After you ve spent countless months picking out your new hardwood floor it s time to start thinking about the hardwood stairs that you are going to install after all the wood floors are the foundation for the overall design.
Matching stairs to hardwood floors.
For example in our new house we are using sea smoke from adm flooring.
Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal.
If you want a seamless end result choose the same species of lumber and use the same stain for the flooring and stair parts.
This is the most obvious solution to coordinating your flooring and staircase.
Our treads are custom matched and run at the same time as your flooring so there s no concern of not getting the same color and or texture.
Generally if you have oak hardwood flooring provided that you match the existing species and grade you can generally refinish the wood to match the stain on the existing portion.
This assumes you hire a professional hardwood sanding company.
Offered with all of our unfinished and prefinished natural or stained hardwoods are matching stair treads and risers.
Over time hardwood floors are likely to receive their fair share of nicks and scratches.
Use a foam brush to apply the stain and wipe with a lint free cloth.
Unfortunately with all prefinished manufacturers obtaining such is a near impossibility.
If there were existing hardwoods underneath the carpet sand them before re staining.
This is very important because stains can look very different on different types of wood.
Our red oak stains are designed to match the most popular stain colors used on hardwood flooring.
Here are some options for designing your staircase to coordinate with your hardwood flooring.
Similar to paint pens stain pens need to be shaken before use.