, that's want i wanted to do with our Boral Silkwood floor - we were told to give it a light sand first then apply the top coat. Our supplier doesn't recommend it but Carpet call off it with their floors - for about $12/sqm extra. But Dukekamaya recommmended not to.
Not sure which way to go now??? Re: Help with colour of wood! 10Nov 28, 2007 9:42 pm With some floating floors, they actually have a sealant product to apply to the tongue & groove joints, which acts as a sealant. A bead is applied before the boards are fitted, and excess is wiped off before it dries. This can help to minimize probs.
Although I'm sure most floating floor suppliers don't recommend it, a top coat sealer can be applied to these floors, but a light sand is required first to give the sealer something to attach to. This is best done by professionals, and the sealer acts as a sacrificial coating that must be maintained and reapplied periodically. Ash. Re: Help with colour of wood! 11Nov 29, 2007 6:47 pm A coat of polyurethane on a floating floor is not going to provide a complete water tight seal between the boards. Re: Help with colour of wood! 12Nov 30, 2007 6:21 am Thanks with all your help on sealing. But I still need help with colour.
Anyone who has similar funiture or tiles to mine please let me know what you chose and if it worked or not. Thanks Jet Re: Help with colour of wood! 13Dec 01, 2007 11:42 pm we have chosen similar tones to you and prefer the brown wood tones as opposed to reddish timbers i.e.
blackbutt american oak grey iron bark and my personal favourite spotted gum all of above would look great with greys but as Michelle said, you could pick anything as your colour tones are fairly neutral. I try and work it so that there is light furtniture on dark floors and vice versa. Last house we had jarrah floors and dark furniture and it was a bit much IMO. Have a look at spotted gum . Good luck. Re: Help with colour of wood! 14Dec 02, 2007 8:08 pm Spotted gum has more colour/tone variation than any other native timber. It will have light to dark browns, pinks yellows and some reddish boards.
Gray Ironbark will also have some reddish boards as well as browns depending on the grade. Re: Help with colour of wood! 15Dec 16, 2007 5:18 pm Hi Jet,
Please also take into consideration the Janka rating (or hardness of the timber). You may have a copy of this brochure if you have been in a timber shop. If not, you can download a brochure in PDF from Boral website at: http://www.boral.com.au/Brochures/order ... Grades.pdf I will be installing Blackbutt (Janka 9.1) which is the hardest for light brown timber. Spotted Gum (Janka 11.0) is one of the hardest timber. DY We are tossing up between a Jarrahdale radiant wood fire (the Pioneer) and a convection wood fire (Innovator or Countryman) but cannot decide on which type of wood fire is… 0 5250 yeah i couldnt picture it issue either, but i could clearly picture what they were doing wrong haha 2 5295 Thankyou so much 😀 I've decided on White on white for doors and trims, White on white 50% on ceiling and Mt buller for walls. Fingers crossed it will look OK 😀 2 7158 |