Thank you I'm so glad you mentioned waiting on the paint. Good point!

Do you know if a warm white or a cool white wall will reduce the redness of the floor?

While I get the idea behind choosing the paint last, I’m not sure about doing the actual painting after everything else...I hope that the painters chosen are super extra careful when they paint or there will be messes to correct when paint gets on the newly installed everything.

A warm white will work with the red tones but in a subtle manner, a cool white will make the red stand out in a not so great way.

I actually like your paint and flooring colors. I think the problem is the color of the fireplace brick. If it were me, I'd paint it the same as your trim and ceiling color. The yellow tones in the brick are not working with the floor.

With any paint color you need to look at all the other things like cabinet and floor choices when selecting the paint - I’ve gone as far as to have brought a drawer and a piece of the flooring into a paint store with me to choose.

Sabrina, I agree! The fireplace is really out of place.

Thanks Jenn!! We will try looking for a warmer white.

To get rid of warmth (ie. red) from a RED-brown floor = get rid of the floor. I'm sorry but that is the truth of the situation. Red-brown doesn't like to play nice with grays. You can see that with the colour clash in the fireplace (yes...there is a flooring/fireplace colour clash) and the gray in the walls.

Sure the green belt is throwing green into the space....but that only occurs when the sun is up. I would say the flooring was chosen to match the cabinets. Now that you are changing the kitchen to gray/white/blue or black, you are going to have a heck of a time working around the red-brown.

To fix the problem with the floor colour, you have to change the floor colour. This is where a whole home/space approach is wise to consider when looking at a kitchen renovation. Now that the "match" to the cabinets is going to change, you will probably need to look at new flooring to help you move towards your goal.

Hi SJ,

I agree and unfortunately we can not afford to replace the floors. They are laminate so staining is also not an option. I wonder if I should go for a warm blue lower cabinet color like the attached photo? Maybe we just need to accept the red floors and get all the other hues to agree and not clash with it...

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/362891682468705286/

That's the way I would go if new flooring isn't in the budget. Just remember: gray does NOT play nicely with red. It just doesn't. If you want gray, then remove the floor. If you can pick something else, then you can leave the floor. It is one or the other. It would take an experienced Kitchen Designer to get you both...and it does not sound like you have one on board.

And just so you know....white looks AMAZING with floors like these. Just saying.

I disagree - gray *can* work well with a reddish toned floor and even reddish toned cabinets, or I wouldn’t have both with light French gray walls. Everything in the house other than wood furniture, cabinets and floors is either cool toned or neutral toned. But unlike our previous house, the colors are more neutral (not warm or cool) based.

For your space, how about
white walls (matching the white on window shutters), gray ceilings (matching the
gray on your ceiling beam), and white/ gray brick fireplace to tie in all? I am
following this thread closely for paint color suggestions. (I have the same
color floors and kitchen cabinets and want to change the wall/ceiling paint too
;)

Hi Cabreraev, thanks for the suggestion. Please keep me posted on how it works out for your renovation. I would love to see the results!

I followed my own advice and painted my walls and ceilings white. Mine is a fairly large, mostly open space (FR is open to kitchen, and kitchen connects by arched pass through to DR). If it helps with your decision: the white paint made the floors and cabinets pop-out more and the room looks larger than before. Now I would have to find a way to cut/soften the "horizontal expanse" ;)