Those carpets look mauve. Try a gray.

They do look mauve in the picture. Ick. The darker one is actually quite gray/brown in person. I did see a bit of a pinkish tone in the lighter one when I was taking the picture, though, so I'll avoid that one. I think I just need to head back to the carpet store and try in another price range. :-(

Cancork, good advice. The LVP doesn't look quite that Orange in person. I took the picture while outside and I think the slant of the sun added red to everything. It does have some orange, though, so you're probably right that we need to start there and work from LVP to carpet to stone.

It's been frustrating; we really can't afford to buy new dining room furniture, and don't really want to, anyway. It's all good quality stuff, a beautiful transitional China cabinet, a custom table that has 13 leaves (so it seats 20 or so) and a custom side table. But back when we first married 12 years ago, we had no idea that China cabinet would end up forcing us to work a whole house around it. I like it, but I do wish it were less orange. Hindsight.

I like the lvp. Yes it's got orange in it. Okay.

Look darker? Or yes, blue. Green? Think outside the "gray" box?

Good luck!

All great and valid advice from the posters. You may also broaden your carpet selections to include patterned carpet to help your LVP play nice with your stone and china cabinet. I read "children" in the post and pattern carpet has many advantages regarding the practical side of life. You may check out the following manufacturers (patterns range from simple/basic color blends, urban, traditional, contemporary - you name it): Stanton Royal Dutch, Karastan Metropolitan, Milliken, & Lexmark residential (they are known for their commercial "hotel/hospitality carpets", but have a budget friendly residential line). There are many others - this will get you started if you visit their websites.

Couture floor company, for some reason your comment isn't showing up for me, even though I got an email saying you'd responded. Can you repost it, please?

I went and looked at carpet again today and am having 5 samples sent to me, and I went and got a couple more stone samples. I have a feeling we'll go with the one we already have picked for the exterior. I'm hoping some combination of these works better. I tried to stay away from gray and pink tones as those seemed to fight the most with the LVP.

housequester- So sorry the comment isn't showing. Not sure what is happening with the forum. Below is our suggestion. Maybe bring a bit more warmth to the fireplace stone and carpet. I've also given some links for inpspiration **these are not photos of our work** just wanted to give that disclaimer. :)

I really like the warmth tones in the exterior stone which will then play on the warmth from the LVP once that front door opens. I get the design concept and really like the continuity. However, what is difficult to marry are the warm tones and the cool tones of the stone for the fireplace and carpet. My suggestion would be to find a fireplace stone with a bit more warmth tone to it. Maybe a 'greige' where it will have a warm beige undertone and you can pick a carpet to bring it all together.

Fireplace Inspiration

If you click on the large picture to the right, the second picture in the list is a really cool design concept to bring all the colors together coherently without clashing.

Fireplace Inspiration warmth and cool tones

Here is another link from pinterest.

Textured Tone on Tone Carpet

Also, a nice textured tone on tone carpet may be worth considering.

Hope this helps!

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Dumb question but why wouldn't you extend the LVP into the living room and then add an area rug. This way if you ever tire of the rug, it's easy to change up and there are some great ones that would add some color, and tie all your elements together vs a "solid" color carpet. Plus people are moving away from carpeting public rooms that get more wear and tear. In 5 years, the LVP will still look almost new but the carpet will look worn.

The LVP is a nice choice and will read neutral once you have all your elements in the house.

CP: not a dumb question. It's a logical idea, and one I would embrace whole heartedly, but I cannot get my husband on board after repeated tries so I've given up. Of course, if we can't find carpet, I may convince him yet!

Couture Floor, would you believe, your post FINALLY showed up, over a day after I got the notice you had responded. I'm not sure what cyber maze it's been in all this time!

I really like the fireplace pictures you sent. The beige tone on tone is really pretty. I'll have to research it further. Thanks!