Brazilian Cherry = Jatoba. It starts out mellow but darkens and strengthens its colour to BRILLIANT reds/oranges/browns. I mean "gem tone" reds/oranges. This is a common colour range for Jatoba. The OTHER colour range = PINK/PURPLE!!!! You might want to explain this to hubby. You have to be ready for BOTH colours. And the Jatoba floors are magnificent when in the orange/red/brown colours. North Americans are able to work well with these colours. The problems start with the PINK/PURPLE/GRAPE colours. Imagine a house with pink/purple wood floors...wow!

I am fascinated by Jatoba...but even I am not brave enough to work with them. I love red...hate pink. Hence the reason I'm not about the risk the pink/purple side of this wood.

Heart Pine is a strong orange/brown. A very common/traditional N. American colour range that is very strong in colour. It can slowly darken but it has a stable colour palette. The colours you see today = the same colours you see in 3 years from now just a snick darker. Jatoba = BIG difference in 3 MONTHS!!!! And don't put down area rugs for the first 12 months with Jatoba or you will be in tears when you move the rug. I'm not kidding. Check houzz to see how many people HATE their Brazilian Cherry/Jatoba....too many to shake a stick at.

Just to be clear, reds can have problems playing nice with gray. Orange has a hard time playing with gray. Pink/purple has a hard time playing with gray. Your designer has to be very, very talented to get Heart Pine to work nicely with grays. S/he has to be a design SAVANT to get gray to work well with Jatoba. I mean s/he has to be brilliant with the benefit of "second sight" to "see" what the Jatoba will be in 1 year...and that is assuming they know if it will turn orange or if it will turn purple.

Imagine designing colours for the jewel tone orange of Jatoba only to have the PURPLE of the Jatoba show up....O.M.G.! Yah. Tears are just the beginning of the heartache.

Please get hubby to have a look at the purple side of Jatoba. If he thinks that is still "cool" or "beautiful" or an "acceptable risk" then have fun.

We just used Cupray Brown Brazilian exotic. We love it. Walls are Tony Taupe.

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