In my opinion the stainer goofed, and should be responsible for replacing the door. I don't think it's possible to extract the stain that he's put on. I believe he needs to start over (or you need to get a more skilled person to do it).

different types of woods will take the stain differently, the problem is now the door has a red appearance while the floor is golden. There's not much you can do about removing the stain or trying to fix it, the only way to possibly save the door in my opinion and giving you the look you want is to find an experienced faux finisher and have them redo the door by giving it a faux wood grain finish to match the floor.
I used to do it all the time so I know it's possible it's just a matter of finding someone in your area who is experienced that can do it.

-Richard

I don't believe stains need to be a perfect match- the door is looking very red while the floor is more brown. Do they not go together at all? Computer monitors are not a good judge of true color.

I think the point is that you hired someone to do this for you and they didn't give you the result you wanted. When we built our house many years ago, I stopped the finishing guy from staining the mantle after he'd done half of it. It was his error--he was to stain the stairs but not the mantle in a separate room. He had to replace the mantle because he couldn't un-stain it.

In your case, they won't probably be a PERFECT match because they're likely different wood species, but certainly the tones should work together. A reddish door against a brownish floor just clashes. Would you be open to painted doors? Otherwise, someone is going to have to start over...

Hi Kelly, Thanks for the input but yes they do not go together at all. The wood floor has more natural tones where the door has an orange undertone.

daleep, next time, maybe you and the stainer can sign off on a sample piece of wood with the stain that you like. Then, there's no argument about who's right and wrong, because you've signed off on it beforehand.

Ed, most definitely next time!

daleep, I'm also in the middle of my very first big remodel, and I only learned that "trick" recently -- my cabinet person asked me to sign off on a sample piece of cabinet wood with stain, before he went ahead to build the entire cabinet with that stain. But, everything in moderation. For example, over the past few months, I've had to make hundreds of decisions, and at some point there has to be some level of trust and professionalism between my contractor, the sub-contractors, and me. We cannot make a new contract every time there is the tiniest change -- it becomes impractical and annoying. :) Then again, it's very valuable to read about all these "horror" stories here on Houzz! :) Great learning opportunities!

I agree with Kelly. The stains do not all have to match and rarely will they match. Every wood species will
absorb the stain differently. A good sub contractor should know this and samples for approval should be made. If the homeowner really wants a consistent look, you can find a good faux finishers who can replicate the wood grain and color on the floors.

The execution of stain matching the hardwoods to the door was just done wrong i'm not sure what the contractor was thinking.When i go on to projects where we are matching stains wether it be to floors,furniture or even pre existing wood work in the home we always make draw down samples and have custom stain batches made. We just don't take any stain off the shelf that looks close enough and call it good.I would have him redo it to what you want and expect