Anonymous
Post 06/04/2021 08:42     Subject: what color hardwoods would you put in this MCM home?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I would paint the ceiling white and then put in wide plank oak flooring.


THIS!!

If you match the floor to the ceiling - it's too dark and monochromatic.
If you choose another color for the floor - it won't match.



Agree
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2021 10:44     Subject: what color hardwoods would you put in this MCM home?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I would paint the ceiling white and then put in wide plank oak flooring.


+1


Agreed. White oak floor.
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2021 09:39     Subject: Re:what color hardwoods would you put in this MCM home?
If the ceiling had beams, I think the white painted ceilings are nice like this:
https://www.instagram.com/p/COnVNIANqOC/

However, in this case, i don't think it works as well.

Anonymous
Post 06/02/2021 23:13     Subject: what color hardwoods would you put in this MCM home?
Anonymous wrote:What's underneath all that carpet OP?


OP posted this almost 4 years ago. Probably not responding to anything here. It’s not like social media where you get notifications on your post.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2021 23:08     Subject: what color hardwoods would you put in this MCM home?
What's underneath all that carpet OP?
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2021 22:50     Subject: what color hardwoods would you put in this MCM home?
Anonymous wrote:Anyone who thinks this house should have wide plank oak flooring is nuts. That trendy stuff doesn't belong in a 1970s contemporary.

Disagree. You don’t have to live in a museum if you live in an old home and sometimes trendy stuff looks great in an older home.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2021 22:37     Subject: what color hardwoods would you put in this MCM home?
Anyone who thinks this house should have wide plank oak flooring is nuts. That trendy stuff doesn't belong in a 1970s contemporary.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2021 22:00     Subject: what color hardwoods would you put in this MCM home?
We have a similar situation and the floors are a beautiful earthy red terracotta stone tile. Some parts of the house have a very light wood. Personally I like the tile with the wood.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2021 11:16     Subject: what color hardwoods would you put in this MCM home?
We have a similar home and we put wood on the ceiling that matches the floors. Our wood is lighter than in this home, but I must say it looks fantastic! Matches our stair railings, too.
Anonymous
Post 05/31/2021 08:49     Subject: Re:what color hardwoods would you put in this MCM home?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Leave it to the frumps on dcum to not see the fantastic design underpinning a MCM house -- in 2017, when MCM is literally the most trending style everywhere. I mean, you'd have to live under a rock to not realize that the design of that house, once fixed up, is basically the content of 90% of design and style blogs, magazines, etc these days. You don't have to like it personally, but you have to be pretty obtuse to suggest that someone who just bought this house -- who therefore clearly does appreciate the style -- should be painting over the original MCM features.

Post is old but +1000. The MCM house is still great, you'll have to excuse the posters who can't see past the see of boring cookie cutter colonials they like to post.

And seconding the suggestions for walnut.

Saying some of these people like colonials is even a little too much credit for them. They like big empty black and white caverns and “pops” of color and literally zero warmth, personality or style.
Anonymous
Post 05/31/2021 08:46     Subject: what color hardwoods would you put in this MCM home?
Anonymous wrote:bump. own similar home.

I like the previous suggestions to match the ceiling or go just a bit lighter. Other ideas that stay in keeping with the mid century style would be cork, some sort of stone, and I might also suggest tiles that look like terrazzo or cement. Joseph Eichler homes are obviously a little different than the specific version of MCM that OP posted years ago, but the same spirit is there.
Anonymous
Post 05/31/2021 08:12     Subject: Re:what color hardwoods would you put in this MCM home?
Anonymous wrote:Leave it to the frumps on dcum to not see the fantastic design underpinning a MCM house -- in 2017, when MCM is literally the most trending style everywhere. I mean, you'd have to live under a rock to not realize that the design of that house, once fixed up, is basically the content of 90% of design and style blogs, magazines, etc these days. You don't have to like it personally, but you have to be pretty obtuse to suggest that someone who just bought this house -- who therefore clearly does appreciate the style -- should be painting over the original MCM features.

Post is old but +1000. The MCM house is still great, you'll have to excuse the posters who can't see past the see of boring cookie cutter colonials they like to post.

And seconding the suggestions for walnut.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2021 22:26     Subject: what color hardwoods would you put in this MCM home?
We’re in our second MCM home with tons of wood and both have floors in dark glue down vinyl. It actually looks perfect even though it’s not very 2021

One was black and one was dark gray
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2021 21:00     Subject: what color hardwoods would you put in this MCM home?
would it make more sense to try slate or some kind of tile instead of hardwood floors?