Most of the hardwood places are masters at matching stains and woods. Get a few estimates and see what advice you get from the professionals. I agree that it's okay to have different woods/stains on different floors, but all else equal -- I like them to match. One caveat to this is dark wood. If you have dark stain on your main floor, I don't recommend it in the upstairs bedrooms (far too dark).

Anonymous wrote:Yeah this looks no stranger to me than having different floors painted different colors.

Exactly. Not strange at all. I have seen ones where there is a different wood floor on the main floor, but purposeful. Like one room like a library was done extremely high end and has paneling to match and then they put in a threshold. So not weird even on the same floor. I wouldn't add $$ there just to sell unless its in bad shape.

Is rather have two colors/types of wood than a floor that obviously needs to be replaced.

Not a big deal, what is weird is if they are on the same floor.

Yeah this looks no stranger to me than having different floors painted different colors.

Most old houses have this. Oak for company, pine for family. It doesn't bother me at all.

I would either match it completely or go for a nice contrast. I'd avoid "tried to match it and this is the best I could do"

If you are thinking about resale, then replace the floors throughout.

Do you think this would look odd? We're having trouble matching the floor downstairs and need to replace upstairs.