Color Catastrophy
First - I'm VERY color blind (unusual for women, I know). Second, knowing this I hired a designer to help pick colors and point me in the right direction. Finally, much of the plan fell apart when the major theme (dark mahogany floor) could not be laid due to leveling issues - long story! Anyway, I am now faced with a dark floor, medium wood doors and trim (solid wood so I'd rather not paint them since they run through out the house) and no idea what to to with the theme or colors. If anyone has any suggestions or even better - pictures - I would be forever grateful! This same flooring and wood now exist in the kitchen and dining room and I am now faced with choosing carpet for the living room in between the two due to the leveling issues. Thank you!
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I hate to see people having to give up on their floor of choice because of structural/leveling issues. I'm just very curious as to what happened...if you have the time and inclination to get in to it, that is.
I think the stools in the kitchen are a little on the heavy side or maybe masculine. They overshadow you cabinets. I think you need some fabric on the windows and will need to either have crown molding installed on your top cabinets or decorate them with some LARGE items - platters, vases, jugs, baskets - whatever your style.
Leveling: The issue in summary was that the original house was built in about 1960. The house we bought was built in 1999 on the same lot. Somewhere along the lines, the main floor was off by tolerances not permitted by the flooring (laminate hardwood). Unfortunately , this was unknown to us before installation began since it was mostly carpeted. It was not until installation began that we learned of this issue. Once levelers were brought in, we learned we would either have to carpet the middle room or undo the laminate installation in the kitchen (and then adjust all clearances including all doorways and doors - which was much more than we cared to do at this point since we have many other aspects of the house to address right now.). Very disappointing. I did pay to have some of it leveled but it still leaves us with having to choose carpet where we hadn't planned on carpeting.
Other comments: I love the idea of cool colors and that was my original plan. I think I may revisit that given the comments here.
Again, thank you so much for the help!
Bordeaux Red 1365 could be used as an accent and Berber White 955 as a neutral... A soft warm gray carpet for the area between rooms.
Hope this is helpful. Good Luck!
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I am thinking of doing the living room in BM revere pewter with the blue gray color in the kitchen...