Help with final flooring color decisions

7 years ago

I have finally, after months of searching found a flooring that is within my budget and something I love.

The problem is that I like two colors in the series.

One dark and one light.

I will be replacing the flooring in the entire house with the exception of the foyer. The flooring in the foyer is red/purple/green slate. I love the slate.

I also love the colors in the slate and will be using variations of these colors in my decor and paint colors. No exisiting wall colors will remain.

Here is my floorplan:

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The slate is denoted by the multicolor flooring. The Brick fireplace is also staying and it is not being painted.

Here is a picture of the fireplace. You can see the foyer flooring on the right.

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The flooring I found is Luxury Vinyl Tile.

The colors are:

Here is a picture of Delicate next to the brick and slate flooring.

I don't have a sample of the sand storm, but it also works with both the slate and the brick. It really sets off the purple gray in the slate.

I would like to use both colors in my home but I can't decide which rooms should be which color.

I know that the Kitchen/Laundry/Dining/Laundry have to be one color.

The two halls, office and master sitting room all run together so they have to all be one color.

The two bedrooms and bathrooms have doors and can have color transitions.

I wish I had a box of each and could really get a feel for what a whole room will feel like.

Any suggestions/advice would be appreciated.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting

7 years ago

IMO neither of those work with the slate I would not be getting another tile look at all check out some wood look vinyl plank that works with the slate

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Jennifer Hogan
Original Author
7 years ago
The picture of the fireplace was taken in the evening and got a bit more yellow than it really is.
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R. C.
7 years ago
It is difficult to imagine the darker color with the slate without a sample. I think the light color looks nice. The wood look vinyl plank is pretty too, but if you like the tiles, roll with them!

As to the rooms, it is hard to tell what might go with different rooms - do you have particular color schemes that you envision for each room?
Jennifer Hogan thanked R. C.
Jennifer Hogan
Original Author
7 years ago
I will be using blue greens that relate to the slate in the guest bedroom, guest bath and master bath. I plan on having the kitchen and back wall of the dining room the same red as in the slate. I have not decided on master bedroom color yet, but am thinking about using a purple - not sure what purple yet. could still change my mind. Also I may want to add some color to my office. Maybe the two walls without doors will be a dark color and the other two my neutral. The rest of the house will be a taupe that is close to the colors in the lighter floor sample..
Jennifer Hogan
Original Author
7 years ago
My furnishings are almost exclusively teak. I have a deep red recliner and a bold, purple/red/gold/green geometric patterned chaise in the master sitting room. The livingroom currently has only a gondola style sofa that I need to have re-upholstered. I want to buy 2 chairs for the livingroom, but have been holding off until I make my final flooring choice.
Jennifer Hogan
Original Author
7 years ago
Patricia, I appreciate your opinion, but I often wonder why, when people ask for advice the pro answers seem so condescending and often, like in this case, don't answer the question that the op asked.

Can I ask if you read my first sentence "I have finally, after months of searching found a flooring that is within my budget and something I love."

I wasn't asking if you loved the tile pattern, I was asking which colors would work best in which rooms.

You may be right that the majority of people would prefer wood look. I hate most of the wood look vinyl. It either heavily grained, has knots, is a weathered look, is multi colored and busy. Same goes for many of the stone look vinyls. A few patterns I looked at had monochromatic coloring, but then it would have a ingrained textile pattern that will trap dirt and debris. The pattern that I found has a flat surface, is a large format tile (18" s 36") and is relatively monochromatic and unpatterened. It will not read busy, striped, worn, weathered or inconsistant.

The only thing I found in the wood look plank that I liked was a scandanvian white washed look. Sadly, when I pushed the company about their warrantee, it does not cover if you have environmental staining and white, very light vinyl can discolor (yellow) from light and can discolor (yellow) from any petrolum based product that may be drug in on your shoes (like the asphault on your driveway).

I can't afford to replace this for many, many years, so I can't get something with a high likelyhood that it will look stained and terrible in a year or two and that the stain will not be covered by warrantee. So I nixed the white washed look as well.