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Thanks My3dogs, it wasn't working for me, but I just uploaded them to Houzz, so I am going to try that button. I swear it was easier painting the floor that uploading the photo.

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Picture of log wall which will have shelving unit in front of it. Shelving will go all the way up to ceiling so no paint on the log wall.

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Shelving will be made from this reclaimed wood, rusted hardware, rough edge to match log wall.

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Ceiling shot.

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Just for good measure, a close up of the floor.

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I love your floor I thought it was a rug! Amazing work. Unfortunately I am not good at suggesting wall colors but if you have some in mind I can photoshop them for you. Nice job!

Oh I think the white on the floor might be a good wall color to try...

Thanks roarah. It is actually a light blue on the flowers, not white. Annie Sloan calls it Louis Blue, it is kind of baby blue. I have been afraid of light color on the wall. I have been assuming that it will sort of wash out the ceiling which is also light. I have assumed that I need something that contrasts the shade at least of the ceiling. Maybe my problem is I have two things I am trying to bring attention too, a ceiling and a floor. Am I thinking wrong.

Wow, amazing work! So meticulous, beautiful, and impressive

I don't think your ceiling will be washed out, with the walls painted light color. I think your ceiling will be very prominent feature in any case. I would abstain from bringing another (relatively) permanent color to this beautiful room-you have a wonderful unique floor, this interesting ceiling, a feature reclaimed wood wall. Don't forget you might want to have art on the walls too, so no way it will be boring.

I'd go to the paint store, and concentrate on the whites section. All these whites are different, and some of them are not really white too)) They have different undertones, are lighter or darker, cooler or warmer. I'd see whether I can find a cool white, with just a hint of gray or blue in it.

(I was looking for a certain light warm gray-nothing worked. Until I, out of desperation, started looking into whites. Don't let the names of the paints fool you..If it says "white" it doesn't necessarily look like a true white. or like a white at all. But it can be exactly the neutral you love in your space)

Your room also seems to get a good light-crucial for whites to work. At least that's what I see from the pictures.

Later, you can introduce many other colors through art, bedding, accessories, plants-as many or as little as you find necessary to feel comfortable in the room.

It's going to be one cool room!

I agree with looking at whites, kind of like the white on the log wall.

I'm amazed by your floor. How did you do that?

Beautiful stencil on your floor & love the ceiling!

we have cedar T&G on our ceilings & went with SW moderate white. Like you, I have reclaimed woods & other features so wanted the walls to not to compete.

Hope you show us your finished room!

I'd go with a warm white on the walls. Looks like there is very little natural light in that room (which is why the gray looked purple), but with the wood ceiling, I don't think you want a saturated color.

I'd put a warm, creamy while on the walls. SW Whitetail maybe?

Thank you all very much. I am going back to my SW color ring now. I will be honest, I skipped everything that said white or looked too whitish. The chinking on the logs is actually a beige it is made with mortar and sand and comes out about the same color as a beach sand. I has smears of dark veins running through from the 300 year old logs and dirt that has seeped out of the logs, but mostly a beig-ish. I had considered a color like that. I had also originally considered a yellow. One of my first color boards for the floor was with Annie Sloans -Arles, which is a yellow and I loved it with the burgundy and blue/grey. I thought it too bold for the wall now, but maybe a lighter shade.

Tibbrix is actually right. There is lots of windows, but the light that comes in is very muted. The sun comes up over the house, not "in" the windows. Two of the windows are blocked by a beautiful tree right outside. While we are doing the work, we are actually having issues even on bright days, getting enough light into the room.

As far as the floor, we wanted an old looking floor. The room is a new build room, but we want it to sort of tie in with the almost 300 year old house we are remodeling. We left the exterior wall of the house exposed (the logs), did the ceiling, then had so much left over wood (oak), that I figured we should use it for the floor, but having an oak finished wood floor would be WAY too much wood. I have always loved the idea of a painted floor, so why not. We re-tongue and grooved the floor to use as a floor, to be honest, I left some gaps on purpose, didn't do a full sanding with belt sander to make it seem older than it is, so the floor is not fully level, some boards are a bit higher than others. I did hand sand it with a hand sander so it is smooth.

Two coats of chalk paint Annie Sloans Louis Blue. The stencil was from Royal Design Studios in their tile collection. I do have to say though, it was not the easiest thing to work with. They did show their stencil being used in two colors as I used it, however, when I ordered one stencil, it was impossible to use that way, so I ordered a second and spent 2 hours masking the two stencil off so I could switch back and forth, painted burgundy (chalk paint dries in 10 minutes) painted blue flowers. I would do probably 7-10 squares a day depending on the day. One day I did 14 (kids were in school). The border, I just made sure I taped the circles in half for the "rug" look, full circles on the corners. Picked a spot to tape to and taped a border for the simple stripe, that was just masking tape. Two thin coats of the Annie Sloan laquer. This stuff is tough as nails. I really wasn't sure about this. There are lots of "don't use on floor" products out there. But I have to say, I am extremely impressed at the clean-a-bility of this floor so far. And I certainly didn't put this room together in the right order. As you can see the drywall is still not completely done, the drywall wasn't in all the way, the chinking not done. I have done some serious construction over this floor.

And for anyone who thinks they can't do it, I have never stenciled before. I am a pretty avid diyer, we are remodeling an entire house and there is nothing I wont tackle, but I had never done anything like this, it was my first project.

I will gladly post pictures when we are done. It is an ongoing process, we have a whole house to do and we are doing a bit here, a bit there, and going back again. Thank you everyone again for the help, hopefully this gets me through the next hurdle.

I would not write off a warm white at all. The wood ceiling is heavy (mine is the same in my DR. I've got BM Putnam Ivory on those walls), and your floor is heavy (the saturated gray - the stenciling is brilliant and gorgeous) and you've got just enough white in the stenciling for a white wall to really compliment it but also lighten the room up a bit.

My own choice would be my new favorite, BM Capitol White, but it sounds like you want to go with SW.

Btw, what is this room going to be used for?

It is the master bedroom. The only thing that makes me shy away from whites is that we really don't have white anywhere in the house. The rest of the house is very dark and rich colors. My kitchen is even deep red in this age of white on white.

Also when we originally started to design the bedroom (before the floor came into being) the lights were sort of dictating the style. Dark and dramatic was the way we were leaning. You kind of get something in your head and have a hard time getting away from it. That is definitely one issue with slow remodel using lots of reclaimed materials as you come across them, the plan changes as the materials do.

I am not saying no to white, I am going through some of the whites with undertones, I am just trying to see if they will go with the rest of the house. Also, the master bath is pretty colorful also. Cobalt blue tile, plain beige venetian plaster, but a cobalt blue enamel cast iron antique stove turned sink base, greenish antiqued trim to match the grout, blue/green/beige mosaic floor tile. Walk in closet also pretty bold colors. So to go white in the master bedroom, seems sort of out of place for the rest of the house. I guess the argument could be made that white can be a bold color on it's own.

I am not fixated on SW. I just bought the SW color rings so I didn't constantly have to run to the paint store to get color samples. I have two small kids, hubby and I would spend more time trying to get them to stop grabbing color samples and rearranging them, then we would get to try to pick out what we like in the store. It was getting ridiculous.

If you go with a deep color, I think Navy blue would be great with the ceiling and that floor.

Wow, that stenciled floor must have taken forever! How do you protect it? I would be just sick if I spent all that time sitting on the floor painting then scratched it up with furniture or shoes.

Donna

Here is the Annie Sloan color chart with the Burgundy and Louis Blue circled, if it helps. The background is gray, correct?

Sorry, I just re-read my original post. I said Louis Blue twice in my color listing. That is the flower color. The base color is Old Violet, which is in person a kind of slate blue/grey, definitely more blue than grey though (no purple to speak of so not really sure why it is called violet). Thank you My3dogs for posting a color chart.

msmeow- Annie Sloan has a lacquer specifically for their chalk paint for floors. I was hesitant myself especially after they have you water down the first coat to be sure it goes on super thin, I even called them in England to be sure I was doing it right and shouldn't do a third coat (by the way don't do a third coat it will yellow), but seriously this stuff is awesome and well worth the really high price, though completely justified as I only used one tiny quart for two coats on this whole floor. But I dropped drywall compound on it-came right up, have washed lots of construction dust from it, have had lots of just plain scratchy stuff that could very well have damaged the floor already (old chinking had to come out and as you can see we are still putting up trim and finishing ceiling) and the floor is still great. Yes, I should have done the room in a different order, but with kids in school I had an opportunity to do this at the end of the school year, get it done, and keep the room moving. Our theory is also it is meant to look like an old floor, so if something got a bit scratched up, oh well, just a little character right?

I think I am going to go to get some samples on Thursday and do some large wall swatches. What are your thoughts on dark walls with lighter trim? Does trim always have to be darker? Same tone? I think I am really drawn toward a yellow right now, but will not rule out a white yet, I will at least get a sample to put up. I hadn't thought about a navy or anything in the blue family, just because of all the blue on the floor.

Gorgeous floor. I too like the idea of an "old" warm white on the walls, to perhaps mimic whitewash, as could have been used in the time of log homes and painted floors. But if you're set on a color, consider SW Oceanside or Connor's Lakefront. You say the floor has a lot of blue, but when we see the photos, we mainly see red and it's gorgeous. It would contrast beautifully with a dark blue, with just a tiny hint of green, leaning toward the deep teal family. I hope you have lots of layers of lighting to show off all these beautiful features.

You didn't mention bedding but I'd stick with a white or solid color at least for the comforter/duvet/spread. Maybe accent with two simple burgundy pillows stacked under white pillows.