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Need help with deciding carpet for refinishing second floor

2 years ago

My husband and I purchased a house and are in the process or doing some renovations/upgrades on the second floor. We are trying to pick things we like but are getting worried about picking things that don't match. Can you help us with deciding the carpet?

Background: We like COLORS! We are not fans of everything being gray/white/neutral like the trends are lately. He is from Mexico so we chose to do "a la Mexican hacienda" for our inspiration on the second floor.

Photos:

1. refinished wood floors on first floor (the stairs match this and we will get a stair runner carpet)

2. colors of the rooms upstairs - Aquarium is bathroom, Danube is master bedroom, yellow and green are the other bedrooms

3. our "door inspo" for the bedroom/bathroom doors that we want to get upstairs (Should we stain them to match the coloring of the first floor wood floors?)

4. the carpet colors we are deciding between - to blend with the rooms and the stain on the stairs....

5. the green room... is it too green?? Now we are debating to paint that wall on the right side to be white, so it's almost like a reverse-accent wall.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Waht are the floors now? IMO wall to wall carpet is never a good choice for flooring so I would do the same floor as the main floor then add as colorful a rug as you like in eacj space . BTW wall color is usually the last thing you choose after all the other elements are in place and barn doors are not a good idea for bathrooms or bedrooms I still lke wall color to be a bit more neutral and then add all the color you like with bedding , rugs etc easy to change and the walls just act as a backdrop for all the wonderful color. See how all the colors pop in this space
palimpsest
2 years ago
If you are carpeting the individual bedrooms, I would choose carpet for each room that went with the color scheme rather than a neutral I think.
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You have: WARM travertine tile on the first floor. You have DARK warm wood cabinets. You have WARM countertops. The LAST thing you want sitting next to that BEAUTIFUL WARM coloured stone is gray. No gray. Nothing in your home says "I need gray to make it perfect". Nothing. Your furniture will change. Your area rugs will change. Your wall colours will change. They will all change inside of 15 years. But your PERMANENT stone or tile floors will STAY. If you must use a tile next to stone, I suggest working in the same tones. You can go darker or you can go lighter but stay inside the SAME TONES as the travertine. If you REALLY MUST HAVE GRAY - then rip out the travertine and start again. Gray and peach stone/tile do not like to play nicely together. It screams out, "I didn't want to pay to do it properly." I would recommend finding MORE travertine in a different sized tile and add it in at an angle (diagonal install). You can find a stone that is either a little darker or a little lighter. You can then add a decorative boarder to the rooms where you are installing it so that it looks like you did it on purpose. This is a great way to add more of the high-end stone to a space that already has high-end stone. But please do not add gray in with peach. They just don't like each other. Flooring snobs, like myself can see it right away. We KNOW when something has been done piece meal. We also know when someone did the piece meal NICELY vs. someone who did it without a thought to the overall look of the floor. Compliment the stone you are keeping. Let your area rugs turn the space gray. That trend is quickly dying. It makes sense to throw out a rug in 3 years. It doesn't make sense to rip out a tile floor in 3 years.
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The light beige color is already installed in your green room. Do you like it?

For vibrant wall colors, a medium brown or dark brown often looks a lot better than a light beige. Try some samples that match the medium and dark browns in your first floor wood.

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