I like the one on the left better.

Rustic is more on a darker scale, so I wouldn't worry about that if you're leaning to the yellower wood.

Love the left. I don't see red or dark at all. Rustic is the word that came to mind for the one on the right.

Hard to believe that there's no offering without a pronounced red or yellow tint. I guess I would pick whichever one I liked best with the furniture in my public rooms. I have older oak floors that have faded out to that sort of yellow-orange tone. It works okay with my furniture which is all medium-toned wood, but I sure wish I could have a nice neutral walnut color.

I agree it's very surprising that there isn't a warm brown option! I found a couple warm brown options in other brands, but those had a shinier finishes and more pronounced handscraping.

It may be the species - hickory. I saw so many beautiful warm brown walnut choices in the stores, but sadly, walnut is too soft and vulnerable for my two rowdy dogs.

The one on the left for sure. It's richer looking.

agree with everyone else. Love the darker one on the left. We just put down a floor similar to that one and were worried that it would be too dark but it wasn't and we love it!

Thanks for the opinions! And thanks tfm1134 - that's reassuring to hear.

Gosh on my monitor the one one of the right has a warm brown look. I swear monitors are so difficult to trust. My friend and I were looking for a specific rug and her laptop and mine showed two totally different tones!

I'd choose the one on the left. If you have a lot of wood tones in your house, I think you'll like keeping the floor on the darker side to ground your things.

Definitely the left!

Left without a doubt.

NHW, you'll love the Hickory. I think it's the strongest wood when it comes to floor choices. We have two large dogs, and one dog has nails that can't be cut very short because of the "quicks" in them, and she's never scratched the floor. I have, but not the dogs. lol.

The one on the left is my preference, too. Very pretty.

The one on the left is my preference, too. Very pretty.

Thank you everyone - you made a difficult choice very easy. I went ahead and ordered the one on the left. :)

Oakleyok: thank you for mentioning how your dogs haven't scratched the wood! I've been worried that the hickory won't be strong enough and I should have gone exotic... and I really didn't think exotic went with the house. So, hearing this calms my fears.

Definitely the one on the left. It's very pretty!