How to Decorate Homes With Light Hardwood Flooring

Paint the walls an elegant, inviting shade to complement the light wood floors. Update living room walls with a creamy ecru color, a kitchen with a warm butter yellow hue or a bedroom with an eye-catching pomegranate red shade.

Choose furniture items constructed of light wood to create a cohesive look. Enhance a bedroom with a headboard, nightstand, work desk and dresser set, or a living room with a matching coffee table and entertainment center, featuring wood with a tone similar to the flooring.

Decorate with warm-hued textiles. Place a cream-colored couch featuring sunny yellow or coral-colored decorative pillows in a living room featuring light hardwood floors. Enhance a bed with a quilt displaying deep red, orange and gold floral patterns in a bedroom with maple or oak wood flooring, and place a plush, matching rug on the floor to add style and comfort.

Create a coordinating look with light wood accessories. Hang pictures in light wood frames to complement the flooring. Choose light wood wall shelves, towel racks and bookcases.

Enhance the flooring's natural, spa-inspired look by decorating with plants. Fill in empty bedroom and living room corners with large, potted tropical plants. Decorate wall shelves and sides tables with small houseplants.