Should Wood Floors Match Trim?

If you want to create a home that’s warm and inviting, you need to match your wood floors with your trim. The key is ensuring that all of the trim in your home matches its surroundings. This may sound like a simple concept, but when it comes right down to it, matching wood floors with trim can be tricky business.

 

 

The question is, should wood floors match trim? With all of the different types of wood flooring available, it’s easy to get confused about which one will work best for your home. While there are no hard and fast rules about whether or not you should match the type of wood flooring with your trim, we’ll help you make an educated decision based on a few important factors.

Here are the answers: The answer is yes. The reason why it’s important to match trim with flooring is because it pulls everything together so that everything looks cohesive and intentional as opposed to random or mismatched (which can be very off-putting).

 

 

The Wood Floors Are the Base

As you can see, wood floors are the base of your interior design. They’re the foundation upon which you build everything else. Trim is the finishing touch that brings all of those other elements together—the crowning glory, so to speak. Wood floors are what draw your eye first, but trim is what will make your home look complete and inviting.

 

What Makes Trim Work?

Trim is the finishing touch, and it’s the last thing you see when you walk into your room. It can also be the first thing that guests see when they enter your home, making it an important detail to consider when designing or remodeling a room. If you’re choosing trim for this reason, keep in mind that for most people who will be looking at it every day (including carpenters), trim is more than just an aesthetic choice—it’s a functional one as well.

 

 

Keep It Simple

If you want to keep things simple, consider using the same type of trim as your floors. The trim will help frame the room and create a cohesive look that’s both decorative and functional. You can also go with the same finish or color as your floors if you don’t want to use a different species entirely.

If you’re looking for more options, stick with similar shades without trying too hard to match exactly: sometimes the variation between two different woods will add more interest than an exact match would provide.

 

The Quarter Round Dilemma

The quarter round dilemma is a common problem for homeowners, especially when replacing the trim in their home. Because the quarter round sits just below the baseboard and can be made of a variety of materials, including wood or plastic, matching it with your hardwood floors can seem impossible. The solution? Just use the same material as your flooring! This creates a seamless transition from flooring to wall that will make any space look polished and modern.

 

 

 

 

 

Less Is More With Base Shoes

Even if your hardwood floors are a different color than trim (and you want to stick with that), base shoes can still be the same color as your flooring. If you have light-colored oak or maple floors, for example, then choose white base shoes. Or if you’re working with darker hardwoods like walnut and dark mahogany, choose black base shoes.

The same is true of width: matching it will create a seamless look between flooring and base shoe. The only exception would be if there’s an area of carpeting where people spend most of their time—then it might make sense to go up a size in order to fill out those spaces more effectively.

And finally, when choosing wood types for your entryway floors and trims alike, match them up as well! This way everything looks cohesive without being too matchy-matchy or too boringly identical in appearance (two things we don’t always want).

 

Your Carpenters Help You Make a Choice

Your carpenters can help you make a choice. They are the experts, after all, and have seen many types of flooring in their years of experience. It’s important that you have your carpenter’s expertise when choosing the type of flooring for your home or office building. Carpenters can help you determine between different materials, colors, styles—you name it!

 

 

When you match your wood floors with your trim, you make it all about the floors.

When you match your wood floors with your trim, you make it all about the floors.

The trim is the frame—it’s what holds up the art and gives it a place to live. The flooring is the art itself; it’s what makes a house a home.

When it comes to choosing between matching or contrasting your trim, there are some things to consider: if you have dark walls or ceilings, then opt for lighter-toned floors and vice versa; if there are other elements in your decor that are darker than either of those options (such as an accent wall), then definitely go lighter than those elements; if there is one bold color throughout your space (like red), consider using something more neutral as an accent color (like black).

Conclusion

Hopefully, this blog post has given you some great ideas for how to make your trim work with your wood floors. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them below!