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Should floors match trim?

11 years ago

Please forgive this question from a newbie decorator in her first house! We are hoping to lay hardwood or wood laminate in the front 3 rooms of our house...entry, dining, and living room (currently functioning as a playroom, but not forever). We have oak trim. We are not painting it white. My question is, should the floor we choose exactly (or very closely)match the trim? Is it ok to contrast it? I am trying to figure out the undertone of the oak...I really can't decide if it's orange or pink. I like darker woods, like Brazilian cherry, but am not sure if that would be a huge mistake. Many of our neighbors have oak floors to match the trim, and it looks nice. But we also have wooden blinds in 2 of the mentioned rooms (you can sort of see them in the corner of photo), and I am afraid that 3 surfaces (floor, trim, blinds) of the same color wood may make things too saturated? Any advice is appreciated! I am never going to have the most beautifully decorated house on the block, I just want it to looked pulled together and not mismatched!

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