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What color vinyl flooring would loog good and not make house too dark

3 years ago

Cabinets are espresso colors and most of the furniture...the walls are light gray almost white.

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SJ McCarthy

3 years ago

OK...you have a very dark kitchen. You have dark cabs over dark cabs with medium counters. To keep the space feeling light and airy (and not a dark cave) you need to stay as close to white as possible.

As you've noticed the DARK cabinets suck the light right out of the air. So you have to put the light back in. The floors and the walls do that. The wall I can see looks like it has baby blue paint? Is that correct?

And the other thing: update your lighting. Pot lights are awesome for INTENSE light in ONE SPOT. The lighting 3 feet away is horrible. This works for kitchen work spaces but not so good for keeping a house 'well lit'.

Do you want the floors to run throughout the rest of the house as well? Can you load photos of the rest of the house?

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haydee u
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3 years ago
haydee u
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3 years ago
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haydee u
Original Author
3 years ago
The walls color ir a very light gray...almost white dependingnon the light. Yes I want the same floornfor the rest of the house, and yes we are changing the light I dont like it.
SJ McCarthy
3 years ago
Not just "a light" but ALL LIGHTS. That's what you do when adding a floor that will be darker than the white/light gray you already have.

You have very dark furniture which means a very light floor is a something that will help set off the furniture and keep the space very light.

The cabinets have a STRONG red base to them. But the counters have a strong GOLD tone to them. Sigh. This one is going to be tough.

Usually you would keep in the same colour tones as your cabinetry...but that would mean you would end up with a light pink wood. Not attractive.

Or you work with something that has the same tones as the counter top = gold. BUT gold can CLASH with red/cherry tones. Oh dear. Now you are in a pickle.

The cabinets could handle a gray floor but the COUNTER TOPS will not. Hmmmmm....what to do what to do.

When are you going to change ANYTHING in the kitchen? Do you like the counter tops?
haydee u thanked SJ McCarthy
haydee u
Original Author
3 years ago
Nopennot planning to change anything in the kitchen.

This are some colors that I liked but I am still looking...but not darker than those.

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