gray paint and hardwood floors

[curlygirlygirl]

I went to SW to pick up some paint samples and left feeling a little uneasy about my choices.  I have been thinking that I want to choose a gray for our bedroom, but the salesman said that it might not work as well as we want it to because we have hardwoods.

Do any of you have hardwoods and gray paint in your house?  Any thoughts on this would be appreciated, and if it makes a difference we have a dark acacia.

[cajungal]

Are you planning on doing a true gray? We just did a light blue-gray in our office. We have dark hardwood floors and love how it turned out.

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[ktzmoh]

I have grey walls and oak floors. I love it. Pics are in my bio, but seriously there are a million Greta , one to go with everything. If they are dark, think about a lighter grey maybe?

[curlygirlygirl]

Perfect - I really appreciate input from the both of you! I think it's going to come down to getting some samples tomorrow to paint onto the walls. I've found a couple greige samples I want to see in person too.

[bunch]

I think that almost any gray would go with any hardwood floor. That guy is crazy.

[pamela]

Another vote for sales guy doesn't know what he's talking about. DS's room is gray with an oak floor. Looks great.

[nomad100]

May 26, 2013 7:06:44 GMT -5 bunch said:

I think that almost any gray would go with any hardwood floor. That guy is crazy.

This.  Especially with dark floors. 

Now if you had really yellow-y oak, yeah, gray may be tough but dark brown?  Dude is crazy!

[whitemerlot]

I have gray in one area and blue gray in another and both look great with my oak floors.

I used Sherwin Williams Misty for my gray and then Hinting Blue for the blue gray.

[OG Jo]

Our master is painted Dolphin Grey, and last weekend I put in cherry Allure flooring. I actually LIKE the gray better than I did before the 'hardwoods' were in! I say go for it.

[tarheels]

If you have orange oak, I agree with the SW guy that gray can look less than stellar. Depends on the shade.

There are grieges with dark HW in the cosmetic updates link in my siggy.

[jennifertx]

I think a gray similar to BM Revere Pewter would look great with dark hardwoods.

[prazenjc]

even with the orangey oak floors, grey work wonderfully. they are complimentary.

paint guy needs to just sell paint. if he doesn't have any design training he shouldn't say anything.

[candreco]

Agree w/ pp's, we've got oak floors and have several greys on various walls, and it looks great. I feel like wood and grey are both neutrals here.

[emoflamingo]

I have (almost orange) oak floors and gray walls in my bedroom. It looks fine. What's the worst that can happen, you buy another thing of paint and redo it? In the grand scheme of home decorating, paint is one of the easiest things to fix.

[curlygirlygirl]

May 27, 2013 10:21:17 GMT -5 @crackhabit said:

Can you PIP your floor?

ok, don't laugh, but here it is.  We were quite surprised to find this lovely wallpaper in our kitchen when we removed the wainscoting!

And I really appreciate everyone's help here.  We ended up going with Behr perfect taupe in the family room and for our bedroom a combination of Behr perfect taupe and Behr intellectual will go on the wall behind our bed.  


I can't wait to see it all come together... our house is such a hot mess right now, but after the floor is completely finished, and our master bathroom and new walkin closet are done I think it will be like an entirely different house!!

[curlygirlygirl]

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[curlygirlygirl]

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[lightbulbsun]

I think with that floor gray will look really nice. 

I have wood floors and light gray paint, and I think it looks fine: