Brown grey floors are probably the worst choice you could add to that room. They will not go with the warmer tones in the knotty pine. It will make for one hell of a tone clash. Just paint the walls white, a warmer white to go with the warm wood, and leave the rest knotty pine. Curtains and lighter furniture will help break up all the wood too.

Thanks for your input! I may end up just staining the beams dark and sheetrocking the rest. I’d like the same floors throughout the first floor and don’t want to change our flooring desires to accommodate the knotty pine.

I agree with Sina - paint the walls a warm white but leave the ceiling and the beams alone.

Obviously your choice as it's your house.

Just curious why would the sunroom need to be the same floor as the rest of the house? Is there some design aesthetic you're trying to achieve?

Just prefer white/grey transitional craftsman

Do you think it’s sac religious to do something like this? Lol

I just think what you have now is so much prettier than this picture you've posted. :)

Your current room is warm and welcoming. The photo is cold and gray-- to me.

Your photo: is that the floor you are installing? What is there now? No need to have the same flooring in the sunroom. As a matter of fact with all the natural light, it is going to fade. How about tile?

Think this room is lovely and classic. What is the floor now?

I want to change the stove to a fireplace. Floor is thin blue carpet. I’ve never been a fan of tole or stone in living room

I think you are underestimating how much work is involved in filling and sanding all of those knots before painting; then waiting and hoping none of the fill splits as it hard dries. Also, don't forget how many coats of primer are needed to keep the pine finish/stain--whatever they used, from bleeding through. I remember some particularly painful pine walls that took two coats of Zinnser 1-2-3, 2 coats of BIN and then a couple coats of paint before they stopped bleeding brown through the white paint. Just re-read that your plan is to sheetrock all. I think that is what you would have to do, if you are set on those floors. Expensive. It really could be a very cozy room with soft cream carpet, and the right sofa/chairs :) A lot cheaper too--and less formal feeling (sometimes family appreciates that?)

I like it, it looks good with the trim painted white like in pic. I would go with light curtains and furniture and big art

My husband is pretty dead set against keeping the pine. I’d like to bring other wood elements in like the fireplace surround, like this pic

maybe you could use an opaque stain?

I like your inspiration photo. Drywall over the pine and either stain the pine or if you don’t like the knots re-sheath the beams in a smoother wood and stain dark. I’d look for a hardwood that is more brown and has a hint of grey in the stain for a more classic look as in your inspiration photo.

I love the ceiling and beams. Maybe if you paint the walls a solid color, you will be able to appreciate the ceiling and beams, too. But stay away from gray, grey, and brown/gray for walls or floors.

agree, it would look forced and would not benefit either

I like the knotty pine. I think the floor color is the problem. The space could use a rug. It also might be helped with some light some window treatments.

If you want to have a mantle - why not just use your stove and get an old mantle to to surround it.

Paint and glaze to resemble cerused oak

I'd say if you are committed to continuing that floor, then @MS Colours has the absolute best solution. Would entail a tremendous amount of work ($$$) to get it right. How big is this space,btw? My inclination would be to use different flooring in the room and use the furniture, rug, and contemporary art to get the effect of your inspo pic.

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The room is large, approximately 23x15’ I believe. I think we are going to choose a brown flooring over greige. We may paint the ceiling white, Sheetrock the walls, put in a focal fireplace and refinish the beams. I may try the faux oak suggestion on the beams—looks lovely!

How would you get the effect of the top picture MS Colours Inc shows over orange knotty pine?

Here’s the after progress so far. Still contemplating painting the ceiling and restraining the beams. Need to paint the doors and windows. Contemplating black vs white on the windows? Also, need to pick a mantel color. Any suggestions?

Kiah....can't see your pic.....?

Please post the “after” photo.

I can’t get my pics to upload, hmmm.

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I love how it’s looking and the floor looks great! Can you share the flooring details?

It’s from Home Depot blue ridge wimborne solid oak 5” wide. We put it in the entire first floor.

Paint the beams white and leave the brown ceiling?

I am coming late to this discussion, but just want to say I’m pleased you didn’t Sheetrock the walls. (I would have not done anything, but it’s your house, and in any event, it’s too late for that.) The sheetrocked walls we have come to think of as “normal” are, in fact, very bland and generally lacking in character. People are forever applying wainscotting and mouldings and chair rails and grass cloth in order to overcome it, and you don’t have to, so celebrate that.

I would not paint the beams white. You have the trusses (the angled, almost vertical beams holding the horizontal beams). Painting the horizontal beams only will look odd; painting both the horizontals and the verticals will create a jumbled, visually noisy mess. If you were going to paint anything, I’d paint the ceiling and not the beams. But in honesty, I’d do nothing, except make sure I had FABULOUS lighting up there to keep it light and bright at night.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><md>Id really like to stain the beams a different, ?darker, color and paint the ceiling white and window interiors black....
But oooh, the work involved

We just added knotty pine carsiding to a ceiling in our family room. Beams are done in a charcoal which is a black with a little brown. Did white walls and black doors/accents with gray stone fireplace. That touch of natural wood adds so much warmth to a black and white room.

I’d love to see a pic!!