Wood Floors After Demo

I would agree with your architect – if there is inlay, substantial areas of patching and removed walls, then it will look like a hodge podge unless you replace the wood throughout the floor.

A dark stain will even out the floors somewhat, but it will look cheap and not complement the assumed pricey renovation that’s happening around it.

If cost is the driving factor, I would also consider a light colored paint – it will need touching up every few years, but it will completely mask the color and grain variations.

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I just when over plans with our architect and like most- we are (hopefully) going to eliminate most of the walls on the parlor level. The old parlor is a typical 19×50 layout for a barrel front brick townhouse in Windsor Terrace. Which means there are 4 interior rooms. Front is the formal living room (with the bank of windows) followed by two interior spaces that people use for dining and or whatever else and the space in the back. These 4 spaces have different types of wood. The back two are the original hardwood floors (with attractive inlays) and the front two are typical planks the old owners must have put in decades ago. Once the walls are removed, our architect says there will be lots of bare area that we need to think about. He wants us to get new floors. Alternatively we can patch but the color will be off and his solution is to stain it all dark for a uniform look.

How have other Brownstoners dealt with this? Anyone find floor companies that do a good deal patching large areas? I’m not even concerned with it blending in. I’m a fan of highlighting the difference, but my wife and architect think its a bad idea.

Thoughts? Thanks.