@katiejeane i am glad i came across your post of red oak flooring. i have been trying for months to get the color right and love your home and floor. I have some questions and hope you dont mind me asking. do you get a lot of natural light? What sun exposure do you have? id love to see the floor up close to see the background color and grain. would you mind posting a picture? what poly did you apply and what finish: extra matte or satin? hoping you did not water pop or pretreat the floor to get the red out since we are not doing those things. you still love it and have no regrets? i have tried every combination that i have resorted to non-mixed colors of special walnut, and provincial, and mixed of medium brown/rustic, chestnut/rustic and going to try your mix of medium brown/weathered. what were your runner ups. So afraid to pick wrong again (first pick i selected weathered oak and what a distaster - way to pink on red oak). yoir guidance and insight are welcome. looking to put this part of the project behind me.

Thanks Cheryl! I hope that's the case with this paint color as well. There can't be anything worse than that contractor's yellow in our ENTIRE house. I have a hard time picturing everything together though - I painted our upstairs bedroom a darker grey and it's more on the warm side. I also put down dark flooring in there and have since decided that dark floor and pet hair don't match. So, I am stuck with those colors in the bedroom! Hoping I can figure out the colors downstairs.

IMO I need to see the actual color of the trim.But I rarely would mix warm and cool together . I need pictures for sure and what color walls have you used with the trim.

I don't understand. You want griege, which doesn't work w/the tiles (as you have encountered). You're choosing colors that have too much gray in them. What's wrong w/Loggia or Shiitake? I think either of those would be great w/your floor tile. similar to Balboa Mist, but has more of the yellow tones to it. Or, have you tried these? You have a dominant tile floor. if you don't want to match the tone of the tile, then choose a contrasting color. (blues/ greens, etc) But to try and force a certain color range to work in that spot is silly. However, here are some of those tones you like. maybe you can find one. if you lighten the grout in those tiles, you may find certain colors work better. Grout Renew