Flooring when opening a floor plan.

10 years ago

I currently have a dining area that has hardwood in it and a kitchen that has tile. I will be removing a wall and creating a larger kitchen dining area. Trouble is that the contractor said we will have a problem matching the stain if we chose to have all hardwood flooring. Wondering if I can just do half tile/ half hard wood in the space? When I suggested we just redo all the floors hubby kind of got upset, the mess the furniture etc-- although they probably need to be redone anyway.

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10 years ago

Maybe this isn't a project that you need to do. Not every house is suited to open concept. As many are learning, and then putting the walls back.

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leelee
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
If you truly have hardwoods and not engineered floors then you should not have a problem matching a stain. The person who's doing the staining can mix it right before your eyes and let you approve if you agree it matches. They can darken the stain if it's too light.

I watched our refinisher do exactly that and you can't tell the difference between the two floors.
leelee
10 years ago
Don't do half and half. This is the time to get it right.
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User
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
That is just part of the overall cost of doing open concept, as is the structural engineer's report, or the electrical moving, or the HVAC relocation, or the inability to hold a conversation anywhere in a public room if the teens are watching TV. Redo the floors to match. All of them.
lovelycherry
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks -- he is most upset about having to move all the furniture around out of the rooms cause I think we should all the floors at the same time. I have a small 3 bedroom ranch.
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Ellsworth Design Build
10 years ago
Get pods delivered to your driveway, move the furniture out, and refinish all the floors at once. You will need to be out of the house for a week, and no rugs for a long time after that.
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Cancork Floor Inc.
10 years ago
This is fascinating....hubby will MOVE A WALL but won't move some furniture! Hmmmm. I'm not sure if he understands "renovation" and "construction zone". When removing parts of a home, the disruption is HUGE! This is part of the "pain" before the "gain".

I'm fascinated by people who want the change, want the new look but then don't want to deal with the inconvenience of getting things done.

I hate to say it, but hubby needs to understand what he is about to get himself into. I've seen so many "small projects" end up creating 7 years worth of renovations. One blooms into another. Just like the "move a wall means I need my floors refinished". This is exactly how it happens. You "do" something only to find out the 'old' stuff doesn't work. Oh dear. Now you need more new stuff.

If he is really upset, suggest to him that the CONTINUOUS (the floors physically attached to the dining area) get a new stain/refinish and leave the other hardwood floors (in the old stain and old finish) alone for a while. This is NOT ideal...but it has worked in the past. You will have two different coloured floors. You have to be OK with that (most people HATE IT). For this reason, you want to work with a colour that is distinctly different from what you have now. It will make it look like you did this on purpose.

Believe me, it is easier to get new wood in that space than it will be to find a matching tile to what exists now.