One trick is to choose furniture that is a few shades lighter than the floor especially if the wood floor is extremely dark.
Dinig room dark brown wood floor.
We analyzed 107 455 dining rooms and out that a whopping 77 35 had hardwood flooring.
We set out a chart and percentages for all floor types below our dining room photo gallery.
You still get the dark furniture look but you help lighten the room overall.
The key is providing some balance to offset the dark wood so the entire room doesn t feel heavy dark and cave like.
It means that this wood floor probably has to be refinished less frequently than the light one.
The second most common flooring was ceramic tile coming in at 4 69 of dining rooms.
Hardwood flooring is by far the most popular flooring material for dining rooms.
There are a bunch of styles of living rooms that go well with the dark wood floor.
Molding details are abundant throughout this elegant room.
Dark rug light walls a patterned rug in a dark pattern will make your room look richer and more interesting without calling too much attention to itself.
Perhaps the most stunning part of this formal living room is the contrast between the floors and the pristine wainscoting on the walls.
The dark wood floor would be less susceptible to fade than the light one.
Give all of those dark hues a lift by painting the walls and ceilings crisp clean white.