I actually love the set in both colors and feel it depends on the colors you will use around it, the wall colors and the bedding you plan to use. I have a durham set (discontinued Royal Cottage) that I bought in 2007 and I LOVE my furniture set. It is built so well out of solid maple and came all matching (Stanley's stain/paint colors did not match within the bedroom set I bought!), with no cracks and none of the problems that I had with my damaged Stanley Furniture set that I returned. Durham Furniture is made in Canada and when I called them, they gave me a few furniture dealers near me that they recommended. They answered all my questions and I was very impressed with them. My room is small and I wanted many pieces so I went with a light set to fit more pieces in my room without it looking too crowded.

I think its better if you contact some retailers shop in your town.

Annie I agree with you, but this is our young single sons first home and he is set on leather. This is a new build w/ a two story family room w/ hardwood floors and lots of windows with heavy white mouldings that look into the woods. The family room is open to the dinette, kitchen and morning/sun room. Eventually there will be an area rug, and panels on the windows. There will also be a chair or two in cloth. I'm hoping that between pillows on the sofas, WT's, cloth chair(s) and an area rug, and being a large open area that the four pieces of leather will less noticable if that makes sense.

Laurie, Thank you! I love the floor too. DH says there are things we really did right in building our home (and wrong!! LOL) but this floor is one of the good decisions. It's engineered and from the "Old World" collection of a company called Provenza. It's wide plank white oak...rustic with lots of knots. And, the easiest flooring I've ever had. Bar none. Because it's natural, no stain on it, small scratches don't show or they blend right into the rustic nature of the wood. Even larger scratches seem to just get lost in the floor, like they become part of it. Taking care of the floor is a simple vacuum and occasional damp/dry mop using a solution we got from the company. I even dripped some rasberry juice on it once and it came right up with a damp sponge. Plus it's Bree's hair color!!! LOL Our cabinets are select alder. The stain was made by our painter to match the darker streaks in the oak floor. Here is a link that might be useful: Provenza Old World collection