Maple does not take stain well. Natural finish maple is a classic. It will look great with modern furniture.

Yes, natural maple can be a modern look. It will darken over time.

Nice house. Nice floors. Good luck!

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It seems like natural wood is winning here!! Thank you so much, guys. If we go 100% natural, it looks like some yellow may come through with Rubio Monocoat finish. This is the "Pure" sample, which is the 100% natural. What are your thoughts about adding the most minimal tint, with Smoke 5%?

I would say that's an acceptable compromise. It has a nice clean Scandinavian look. Good idea.

I like the 5% smoke idea. Hope the picture will help to envision the installed floor:

Yes...Scandinavian modern is all about natural wood tones (especially on the floor) with crisp white walls and chrome accents and BIG dollops of colour (think purple sofa with red accents on walls).

Love a natural wood floor with modern. And just for fun...Ikea Vancouver has used our most popular cork floors for the "Eco Kitchen" display = Silver Birch Cork flooring = natural cork colour = same colour as natural maple or natural oak.

Natural Maple is clean, smooth and definitely modern. See photo.

Yes, definitely maple in natural works with modern. Most of the modern designs that were done in the 80s used maple flooring. Beware that it WILL darken over time, I have a kitchen/dining area that has gonw about 30 percent darker due to all the light and we have UV windows. It gets a nice medium honey tone. I am wishing I'd have gone for the whitewashed version now, but I'm selling soon so won't have to worry about it.

Since you have a 1914 house, please do not compromise the beauty of the old house by tearing out any of the architectural features. Use furniture to make the house modern. Also if you have any original woodwork that isn't painted, I beg of you not to paint it. You'll thank me when you go to sell because people who want a historic house, want it with the original features and will pay a premium for that.

I looked for 2 years for an old house from 1900's-1930 in my neighborhood that hadn't been "modernized" to the current trend, whether the trend was 1960's, 70's, 2000's or later and gave up to build a new craftsman house because every single house had been "updated" and stripped of its charm.

Yes maple floors can be quite modern and an old house with modern furniture, paintings and color can look quite chic.

Can you please update? Would love to hear what you did and see pictures. I have dark stained maple floors that we are debating refinishing and going natural.

Thank you for posting. What sealer can you put on raw maple to keep that raw look and avoid going too yellow?

For sure...are you familiar with Japandi style? It is a combo of Japanese and Scandinavian (IKEA).

Posting one YouTube, but you can investigate other sites. I love it. We have lots of Japanese antique furniture, so, I was taken with this new approach to decorating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2glfgpve9MA

@ Embeth

I am a factory finished wood floor professional. I help people appreciate and find their ideal wood floors every day. But I am not trained to advise how you can achieve the raw maple look. Others may here.

The floor is made by a Canadian mill Proverco. It comes in 2 grades, V+ and Nuance in 5-1/8" and 7-1/8" wide.

beautiful wood floor!

Thank you!