Dining Room Furniture For Dark Wood Floors

This gorgeous modern living room features dark hardwood flooring that simultaneously contrasts and picks up some of the more orange tones of the wood of the entertainment.

Dining room furniture for dark wood floors.

The dark wood floors of this modestly sized but comfortable living room are covered by a natural fiber area rug that lends a nautical feel to the blue and white color pallet. Light hardwood floors look amazing especially when staged with dark furniture and can give you space a traditional feel. White walls and light wood furniture for the most harmonious look choose wood furniture that matches the warmth of your floors but is a few shades lighter. First light wood floors tends to show less dirt and second it is less likely to show scratches than its dark wood counterpart.

Tonal contrast which is variance between shades of dark and light is a central tool in art and design. Light color wood also has a couple distinct advantages over dark wood floors. The simplest solution for working with dark floors is to add more white to your space through architecture furniture pillows rugs window treatments and painted white cabinetry. For instance pair grayish or black wood floors with pale weathered woods and pair warm rich floors like the ones shown here with warm medium to light toned woods like cherry or maple.

All of the floors are in dark shades. Take a look at the basic combination of dark and bright. Light wood floors tend to take on a neutral tone but some lighter woods do have warm undertones. Including white in your space will actually make your dark floors into a favorite feature as they will now provide the perfect backdrop for your white and bright.

Mixing light dark wood furniture. For instance pair grayish or black wood floors with pale weathered woods and pair warm rich floors like the ones shown here with warm medium to light toned woods like cherry or maple. The lighter wood furniture fluffy white rugs and crisp white walls here provide contrast to the dark wood floors without appearing stark. Actually the flooring is the only dark shade in this living room.

This living room proves that a room with dark wood floor can be bright too. For example place a soft grey area rug under a dark wood dining table to provide that visual separation with a pop of lightness. Light wood tones keep a room airy and often make the space feel casual.