As an alternative to varnished hardwood flooring, oiled flooring is gaining more and more popularity today. Less sophisticated, it highlights the raw aspect of the parquet and offers a more understated and authentic touch. But which shade to choose to create a perfect harmony with your decor?
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The oak shade
There’s nothing like a medium oak tinted oil to accentuate the warm effect of a solid wood floor and highlight the contrasts and finesse of its grain. This tone is also perfectly suited to bring a touch of character to a pine parquet or give the room a chic country look.
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The “white” and “beige” shades
Light-colored parquets are appreciated in both apartments and houses, as they bring light and softness to the room. They integrate particularly well in living rooms with Scandinavian or contemporary atmospheres.
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The Jatoba shade
If you have a herringbone parquet and a pronounced taste for contemporary style, you can modernize it by opting for a Jatoba shade. Without losing an ounce of elegance, you’ll go from a traditional and strict floor to a luminous and silky parquet.
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The mouse gray shade
Ideal for giving a boost to a pine floor that lacks pep, the mouse gray shade makes your interior resolutely modern. The grain of the parquet is highlighted by delicate contrast effects. This color is also perfect for bringing a zen touch to the living room.
Combined with green, the mouse gray floor gives the room a mineral spirit. Paired with beige, taupe, or even chocolate, it gives the living room a cozy atmosphere. As it goes with everything, mouse gray tinted floor oil can also create a contrasting effect with wall sections or flashy decorative objects like a green armchair or a yellow vase.
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The wenge shade
Originating from Africa, the wenge shade is characterized by its brown, dark brown, or even black color. Elegant, this tone undoubtedly brings a touch of exoticism to an interior. As it tends to darken the room, it’s better to opt for a wenge tinted oil to enhance light or neutral tones such as sand, taupe, beige, cream, or even white. This shade also gives an excellent result when paired with bright colors such as green, yellow, or even orange-red tones. However, it’s better to avoid associating it with chocolate shades or anthracite gray, as this combination risks creating a tone-on-tone effect.
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The invisible oil
For die-hard fans of mountain chalet atmospheres, invisible floor oils allow nourishing, protecting, and waterproofing the parquet while maintaining the initial shade of the wood. Most of these products give the floor covering an ultra-matte appearance, but it will eventually slightly yellow…
The rustic and natural aspect of oiled flooring explains its popularity for several years. Another advantage of oil is that it protects the parquet by deeply impregnating it. Like traditional wooden furniture, a wooden floor can be varnished, painted, or oiled. All you have to do is select the oil adapted to the specificities of the room you want to treat, and find the shade that will perfectly match your decor among the many available references.
