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As you’re designing hardwood floors for your home, there’s nothing quite like the beauty of Black Walnut stair treads. With complex grain patterns and sumptuous hues of chocolate and mocha, Black Walnut creates spectacular floors with or without stain. And as one of the most attractive yet resilient woods available, Black Walnut is a perfect choice to add elegance and visual focus to a stairway.
If the floors in the rest of your home are made with Walnut, then Black Walnut stair treads will offer continuity and cohesion. And if your floors are made with another hardwood, stair treads made of Black Walnut may offer a pleasing contrast. Painting or staining the risers on the stairs a lighter color can really help the dark hues of Walnut wood stand out.
At Carlisle Wide Plank Floors, you’ll find great options for Black Walnut stair treads and floors, along with surfaces made from a wide variety of other species. Our specialists can help you explore the benefits of Black Walnut stair treads vs. White Oak stair treads, or the density of woods like Hickory vs. Walnut. We’ll show you the difference between matching and contrasting wood stair treads, and also introduce you to the beauty of classic hardwood floors made with wide planks. When you choose Carlisle for your Black Walnut stair treads and wide plank floors, you know your floors will become a defining feature of your home.
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The best wood for stair treads is a matter of personal preference. Some people opt for denser woods like Maple or Hickory, while others prefer more flexible species like Red Oak. And even though species like Pine or Black Walnut are softer, they still offer great durability as well as beauty.
Black Walnut is a beautiful wood that makes excellent hardwood flooring. Walnut makes excellent medium dark hardwood floors and is prized for its rich, chocolate hues and complex grain patterns. Whether it's installed with a natural finish or stained to a particular color, Walnut always makes spectacular surfaces.
Black Walnut is one of the softer hardwoods, making it less resistant to scratches, dings and dents. Black Walnut is nevertheless a popular hardwood surface, often chosen for the beauty of its color and graining.
A polyurethane finish will provide your stair treads with longer lasting protection.
Not necessarily. While using the same wood for stair treads and floors provides a cohesive visual appearance and a sense of flow through the house, using a contrasting wood can make the stairway stand out as a visual feature in the home.
While living and walking on your Carlisle floor will be a delight, the process of designing your Black Walnut stair treads will be just as enjoyable. From your first call or visit to a showroom through the installation of your floor and stair treads, our wide plank specialists will be your guide as you explore all of your options for wood types, wood grade, color and texture. If you have a strong sense of what you want from your wide plank floor and stair treads, our team will work diligently to make sure your vision is realized in perfect detail. And if need help getting to know your options and defining your vision, we’ll work with you closely to understand your personal sense of style. Then we’ll walk you through all the possibilities for creating a one-of-a-kind surface that will be a stunning feature of your home.
For more than half a century, we’ve been crafting the finest wide plank floors and stair treads in North America. Working with a small group of timber growers and sawyers who share our commitment to sustainable forestry practices, we handcraft extraordinary floors from the finest raw materials available while helping to preserve natural resources and reduce waste. Our craftsmen are artisan woodworkers who have a love and feel for fine wood. They obsess over every inch of your floor because they know each detail matters – from the way the grain plays across each plank to the exact shade of stain or the nuance of a hand-scraped edge. When you choose wide plank floors and Black Walnut stair treads from Carlisle, you’ll have surfaces that will inspire and delight you every time you enter the room.
