Natural wood in your Las Vegas home can make it the envy of all your neighbors. Wood floors, teak furniture, or exposed beam work are trademarks of a handcrafted, luxurious home. And to take it a step further, you should complement the wood in your interior design with the most stylish Las Vegas wood shutters. Let’s find out how.

The Best Way to Incorporate Multiple Wood Types in Your Home

A misconception about hardwood in interior design is that you should match the wood species across all parts of your home. That’s not the best idea for two reasons. The first is because it can be hard to exactly match wood types: your maple floor, mahogany furniture, and teak wood shutters will naturally look different. The second reason is that if all of the wood in your home matches, it all kind of runs together and it doesn’t look very interesting.

What’s more important is to try to coordinate the tone and the grain of the wood in your interior. That’s what will give your space a great sense of direction without it getting boring or plain.

Coordinating Wood Grains In Your Design

Matching wood grains is pretty straightforward. If your wood flooring is smooth, go with a smooth finish on your wood shutters to match. If your wood floor has texture to it, whether it’s wire-brushed or hand-scraped, a similar grain to your wood shutters keeps that nature-driven style flowing up the wall.

Coordinating Wood Tones In Your Design

Trying to match wood tones is a little trickier. When deciding on the stain of your wood shutters, keep a few things in mind:

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

• Walls are natural buffers – matching wood furniture to wood flooring is a little tricky because they sit right next to each other. Your wall is a natural buffer between the floor and your shutters, giving you wiggle room to play with various styles.

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

Choose Your Woods in Person

All of this talk about matching styles and grains can seem daunting, but it all comes together when you see it in person. Schedule a free in-home consultation with your Las Vegas shutter experts today by calling702-850-6619 and we’ll walk you through the steps from start to finish.