Living Room Honey Oak Floors Grey Walls

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Living room honey oak floors grey walls. Crown molding white possibly even a shiplap. Now that you ve installed oak flooring in your home you ll need to select a color for the walls that complements the floors well. The walls were painted in a soft brown color with white moldings while the floors are perfectly polished pickled oak creating a light background for the interiors. Here in des moines there are thousands of homes built anywhere from the 80s through the early 2000s that still have honey oak trim built ins paneling and cabinetry.
Paint colors for oak floors can be especially tricky. Here are the two directions to transform your honey oak trim doors or cabinets with wall color. Best wall colors that will complement your gray flooring gray hardwood gray carpet gray tile or slate gray laminate or lvp gray floors have become very popular and super stylish over the years so naturally many of my customers ask my recommendations for the best paint shades for the gray floors or carpet. Neutralize it with a complimentary color.
Oak can be neutralized a bit by using colors around it that are on the opposite side of the color wheel. Due to the mezzanine floor the ceiling of this living room is really high and has been fixed with a very large ceiling fan which is a more modern and functional choice. Jul 9 2019 explore cynthia cushing s board updating rooms with oak trim on pinterest. I so appreciate the advice on your site about wall color to go with oak.
There is oak trim in our 1969 ranch home. So for orange oaks this means something with a purple or green tone. Paint hues in the same color scheme as the oak will result in a monochromatic effect for the room. Here that s demonstrated by a rich midnight blue like ppg s victory blue on the walls and a yellow orange tone on the wood.
My living room currently is that green with brown yellow undertones from the 90s. I ve always toyed w the idea of painting all the trim doors but this seems so daunting and stained trim is easy to keep clean. Complementary colors or hues on opposing sides of the color wheel will add attractive and sophisticated contrast to the wood floors. Complementary colors are those located directly across from each other on the color wheel.
We do not want to paint the ceiling or restain the floors but are leaning towards painting all the trim. Today i am sharing five light gray neutrals from benjamin moore that work well with medium to light honey oak trim cabinetry and flooring. But an easy to use color wheel rule comes into play in this dramatic room.