Have very dark floors in my house and they look great - not a cleaning problem unless you have a light fur pet

I don't know about dark stain wood floors, but i lived in light color wood stain floors; they didn't show the dust.

My dark flooring shows dust if I don't sweep or Hoover for a few days ! :-(
It does look fabulous - but as I'm not overly into hoovering it probably wasn't the best choice for me ! But it does spur me into action more often - so that's probably a good thing !! Also I cheat and I have a robot Hoover that I plonk in that room and it vacuum's for me !!!

Interesting one plan, can you program the vacuum to go in patterns, say around furniture shaped like a dodecahedron?

I think it can cope with decahedron shape ! but still occasionally gets lodged under the sofa - which ever pattern I select !!:-(

Tip though, if you have a gecko send it under and it will push out the vacuum when it gets stuck. That's what we do.

OP we are about to put in walnut flooring and I'm expecting to have to Hoover more often.

Yes, dark floors will show the dust ... we have them and I pass a cordless, lightweight vacuum around almost daily. I do love them though and we are not sorry.

Look on the bright side, walnut floors will show dust and footprints less than espresso floors! (But they will show more than a medium tone).

LOL shelleyuk!

The trend now is for grey and grey based colours so take that into account unless you are against trends.

yes they do show dust but if you keep a matt and rugs by the doors you be ok get one of those shark mops there easy and fast

I have dark wood throughout and when direct sunlight hits it you can see the dust unfortunately however it makes decorating really easy and I would not change it

We too love the look of American walnut floors, but the wood is very soft. We changed our plan and are going with Mercier "São Paulo" tigerwood. It is almost twice as hard, but slightly darker finish. We will get the satin finish to reduce the appearance of dust.

We have walnut floors throughout the house in a satin sheen. I've not had to vacuum or sweep anymore than I did in my last house which had light colored oak floors. I vacuum or sweep twice per week, but dust is the least of my problems. It's the 3 cats and wool rugs shedding everywhere. Not even the oak was a match for that. Love the walnut, and I say get it if that's what you want. It's great to be educated on how durable different woods are, but dust showing more on one versus another wouldn't be a deterrent for me.