stairs, skirting, floors etc

help_me1

Hi I have my heart set on a stained walnut and off white stairs. I dont want to put walnut floors in. We were thinking of oak flooring but would it look very strange with the walnut stairs. Cant decide on colors for the doors and skirting, We don't want to mix loads of wood. Does walnut doors and oak flooring look terrible. Very confused! Any websites one can recommend with photos etc of interiors. Thanks

MisseyB

Woods can be mixed quite successfully but it depends on the woods being used and their location. Some woods have more subtle graining and colouring that others and so can work well with other woods. You do'nt say where the walnut will be on the stairs. Is it just the balustrading or is it the steps?

Walnut and oak are both quite visually striking woods and if there are large amounts of walnut on the stairs i think they'll compete for attention. I think it would be much nice to team your feature stairs with a more subdued timber such as maple or beech or alternatively perhaps go for a limed wood floor. If you have your heart set on an Oak floor i'd limit the amount of walnut in the stairs and restrict it to part of the stair tread or balustrading or handle.

If you do go for wood flooring with a predominantly walnut stairs i would opt for off-white doors and off-white skirting (to match your stairs).
Unless the space is quite large having everything in wood can be quite overpowering.

Check out pinterest.com or houzz.com for images

paddy147

help_me1 wrote: »

Hi I have my heart set on a stained walnut and off white stairs. I dont want to put walnut floors in. We were thinking of oak flooring but would it look very strange with the walnut stairs. Cant decide on colors for the doors and skirting, We don't want to mix loads of wood. Does walnut doors and oak flooring look terrible. Very confused! Any websites one can recommend with photos etc of interiors. Thanks

How will the door architrave and skirting look??

If you go for wallnut doors,then you will have to use wallnut architrave/door frames too,and then that possibly means wallnut skirting too.

I too had to make this choice recently.I opted against the wallnut in the end,as I just felt it wouldnt look that great and more of a miss match/half hearted effort.

But thats just me.

I opted for and finally went with 200mm wide plank light oak semi solid flooring,"Doras Java" engineered light oak 4 paneled doors.The skirting/door frames were then painted with Eggshell and it turned out very well.
The new staircase was installed and then painted in eggshell,with a light oak banister going the full way up the stairs and along the landing.I then had some of the walls in the living area painted with light colours and some with darker colours to make a nice and interesting offset.The open plan kitchen/dining area is a combination of grey,green,red and white.It works well for me.


Best bet is to go to various door and floor shops,and ask for some floor/skirting samples,and then put them up against a wallnut style of doors in the showroom.

Magazines and websites can be great,but its best to view these things in "real life".

Hope that helps.:)

North West

Hi
The best thing you can do is go to your nearest builders merchants. They will have doors and arch on dislpay. get a few samples of oak flooring put them in front of door(s). stand back about 8' away and look in at the floor. This will give you a good visual effect. One thing to consider is the variation of light coming into the area you wish to floor and also the furniture in these areas ( light dark ? ) Walnut needs plenty of light source or it will look very dark. Natural light on doors floors etc makes a hugh difference to colour.
NW

tred

paddy147 wrote: »

How will the door architrave and skirting look??

If you go for wallnut doors,then you will have to use wallnut architrave/door frames too,and then that possibly means wallnut skirting too.

I too had to make this choice recently.I opted against the wallnut in the end,as I just felt it wouldnt look that great and more of a miss match/half hearted effort.

But thats just me.

I opted for and finally went with 200mm wide plank light oak semi solid flooring,"Doras Java" engineered light oak 4 paneled doors.The skirting/door frames were then painted with Eggshell and it turned out very well.
The new staircase was installed and then painted in eggshell,with a light oak banister going the full way up the stairs and along the landing.I then had some of the walls in the living area painted with light colours and some with darker colours to make a nice and interesting offset.The open plan kitchen/dining area is a combination of grey,green,red and white.It works well for me.


Best bet is to go to various door and floor shops,and ask for some floor/skirting samples,and then put them up against a wallnut style of doors in the showroom.

Magazines and websites can be great,but its best to view these things in "real life".

Hope that helps.:)

I have walnut doors and light cream skirting architrave and door frames. works well. I went for a walnut stairs complete, though its glass instead of spindles..so that brightens it all up.