Can you take a photo of the rest of the room?

The room would not have any of the furniture, paintings, window treatments or objects seen in this picture. It connects to a vintage green kitchen I posted elsewhere. The wall you cannot see facing the couch is a wall of sheer glass the length of the room. Under the blue carpet is a cement slab. It is possible that I should make the floor of this entire room and the connecting dining area and green kitchen one surface to have a smoother look and feel.

Is that a yellow brick wall in the room? Are you willing to paint it? The ceiling is yellow, the wall is yellow...I would hesitate to put any more 'yellow' wood in this space. Having 3 out of 6 sides of a cube all the same colour can be overwhelming.

I was thinking of this engineered white oak.... in a wide plank. The ceiling is actually more ashy, like this....too.

or else, a floor like the one in this picture.

I am returning to this post. Don't know if anyone will see it. We are considering this wood for the floor under our post and beam ceiling. Do not think I want cement. Tiles are very hard for the entire house. This house is a midcentury modern.

Do you think this avoids the "yellow" trap?

This wood is very even toned--also, trying to avoid a "busy" feel.

If this is the floor you are looking at, I suggest painting the beams white or off white. If you leave them dark you with have 3 DIFFERENT wood colour/themes in the same room (4 if you incude the wood trim around the wall). That's a bit too much.

If you go with white painted beams it will TIE IN these pink/mauve 'white washed' wood planks. And yes...there is plenty of pink in that sample. And tones of lavender. Be VERY aware of what that will look like with 1000sf or more.

If the ceiling is ash (or more ash toned) then why not use ash?

Here are two other shades: The darker one is the same color as the kitchen cabinets and the light soffits. The lighter is closer to ash --hold on, I'll get a pic of the room up, shortly.

Here is the rest of the room:

1. living room -wide view

2. color of wood in new kitchen

3. ash ceiling

4. ash ceiling and stone wall

Wood and more wood isn’t the right look for a MCM. Its not a rustic cabin in the Rockies. Its a sleek minimslistic modern version of bringing a man managed view of nature indoors. Terrazzo, stained concrete, slate, saltillo, quarry tile, broken marble mosaic, or carpet, would be the choices that suit a MCM home. And then add rugs for softness.

perhaps a cork floor would be better. Like one of these from globus:

Notice how the gray carpet (ick) creates a monolithic look? And the tiled/hard finish in the dining area as well? No seams. No direction. That's what you want to try to mimic. A cork floor would certainly do that. Large format tiles in a non-directional (even cement look) would do VERY well here.

I would not want to add MORE wood into this space. The kitchen is ash. The ceilings are ash. The fireplace (brick in an ash tone with a directional pattern) and you have wood trim and GREEN PAINTED wood beams. Wow. That's a lot of wood with direction to it.

I see where you are trying to go. It can work. Be aware the pink in those floors is going to wrap you in a 'pink wood' room.

Do you like the green trim/beams?

SJ McCarthy --Can you suggest a cork that would work better without going too dark? You are a cork expert? Which cork should I look at? Pam

Here's a gray cork from globus with very little character in it ---that is what I want. I think we could go a little lighter --and suggestions for brand?

If you found it at Globus (excellent company BTW) then you will purchase from Globus. The cork dealers keep their colour line-ups a little different. In your situation, you can use a floating floor to save some money...but the glue down tile (which is a Globus specialty) is the way to go. A properly installed glue down cork tile WILL COST the same amount as a STONE or HIGH-END tile installation. The TOTAL cost of the job will be equal.

The 'issue' with cork is it is a STRONG yellow. Gold/brass is really it's natural colour. To get RID of those tones and create a gray, you MUST use a deeper gray. As soon as you go LIGHTER you go YELLOW. And I've seen it. It is DISTURBINGLY UGLY....like FUGLY type ugly.

The COOL thing about cork, even with HEAVY STAINING is it LIGHTENS. Yes. That strong gold/brass turns BLONDE. As in Lady Gaga blonde! Marilyn Monroe blonde! Gwen Stefani blonde! Now imagine the deeper gray sitting on a very pale wood....it is LIGHTER.

Globus is a company that is IMPRESSIVE. If I could afford Globus (I'm in Canada so I would go with Duro Design Cork = same type of product/line/colour options) I would go with Globus.

A properly installed Globus cork floor = 150 years of service. Only STONE has that type of durability.

Thanks!! So I take it you like the gray from Globus better. We have a concrete slab in Southern California. The house is at the edge of a canyon, so you have to go down from street level to get to the flat plot of land where the house sits. Is this going to be okay with a concrete slab that, at the front end, sits below the street? We will have great hvac.... the slab is in good shape, a small area of the house is elevated and has a plywood slab instead of concrete.

Globus also has ocean fog, here are the two grays together: the second is definitely too dark for our space.

Globus should have a sealant/glue system for your situation. When you purchase from Globus, it is my understanding (so don't quote me here) that they send a FULLY trained team to do the install. And that's where the big bucks come in.

again returning to this old post. Considering superbleach color cork

from Duro in 24x24 --because the right globus colors are too pink:

https://www.duro-design.com/en/colors/marmol/#14217-9

Thanks SJ --I think that will be fine for this midcentury modern. It might even look better. I want those pinks bleached out. But yes, I'm going to do this experiement I don't have any southern exposure at the moment.... in fact our house, when it is done and habitable, itself will have just a single southern exposure. Most of the exposure is East. Pam