Paint when it is easiest for you.

Get it painted! I can't believe your painter did this to you. When things are moved out, that is the time to paint. And warming up your white will look nice with the new flooring.

Red

Thank you graywings and redbazel for your input. I just wish I could install the floors first and wait a month before painting but then it would be so difficult to move them again since they must be emptied and I don't want my floors scratched.

I want a happy color on the wall that is very neutral and will not compete with my new floors and will also be easy to work in that is not so white as the Linen White.

I will go get a deck of Aura Paint chips and see what is similar to Bone White but maybe nicer? I would like to try a paint that does not outgas for as long as the BM Pearl Finish Paint that I used.

BM Bone White in my family room is warm and everyone loves the color but I have a lot of light in that room. I wonder if it would look nice in the office. I learned that even trying samples on the wall or sample boards does not tell the whole story until the paint is on the wall and the furniture is back in the room.

I wish the painter would have painted behind all the cabinets and did a good job since then I would just leave things alone for a year but I think now is the time to paint since the cabinets are heavy and I do not want to scratch my floors by waiting at a later time.

The only problem is then I will have to allow several days after the paint job to install the wood so the room can be acclimated with less moisture from the latex paint.

Lynn -
There isn't enough moisture in the paint to affect the wood.

You can acclimate the wood in a different room, as long as it's not separately air-conditioned or heated or has a shower or humidifier. Moisture content equalizes quickly.

Thank you lazygardens for letting me know that the moisture content in the paint will equalize quickly and as long as my air conditioner is on and the wood is in the other room that I am also installing it in, I should be fine. I may still wait another day to acclimate the wood to be sure.

I am thinking of going with BM Natura paint that has No VOCS so maybe I will not have to air out the room so much and I will be storing my engineered wood planks in the family room that will not be repainted.

I am excited since I know that I am going to be so happy when the room is warmed up with a warmer neutral color on the wall and hardwood floors to give the room color and ease of cleaning.

Try Cloud Nine. I have a house in the woods so I get limited natural light and I find that color to work well in my home. Go to a store with an Affinity (Aura not Natura)display and grab any sample that you MIGHT want to use. I like them b/c they are a tad bigger than the average sample. Take them home, narrow it down, go get little sample jars of the 'winners' and paint 12" by 12" squares right next to each other of the 'winners'. Check throughout the day and see which one is the 'best'. Then get that room painted before the floor goes down and you will be a happy camper.
SO happy you finally found a floor! I am in the process of taking bids for unfinished cumaru (brazilian teak).

owls4me, I found a few Benjamin Stores near me that have both the Aura and the Natura paints and fan decks as well as paint chips. I will stop by tomorrow and pick samples I like and also see if I can get a fan desk.

Thanks for the advice. I am also glad I finally found a floor. I just love Cumaru floors and I feel you also made a good choice.

Hi Lynn - I am so happy for you on your wood decision! When do you expect it to arrive? Ours has not shipped,yet, but hopefully soon.

I am going to paint this week. I discovered BM Revere Pewter (grayish beige/tan) from this forum and I'm going to use it. Its in their Historical Colors Collection. - Laurie

Laurie_2008, thank you for sharing my happiness! I am also happy for you also that you ordered your floors. I think my floors do not ship until Monday. I was told 5 to 8 business days.

BM Revere Pewter looks very pretty. The color clashed with my Putty file cabinets. That is the problem but I can't paint them since I am very chemically sensitive and they are too heavy to bring outside. I wish they were a creamy color instead of that putty color. At least my floors will add some color to my home office room and go nicely with my cherry desk and maybe people will not notice all the putty cabinets. :) I am tempted to go with the BM Bone White I love in my family room. Maybe I will just make it a project to put in lights in the ceiling next year. This year, I have too many expenses already.

Looking forward to seeing pictures of your finished painted room and then finished room with the new floors. I have been following your flooring decision for awhile like I am sure you have been following mine. I saved the pictures of your beautiful kitchen tiles and I can't wait to do my kitchen floors next year.

Lynn just a quick tip about uploading your pictures. If you attach your camera to the hard drive, you should be able to view and upload the pictures without the hard drive. You probably have Microsoft picture manager on your computer and that will allow you to view and save your photos.

When our floors were recently installed, sanded and finished on site, we purposely painted after the due to the dust. We wiped down every surface first then painted.

Thanks for letting me know barbie08075, that you painted after the floors were in. My dilemma is that the furniture is very heavy & I thought it would be easier to paint before the floors are installed and after I removed the heavy file cabinets and supply cabinets in my home office. I also thought if I got paint on my almost 20 year old carpet, it would not bother me since it is being removed. I am doing a prefinished engineered wood floor.

But you do have a point that despite the fact I am doing prefinished engineered wood and floating it, I wonder how messy it will get in my room?. I wonder if the floors should be installed first and then painted due to the dust? But it would be so much easier on me to paint first so that when my floors are done, I can wait only one day to move the furniture back into my two room home office and my family room (the third room)

deborahnj, thanks for letting me know. I must look into this since I want to download pictures from my camera.