As more and more homes are designed with open floor plans, the flooring choice is becoming one that you need to put a lot more thought into. Consistency in flooring not only looks better visually but makes it easier to clean in the long run, which is something often not thought of too.
For me a dark floor is sophisticated, chic and adds a weight and richness to a room scheme. It gives such an individual look to a room, that I thought it would be the perfect next style of wooden flooring to cover in my spring series with Woodpecker flooring.
If you are interested in getting a sample of the flooring, to get an idea of what it would look like in your home, then please do go to the Woodpecker website to request a FREE sample
Whether you decide to use it in an individual room, or throughout a more open and larger area, its important to think about the way you furnish and dress the room, arguably more so than a light coloured floor I think. You need to pull light into the room or area in clever ways. Natural light definitely allows you to showcase the beauty and grain of the dark wood floor. I love that choosing a dark wood can give a room lots of different feelings, from warm and intimate, to solid and luxurious, its a fantastic start or additional to a home.
Ok, so lets look how it works in different room schemes :
White walls and light wood furniture.
Because you have chosen wood as flooring, don’t think you have to steer clear of wooden furniture, something I have been asked about, many times. For the most harmonious look I would recommend that you choose wood furniture that matches the warmth or tone of your floors but is a few shades lighter. Black or dark grey wood floors work best with pale or weathered woods. Warm rich floors work better with warm woods like cherry or maple.
Match furniture legs to the floors.
Now this is a design detail that I think really works, and can often give furniture the appearance of floating when used well. If you match the wood floor to your furniture its an easy look to recreate, and for me keeps the look simple and elegant. I would recommend you go with a lighter colour on the walls. It doesn’t need to be white, but the wall color should be significantly lighter than the floors and furniture to keep the space from feeling too heavy. I love the above image taken from Woodpecker, which shows a dark floor with dark metal legs of the chair, which I think shows this well.
Add greenery.
Consider adding lots of plants to dark wooden flooring, its a tried and tested way to echo the use of natural products. It also add lightness to the whole interior, and act as a colour contrast to the floor.
Oh will be popping over for a sample. My aim this year is to all our downstairs in the same wood flooring. Its only 23 small rooms so should be doable and I think it will look fab
Dark wood flooring does look so stylish and striking with white walls. Thanks for the link – our living room floor really needs an update and will grab a sample of this to see how it works. Fab tips here Amanda! xxx
Oh, the dark wood is stunning! Really gorgeous!
Gorgeous floor ideas, we’re going dark in our new garden room so plenty of inspiration here!
Great tips, and I would totally advocate for a dark floor. I put one in the attic conversion, much to most people’s horror, but afterwards everyone agreed how stunning it looks. And it does look great against white walls and lots of greenery. x
Oh that dark wood is stunning! We’re revamping our open-plan kitchen diner this year and I would absolutely love to go for something like this, it’s a really bright room so I think it could take it. Love the tip for making furniture appear to float!
Oooh, I love a wooden floor. We are looking at getting some put down in my sisters house at the moment.