If you’re yearning to create that sought after white wood floor look that more and more of us drool over in interior magazines but are holding back because you’re frightened; let us reassure you. White wood flooring is an option that can be used throughout the home without necessarily needing to worry about every footstep that goes through your house and surprisingly doesn’t even require particular care or maintenance if you make the right choices.
In this article, we want to share with you our thoughts on how to make the right choices so you can enjoy the white wood flooring of your dreams and still have a stress-free life.
White wood flooring comes in a whole host of styles and options, which is great news if you’re looking for inspiration. However, the breadth of the choice available can make this option seem somewhat overwhelming when you’re choosing a white floor for the first time.
When it comes to choosing the right style of white wood flooring for your home, you really need to think about the traffic that goes through your house as well as how naturally clean and tidy you like things to be. If you are a household of 4, 5 or 6 people, made up of adults and kids and perhaps have a couple of pets, it’s sure you’ll need to choose your white wood flooring more carefully than a single man or woman living in a 3rd floor apartment.
If you have high traffic levels and a risk of dirt and grime being brought directly into the home by your children and your pets in particular, it’s a good idea to choose a white wood flooring style that will help camouflage the dirt, even if you’re efficient in cleaning it up quickly. A distressed white wood floor that looks as if it has been sun bleached or aged for example will be less likely to show footprints or small accidental spills or stains than a floor that is ‘flat white’ all over; so this is worth bearing in mind when you choose your flooring style.
Wood flooring, both engineered and solid, comes in a whole range of finishes, which is great news if you’re in the market for a white wood floor. Although anyone buying any wood floor should think carefully about the best finish for their unique circumstances, there’s no getting away from the fact that when you have a white wood floor on your radar, there is even greater need for vigilance.
If you don’t have too much traffic going through your home and you like a nice, natural look; a brushed and hardwax oiled white wood floor is likely to tick all your boxes. On the other hand, if you have a couple of kids, plus a dog and a cat, you might be safer with a lacquered finish. All of that said, if you choose a lacquered finish, you do need to be aware of the risk of scuffing and scratching. As a result, the best advice is to seek quality and impartial professional advice about the very best finish for your home and your unique circumstances.
If you’re reading this post and are still in doubt about whether or not you can live with the reality of white wood flooring; we have another trick up our sleeve for you.
If you are dipping your toe in the white wood flooring water for the very first time, why not reserve it for a room that gets less traffic? Indulging yourself in the white floor of your dreams in the likes of your own bedroom or in a dining room that’s only used for special occasions is a great way to build up your white wood floor confidence. By choosing a room that gets less traffic, you can gradually test your choice more and more by exposing it more and more to the rough and tumble of your home. We know that you’ll be surprised about how well it will stand up to your challenges, but we want you to be confident too; so this is a great way to start.
Once you’ve decided to take the plunge and ‘go for it’ with the white wood floor that you really want, as you would with any other new wood floor, you should take every step you can to protect it. You need to make sure you use the right methods and products to clean it. You should also make sure it has a well topped up finish at all times and take every step you can to keep muck and grime to the minimum.
If you decide to install white wood flooring in your hallway, for example, you should go all out with your investment in quality indoor and outdoor doormats so that the maximum amount of grime and dust possible is removed from shoes and boots before they march through your home. That said, you could always take the bold step of banning shoes in the house and that would solve all your problems J!
If you’d like to chat further about taking the plunge and investing in a white wood floor for your home, why not get in touch? At Wood and Beyond we’ll be brutally honest with you if we think it might be a mistake!
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