Matching Laminate To Hardwood

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Matching laminate to hardwood.

And any ideas about what we should go for with the stair treads. Try and match a laminate to the hardwood above. Solid hardwood flooring as the name suggests is comprised of flooring boards that are solid hardwood material through and through. Also you have options for.

Trust me there is no laminate product on earth that someone will mistake for real hardwood flooring regardless of how well you match the color of the two materials. Email save comment 8. No i would never combine real hardwood and laminate. Based on what we ve established matching floors would be a situation where every flooring in your house was exactly the same.

Use this information to search online either by going to the manufacturer s website or by doing a general search. Track down the flooring use one of the boxes that the laminate flooring came in to identify the manufacturer s name the model number and the name of the flooring color. Go for a totally different colour laminate. It s now time to replace the carpet in the living room.

For example if you had hardwood flooring in your living room matching this flooring would mean carrying the same hardwood into the dining room and then into the kitchen and so on. Transition strips you can buy transition strips appropriate for a variety of situations from laminate flooring dealers or you can make your own with a tablesaw and some scrap hardwood lumber. Nor would i combine real hardwood or laminate with the porcelain tiles that look like wood planks. Sometimes the best way to match laminate is with hardwood the same size then stain to match.

Gather samples with different intensities of the same color then pair them with the existing faded floor. Dr retro house calls. Sun fading is a leading cause of mismatched floors. If you like the laminate product then you can get laminate in a stone look which is what i would recommend instead of the wood look.

The boards usually 3 4 inch thick are generally milled with a smooth top surface and tongue and groove edges that interlock to hold the boards together. Pick one and that s it.