09/28/2026
How to Choose a Floor Colour (4 Questions) | Barrie ON
Staring at a thousand flooring samples and don't know where to start?
Ask yourself 4 questions:
1) Rustic (knots, colour variation) or uniform (clean, consistent grain)?
2) Light, mid, or dark tone?
3) Which species? Mostly about which grain you like β hickory's bold
colour variation, maple's smooth subtle grain, oak's classic look.
Red oak and white oak specifically are close by eye β hardness
(Janka rating) is the tiebreaker there.
4) Solid or engineered? Plank width is usually your first clue β narrow
tends to be solid, wide tends to be engineered.
Still not sure? Come see every option in person, or browse and get a
quote on our site: totalhardwoodflooringbarrie.ca
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