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I agree with the poster who said that you can possibly "steal" matching pieces of hardwood from a closet somewhere. That is, they will match when it comes to wood type and width and depth. Then I believe you will have to have the entire room refinished and stained, most likely. This really shouldn't be all that expensive, and should end up looking GREAT and should be a huge selling point for your house.
Let us know what you decide and post pictures of the results!
Once they redo the entire living room, can they match the color of stain to the rest of the main floor?
The living room will never match the rest of the first floor perfectly, but it will be less obvious if the slight change in color happens at a threshold instead of a portion of the room being a different color.
Thank you all for your help! Got someone coming out on the 16th for quote. I will def post a pic of finished product.
Im going to have him pull up carpet in closets to see what we have. Great ideas.
We had 1/2 of our main floor with 1 1/4 red oak that was installed when the house was built in the early 1940's. We added about 1500 sq feet of new 1 1/4 red oak and had the old floors sanded and all of the floors finished. You can not tell where the old ends and the new begins. You should easily be able to patch that spot and have the rest of the floors refinished and not notice anything.
She only wants to refinish that particular room, not the entire first floor. There will be a slight difference at the room's thresholds.
Well, if she wants it done right she should refinish all of them--I was just relating what we did and how it worked out. A good wood flooring installer should have no problems fixing her floors and getting them to match and refinishing the rest of the main floor along with the living room is not going to cost that much more and will help sell the house.
We bought a house that was a flip. There was a wall between the dining and living room. When they took it out the oak floor had to be replaced (about 4 boards wide). I know that it was expensive to do this small area, but the right person can do it seamlessly. It is impossible to tell that the new boards are not as old as the other, and we are estimating that the original floor is 60+ years old.
My husband is a finish carpenter and he is unable to tell, so make sure that you get references. It can be done.
This is the exact same area as my first post. It is lighter than the rest of the house but the guy says it will get darker as it dries. I don't know about that! Feels dry already to me! But, I still like the way it turned out.
It also will darken over time. Looks really good already!
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