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Discontinued Flooring Dilemma

28 days ago

Hi! First time posting- I’m a bullet points kinda gal!

Project: Swapping formal living room and dining room

Purpose: To create larger dining space

Dilemma: Intended flooring (Manchurian Walnut) no longer in production; did nationwide search but no company had the amount needed (330 ft.²)

Question: Seeking recommendations for flooring that would complement the existing Manchurian walnut surrounding this (future) dining room.

Potentially relevant notes:

• Previously had white carpet in this room, blue carpet pad remains for now.

• The existing dining room which is partially pictured will be converted into a parlor room/small living room.

• We do intend to keep the Manchurian walnut flooring in that room as well as the foyer (also pictured); the walnut flooring extends throughout our main floor, stairs, and upstairs landing/corridor areas. For this reason, we would prefer not to start over with an entirely different kind of wood flooring - primarily because we expect to be moving within the next year or two.

• Disregard beige walls and contrasting picture molding, I plan to choose paint colors after committing to flooring- given that’s the wildcard.

• Overall design goal: Mix styles btwn mid-century, moody, with a little bit of traditional. My other living room on the same floor (not adjacent to any rooms pictured) is more of a transitional style with neutral palettes, providing a bit of flexibility in choosing a design style for the other rooms.

• Previous furniture in room(s) pictured was robust- “heavy” and dark like the walnut flooring; it is still partially pictured in former dining room- the plan is to swap it all out to achieve a more contemporary style....but now everything hinges on the flooring.

∙ Despite that the walnut flooring is a warm tone, I was hoping to lean away from too much "warm" which has proven to be tricky since I have to work with the walnut regardless.

∙ I am not opposed to tearing out the foyer/entryway flooring if it allows for more flexibility, however would likely need to extend to hallway since there is no interruption. Also would still need to consider that the former dining room (future parlor room) would still have the walnut flooring and is adjacent to the room in question.

• Flooring options considered: tile, marble, checkered tile/marble, etc….everything but carpet.

With alllll of that said, I’ve completely hit a wall and welcome any suggestions!

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