Faron, thank you, thank you! I really appreciate your time and thought. I swatched Flour Sack White, Deep Cream, and Roadster White on my walls, and found FSW to be too yellow, Deep Cream just a bit too pale (but in my room it's not at all grey -- it's right on the cusp of pale beige and ivory, and it's so pretty!), and Roadster White not a dark enough white. I wasn't quite sure where to go from there, but I chatted with my HD paint guy, who is, unexpectedly, nice, patient, thoughtful, and creative... I'd never have expected to find a real paint guy at Home Despot, but there you go. (I raved about him to the manager, who smiled knowingly and said, yeah, everyone loves Jason.) He offered to remix Deep Cream at 125% to see whether it'd be dark enough. And I think I'll buy one last test quart of Muslin. Jason printed out the formulas for me, and the HD colorants are (all in the 48 column, whatever that means): Deep Cream: AX 22, B (black) 2, R (exterior red) 6. Muslin: C 46, B 8, R 10. I'm guessing Muslin will wind up looking like a deeper shade of Deep Cream at 125%.... and I bet my DH will laugh really, really hard when he hears that I'm at the point of analyzing color formulas just to find the right shade of beige paint. Um, maybe I won't tell him. (and you too, Faron, stop laughing!)

Sometimes decorating around what is often a "design mistake" is a 2nd mistake. If one does not like the first mistake, the 2nd won't somehow neutralize it. I once had a client who carpeted the entire, LARGE first floor of her house with rust, somewhat "shady" wool carpet. A VERY expensive mistake and one she should not have tried to decorate around. She finally gave in and had it taken up, to her husband's great chagrin. A mistake is a mistake. I'd save my money and replace those floors before doing anything else.

Well shoot. Having just said that, but looking at your last picture, I think the cream in the cabs and the white in the baseboard are fighting. :( Do you like it overall? Like when you stand back and look at it as a whole, does it look good? Because that's more important than a close-up picture. I definitely get the stress of picking colors. I was pretty nuts when I did it. Not only did I test a million, but I made a speadsheet and made notes for each color at each time/light source I tested. Sometimes it seemed like overkill, but when Snowfall White appeared as an obvious winner (all rated "good" or "very good" for each category), I was happy with the process. I was trying to match it with Glacier White Corian, and it seemed harder than it should have been. My designer hadn't done much with Corian, so she didn't have a go-to white.

Hi! Yes, I think Bona high traffic. Or maybe that was the sealer they used. I think they used Dura Seal. Just found this sample sheet in my kitchen draw. We used the middle sample. QC 11 Hope this helps! We put a matte finish on the floors. Very little shine to it. It’s great but note that if you go that route. You can’t really scoot things that would scratch across the wood. It removes the matte and you will see a sheen streak in the right lighting or angle. Just a heads up if you go that route. Not too big of a deal, if you know in advance. We pic up and slide anything a tad heavy. Pads for bar stools etc.. Best of luck! Lmk if you have any more questions 😊