All the wood in my house (chair railings, cabinetry) is a dark maple color. I love cypress flooring, but am not sure if that would match. Also, the house is about 3,000 sq ft. What would be an estimated cost. Anyone know of a good contractor in Dallas to do this kind of work? Sorry for the long question.
2006-09-11 09:39:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
The cost really depends on the brand you buy. Lowe's and Home Depot both offer installation if you buy the flooring from them. I believe Lowe's covers a bit more with their installation services than Home Depot does. Lowe's will cover removal of the old floor, any supplies needed to do the installation (underlayments, glue, etc.), and also clean up the site when they're done. I believe Home Depot only covers the work and clean-up, but not any of the supplies. Anyway, depending on the brand, the average engineered hardwood runs about $2-6 per square foot itself (as long as it's not special ordered), and then with either of those companies you'd have to factor in $3-4 per square foot for installation, and with Home Depot you'd have to factor in a little more for the installation supplies. I don't know of any contractors, but both home improvement stores claim to be less expensive. Also, I'm sure the cypress would look fine (the knots would tie it all together). I love the look of light maple with dark colors myself. Hope this helps!
2006-09-11 10:01:12 · answer #1 · answered by Alli 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get any wood to match with the right stain. Also, make sure that it compliments the tone without being too dark, or your house will feel like a dungeon. Try going to Lowes and looking at their hard wood flooring, the website's good, but if you went to the store someone there could tell you about contractors, and reccommend what kind of wood, not just color, would be best for you.
2006-09-11 16:43:29 · answer #2 · answered by seraphinaballerina 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think stone work looks good with dark wood, but if you want wood just try and match the stain at the hardware store (I'm pretty sure they would be able to find a perfect match). As for cost, I'm not sure. I don't live in Dallas (yet!) so the price might be different down there. Good luck and God bless.
2006-09-11 16:46:03 · answer #3 · answered by BeeFree 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cost is about $2.25 a sq ft.. I think that a natural oak would look GREAT.. SUPURB with the dark furniture..
2006-09-11 16:59:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go with hickory floors as a contractor of luxury homes i see a lot of dark cabinetrey and millwork and unstained natural hickory is a great look as the hickory has both light and dark tones in it which allow it to add a lot of depth to the exsisting cabinetrey and millwork....the price of hickory is comperable to cherry
2006-09-12 07:34:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
laminate flooring would also go well and try calling your area carpet/tile stores, sometimes they'll give you the names/numbers of installers that'll come out and give you a quote. our company sub-contracts, we don't mind sharing our installers, as long as they stay busy, they're usually happy.
2006-09-11 18:19:59 · answer #6 · answered by sred 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yjere are alot of different room scenes and different species on this website
www.cityfloors.co.uk
2006-09-11 16:52:23 · answer #7 · answered by Andrew 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
doesnt matter unless ur overly obssessed with it
2006-09-11 16:45:23 · answer #8 · answered by sashiegirlie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2014-08-03 16:17:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋