Exposed wood in your Baltimore home can make it the envy of all your neighbors. Hardwood floors, teak furniture, or exposed wood beams are standard in a handcrafted, luxurious homestead. And if you want to take it even further, you can accentuate the wood in your interior design with the highest quality Baltimore wood shutters. Sunburst will teach you how.

How to Incorporate Different Wood Tones in Your Home

A misconception about hardwood in home fashion is that you need to use the same type of wood in every part of your home. That’s not the best idea for a few reasons. The first is because it can be pretty difficult to precisely match wood types: your maple floor, oak furniture, and teak wood shutters are going to naturally vary in tone. The second reason is that if you match all the wood in your home, everything tends to run together and you end up with a kind of boring look.

The more important thing is to match the tone and the grain of the wood in your home. Doing that will give your place a great sense of flow without it getting too “samey”.

Matching Wood Grains In Your Home

Matching the grain is pretty simple. If your hardwood floors are smooth, go with a smooth finish for your wood shutters to match. If your wood floor has texture to it, whether it’s wire-brushed or hand-scraped, a similar textured grain to your wood shutters keeps that nature-driven style flowing across your home.

Matching Wood Tones In Your Home

Trying to match wood tones can be a little trickier. When choosing the finish of your wood shutters, keep these things in mind:

• Try to keep within the same “family” - but you don’t need to perfectly match the species of wood, remember which wood types are more formal or casual. Cherry and oak are a bit more formal, whereas maple and pine are a little more casual.

• Walls are natural buffers – matching wood furniture to wood flooring is difficult because one is directly on top of the other. Your wall is a natural buffer between the furniture and shutters, giving you wiggle room to play with varying styles.

• Decide to Be Warm or Cool - Most types of wood will be naturally warm or cool in tone. Choose wood shutters that match the tone of the room in addition to the texture.

Pick Your Woods in Person

All of this discussion about matching styles and grains can seem complex, but it all comes together when you see it in person. Schedule a no-cost in-home consultation with your Baltimore shutter experts today by calling301-321-7998 and we’ll walk you through the steps from start to finish.