We are having this dilemma in real time. they just stained the 1st floor of our 2013 built home. I wanted to refresh because the kids beat them up with scooters, etc when we first moved in and also the color ambered a lot over the years and was looking VERY orange... so we said let's just do the first floor since the 2nd is in relatively good shape but does have that more warm/amber tone. So now we have a custom blend downstairs going up the front stairs and the existing Early American on White Oak on the 2nd floor. See pics... I thought I could live with it, but now I'm 2nd guessing and wondering if we need to do the 2nd floor too... thoughts, photos welcome!

Hi Seajay! I am glad to see you are making progress! It is very rainy here today on the Gulf coast! I have a contractor remodeling our master bath right now! The soak tub has been converted to a walk-in shower. And the old shower is being framed as a closet! They have been here since Tuesday, and they are almost done today! Yay! The painter we are hiring just called and wants to start next Tuesday! OMG, my head is spinning!😂🤣😂

Personal opinion. If you look at the kitchens deco posted i think they look nice enough but would both have been even better with the same counters, i dont think the different perimeters add anything (except some visual chaos) in either case. Agree. One other thought. If I hadn't found my busy and exciting quartzite, i would have picked a very quiet stone or a plain quartz, paper stone, etc and then done an interesting backsplash with color.

I have 2 different lounge chairs in my living room, one with roll arms and a bit overstufffed with a floral-fruity print and the other boxy one with an ottoman upholstered in a solid pale velvet-y color. I have a very large upholstered European L-shaped sofa in a bright color in the corner so I wanted some contrast facing it. But if I had decided instead to make a room that was in neutrals then I would have looked for a pair of identical chairs in the same color. In fact, I think I would only ever get 2 identical chairs each in a different color if I was trying to go for a certain kind of design effect in the room. Might be interesting (like one pink chair and one black chair with a white sofa with black and white and pink pillows?) but it needs to look like a real choice, not that you liked the chairs but the store didn’t have 2 in the same color. ;)