Brown hazelnut cabinets and brown brick - help choosing flooring & pt
Hi there,
My flooring has recently developed a big bubble and needs to be replaced. I HATE how the color of the floors match the cabinets. I think there needs to be more of a contrast. I'm thinking of
1) Choosing a light wash vinyl (either gray wash painted wood look? white wash? or very light wood?) AND white washing the fireplace brick and leaving all of the cabinetry alone. OR
2) Changing the floors to a dark wood vinyl and painting the cabinets and brick white. There is not much sunlight in this room, so I'm worried this option would not work.
Any advice and help is appreciated!!
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Lydia Atkinson
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lindastein
5 years ago
PROBeth H. :
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoyou want to take out wood flooring and replace w/vinyl? Or is what is there a laminate? hard to tell in the photo. (it doesn't look bad)
if it's real wood, keep it. If it's not, get real wood. please. No gray laminate flooring. for what you would spend on that, you could do an engineered white oak.
to paint your cabinets properly would be in the 4K range. They are almost the same wood tone as mine. I'm tired of it so I've chosen to paint my cabinets. I think if you're tired of all the same wood tone, painting them a neutral white and installing a backsplash would look fine
if you paint the fireplace area, it could look similar to this
I believe what you need are some accessories with color/interest to change it up a bit.why not bring in a nice rug, something with a bit of color/pattern? maybe a chandelier?
I wouldn't mind the cabs next to the FP being painted, but the wood does look nice w/the brick.black looks great w/this wood tone. notice the chandy,,some art, etc,
Lydia Atkinson
5 years agoLydia Atkinson
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Beth H. :
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agowell, that's baloney. if the cabinets are prepped/primed and painted properly, they should last just as long as factory painted. I'm having mine sprayed with a pre-cat lacquer. does your quote mention how they prep and paint?
if you want to reface, that's a great option as well. I would NOT go w/home depot or lowes because they gouge you w/the prices. contact a local cabinet maker and refinisher if doing that.
have you thought about doing a tile floor? something large like 24x24 or 30x30 tiles? basalt would look great. its a deep charcoal
or a porcelain
but, they do have some decent looking laminate. this is Coretec.
or polish your cement slab
and of course Fla is famous for those terrazzo tiles
as for the brick, I think it depends what else you will be doing w/the kitchen. if painting them white, and doing the floor in something lighter, then I think you could do a lime wash on your brick and paint those cabinets next to it. (you could do a diff color on those instead of the white)
look at Romabio for your brick
Lydia Atkinson
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