What colour timber floor to suit a grey house?

yellowdieselgolf · Aug 02, 2009 3:11 pm

The time to choose my flooring is expiring as my house is rapidly getting built.

My colours are various shades of grey. Carpets and tiles are dark and the cabinets are a light silvery colour with white benchtops.

I'm thinking of getting a laminate floor, but I don't want it to clash.

Any tips on colours?

Dukekamaya · Aug 02, 2009 3:22 pm

I think any timber floor would work.

*frosty* · Aug 02, 2009 8:15 pm

I think stick with light to med wood colours, going a dark stain will only take away from your grey colours.

Good Luck! ::celeb::

buildingadreamhome · Aug 04, 2009 10:30 pm

We were going to go with Formica Laminate in Smoke Cedar. Probably the only shade of grey laminate. It's very nice but we ended up with tiles instead. Anyway you can check it out on their website.

karol · Aug 05, 2009 5:58 pm

We have very dark wood floors and they do not suit darker greys at all - I had my heart set on grey for our kitchen but it looked shocking. The room looked tiny and just... odd.

I have seen a very classy home done with greys and standard pine floors. So I think light/medium would be a good finish for greys.

mek · Aug 06, 2009 8:06 am

I have a grey house, and went for tiles, but was also looking at wooden floors for a while, I think the best option would be Tassie Oak. My favourite was European Oak, but it was difficult to get. Anything blonde will do I guess, without orange/walnut undertones. This of course if your greys are cool, if they are warm, that changes things. I think.

yellowdieselgolf · Sep 10, 2009 10:43 pm

Thanks for the ideas guys . . . I'm still no closer to making a decision!

I went to 4 flooring shops today and I can't even get the shade right! I've looked at everything from "dark grey oiled oak" to whitewashed planks.

Anyway, I'll be sure to post pictures if I ever make a decision.