Designing Bedrooms with Wood Floors (Types to Use)

Welcome to our design gallery of beautiful bedrooms with wood floors. The rich, warm look of wood flooring is highly sought after for use in luxury interior designs. Wooden flooring increases a home’s resale value and can help cut down on airborne particles often shed by carpets. Below, you’ll find a variety of bedrooms with wood floors to give you ideas for designing your perfect retreat.

There are many different options for flooring, ranging from hard, cool tile surfaces to the rich, seamless feel of carpet and even to the retro, economical feel of vinyl. There is no better and more popular floor material than wood. This is because it is good at absorbing heat and sound yet comes in a variation of rich colors, tones, and grains, with some species being readily available locally and others being top-of-the-line luxury items.

Wood Flooring Types

When using wood, one important but often overlooked aspect is checking if the materials used are locally available. Aside from being cheaper and more environmentally friendly in terms of harvest and transport, choosing a local wood ensures that the species is familiar with the particular climate and weather conditions of the region you want to build in.

Some lumber can warp more than others when exposed to elements, and others have better cold absorption properties, so besides choosing a type because of its look and grain, how your wood floor can serve your home better is a good thing to know. Check out this page for our types of wood floors gallery with pictures.

Here are a few common wood species used as flooring:

Oak – There are so many different types of Oak that it is one of the most commonly used varieties despite its large variation in look and texture. Oak is a great choice, as almost every continent has its own oak species that are native to it, so this fine-grained hardwood will always be a classic option for flooring.

Hickory – Because of its rough grain, Hickory is well known for its durability and resistance to heat, sound, and static charge. Just like Oak, Hickory comes in a variety of shades, from a wispy whitish finish to a darker coffee brown. Hickory’s advantage over Oak is that it is cheaper; however, it is pretty high maintenance and does not thrive well in areas with high foot traffic.

Cherry – Known for its rich, warm tone, this material is also known to evolve and turn a darker, richer shade as it ages. Because of this, Cherry is often treated to bring out a high polished finish, which brings out its fine, straight grains.

Walnut – Also often used for large, heavy wooden furniture because of its beautiful ribbon grain, Walnut is also prized because of the natural color tone variation that can occur in a single board or plank. Usually of a richer brown tone, the natural Walnut grain is wavy and can come out in concentric knots. This type is perfect for contemporary bedrooms that want to bring in a more Classic or Vintage feel.

Pine – Known for its yellowish tone and lightweight work-ability, Pine also features a lot of brown knots, giving it a rustic, cottage-style appeal. Its biggest weakness, however, is that it is a softwood and is highly susceptible to scratching and even denting.

This type is becoming more popular again due to the revival of Scandinavian-style interiors, with pine planks being bleached or sanded further to give it a more whitish or faded brown look. Known for its light color marred by large dark knots, pine is a good option for more cottage-style setups and can lend a rich country vibe to any bedroom.

Exotic woods – Many exotic wood species have very interesting tones and patterns. Tigerwood, with its rich stripes, is also naturally resistant to mold and fungus as rot and decay. Known for its unique grain and deep red-orange hues, Tigerwood is a durable, albeit highly exotic, choice for flooring. In a simple room setting, the rich grain of the plank flooring gives drama in a room with plain dark stained drawers, a bed frame, and a side table.

Another exotic favorite known for its black and white striations is Zebra wood, which is resistant to insects but could prove difficult to plane or surface largely due to its finely interlocking grain. One of the most popular yet hard-to-work exotic woods is Ebony, with a very fine grain and very deep black tone which can be polished to a high luster.

In the image above, natural elements come together with this contemporary bedroom’s clean, cool tones. Grey bed sheets and a mid-century modern sofa in white upholstery are a good accent to the rough stone accent wall behind the bed’s Modern style headboard and dark wooden side tables. Hickory, a dark hardwood type, was used as the floor planks and continues to the outside patio, which features luxe outdoor furniture.

This Classic style master suite features wide planks of Hickory flooring—known for its light brown tone and mild striations with a few deep black knots. The rustic look of the wood goes well with the white walls and ceiling, as well as the white wood-framed French doors leading out to the outdoor balcony. A more traditional bed headboard and side tables match the large armchair with footrest, while the geometric grey and white rug gives the room a more contemporary feel.

Hickory hardwood floors provide a warm yet heavy textured grain for this old-style cottage bedroom suite. The rich color and grain of the floor goes well with the heavy wood furniture on the bedside table, ornate wood-carved bed, and chaise lounge. The intricately carved wooden furniture are matched by the heavy brass chandelier over the bed and hanging pendant light by the bay window.

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