What Color Furniture Goes With Dark Hardwood Floors? 5 Tips for Matching Furniture with Light, Medium, or Dark Hardwood Floors

When it comes to creating a stylish and welcoming look, flooring plays a key role. Hardwood floors offer timeless appeal, warmth, and sophistication that add to the atmosphere of any room. There are a wide variety of choices from light and airy to traditional – and even dramatic looks like dark hardwood flooring that make a bold statement. But what color furniture goes with dark hardwood floors?

The color of furniture you choose will also depend on your existing décor, but don’t worry. Changing your floor’s coloring has never been easier. Special Hardwood offers samples of one-coat floor finishing oils from Rubio Monocoat in a full range of designer colors, which is a great way to examine your options before fully committing.

It can be challenging to find furniture that matches and complements some tones, but there are innovative and stylish ways to marry different colors and textures together. To ensure your interior design is perfectly balanced, here are five tips for finding the right furniture to match light, medium, or dark hardwood flooring.

1. Introduce blocks of other colors

This is an excellent tip if you already have furniture you’re committed to and you’re thinking of recoloring your hardwood flooring. You can influence a room’s palette by choosing colors to blend in window treatments, accent accessories, or even area rugs.

A rug can be a great way to tie a room together and add color and texture to a space. You can more easily blend by choosing a color that complements the shades you’re already working with. For instance, a stone, blonde, or beige rug can help transition from dark flooring to a lighter-colored sofa.

2. Match the finish

Consider the finish of the hardwood floor when choosing furniture colors. For example, for flooring with a glossy finish, think of the colors you want to be reflected. You may want to select furniture in colors that will complement the floor’s sheen, such as bright primaries.

For more matte looks like distressed or gray wood finishes, raw wood furniture or whites, beiges, and light colors may be a better fit.

3. Use the 60-30-10 rule

This is an old designer’s guideline used to create a balanced color palette for interior decorating. The rule states that 60% of the room should be the primary color, 30% should be a secondary color, and 10% should be an accent color. This helps ensure an aesthetically pleasing and harmonious look, so think of which ratio of color might need support (or balance), and let that guide your decision-making process.

4. Experiment with custom colors

With products like Rubio Monocoat 2C Oil, you can change the color of more than just your flooring. While it’s true that this product was designed to protect and enhance the color of hardwood floors, it’s also an excellent choice for refinishing furniture.

It’s available in various colors, so you can choose a shade that will complement your furniture and the hardwood flooring—or change them to suit your preferences.

5. Keep styling in mind

What kind of feeling do you want to impart on your visitors? The décor of a room can flow together in many different ways. Whether you’re matching the flooring to furniture or vice versa, choices in one area inform choices in another.

For instance, streamlined furniture with sleek lines is a great contemporary look that might match darker, higher gloss flooring. For warmer tones or flooring with softer, subtle luster, more rustic or distressed looks can be more fitting.

A Multidimensional Look To Help Your Dark, Light and Medium Hardwood Features Look Their Best

You can rely on these tips to ensure your home looks its best and that your furniture complements your hardwood flooring, no matter what color.

To clean and care for your wooden floors and furniture, enlist the help of Special Hardwood’s offering of Rubio Monocoat products. We're committed to providing green, sustainable, and eco-friendly products. With a wide selection of products and resources, we can help you create the perfect look for your home from all-natural, plant-based, zero-VOC formulations.