Hate my new flooring which costs me £3.5k

[freesoul12]

I dont know what I want from this post . I chose the flooring from sample and now its laid in 70 percent of the floor. It looks fine at night with lights on but looks greenish tone in the morning. I am so upset with myself not making the right choice . it is LVT. Fitter is coming on Monday to finish the job. Still got £1700 flooring left in garage which can be returned.
I am thinking of just cut losses and return the rest of it then I thought I ll keep it for couple of years and then change it. I cant make a choice and on top of it have not discussed with hubby yet . please help me how can i make a decision as I am all over the place with my emotions.

If you want an off white, you could try linen white (dulux colour). You’d have to have it mixed up on a dulux mixing station as linen white is no longer sold as one of the colour hints.

Here’s the colour in our house (against the white doorframe and ceiling) and a pic from the dulux site with the reference code so you’d know what to ask for. It has a very subtle pink tinge, which is opposite on the colour wheel to green.

The floor is fine. It would be incredibly wasteful to change it tbh

@Solidarityovercharity

I don't mean this in a snarky way but it might help if you file this under the banner of first world problems I have that remind me of how lucky I am

If it wasn’t meant in a sarky way what way was it meant? Just unpleasant? Or were you going for mean instead?

We have LVT downstairs and it's an absolute dream - warm to touch, so easy to clean and doesn't scratch or mark like wood. I can't see any shade of green but a change in lighting and wall colour will have a big impact on the whole room and I doubt you'll notice the green tinge anymore. Looks lovely to me

I meant to add, I don’t see a green tinge either.

Where is the photo of the flooring. Can't see it anywhere.

Take a sample of your flooring to somewhere like Farrow and Ball, where I’ve always found the assistants really good with colour and small differences in shade and tone. Much more helpful than just going into b&q for some random samples. If you don’t want to pay F&B prices for the actual paint you can always get a colour match with a cheaper brand

@Viviennemary

Where is the photo of the flooring. Can't see it anywhere.

@Cheeeesecake posted it at 7.55 upthread, as OP’s attachment isn’t showing.

@Solidarityovercharity

I don't mean this in a snarky way but it might help if you file this under the banner of first world problems I have that remind me of how lucky I am

That’s quite nasty and not needed. If you feels it’s below you them walk on by.

Everything pales into insignificance. But you can still talk about it.

I mean this kindly OP - there are threads like this every so often where people make a big house purchase and regret it. Which makes me wonder if it is kind of a mental come down from spending a lot of money. When you spend the money you are not just thinking ‘I am getting new flooring’ but ‘I am getting this flooring it will look so amazing and really change my home to be more like a place I want to live and enjoy. I will be really happy. I’ll have a lovely dining room/kitchen and will be proud having my friends and family visit’ or something along those lines… so maybe the reality hits a little hard.

Obviously it’s up to you. If you want and can afford it send it back. But I wonder if it is more about reframing in your head. It’s a beautiful floor and good quality. You can play with tones of your walls/furniture to take away any green tones. And what do you think you will be saying in twenty years?

‘Haha remember when I got that floor and I thought it was too green?’

‘Remember in the twenties when LVT were all the rage? Can’t imagine that now!’

‘It was so great having Christmas dinner in that room when the kids were little. Remember Xmas 2027 when DS ran round and round with his new VR headset and nearly knocked the turkey on the floor?!’

Or even
‘Oh god I was so pleased when we replaced that floor always hated it. Oh well 🤷🏼‍♀️’

@Ragruggers that’s nonsense - sorry but they’ve not been truthful. We have karndean through downstairs and one plank was faulty so the guy came out (6 months after fitting) and removed the one plank and replaced it.

I sympathise had my hall stairs and landing painted in F&B ammonite and has a hideous green cast to it than you cannot see in small areas or at certain times of the day. Most people don't see it and think it just looks grey.

I think sometimes it's to do with the aspect of the rooms in our case, west. When it was done over the original magnolia walls the contrast was spectacularly awful so agree with changing the pain colour. We had the bedrooms done in dulux timeless and it goes beautifully.

Can definitely see a green tinge off the floor. I would cut my loses and return the unused stock.
I couldn’t live with flooring that long term

Thanks Arabella. It's a little bit pale. I agree that the colour you put on the walls will make a difference.

I’d paint the walls, magnolia is dated and gives everything a sickly tinge IMO

@Ragruggers

Just had Karndene fitted in the hall,took 2 men 2 days with 2 layers of marine ply under Beautiful but one piece is a darker shade laid right in the centre and looks wrong.We were told than the colours light oak would differ.Just going to live with it as would be impossible to remove without destroying it.Maybe after a while you will learn to live with it just annoying when you have spent so much.

It isn't true that you can't have that piece replaced without destroying the floor - we did exactly that in our kitchen when we very badly scratched a tile when we moved the fridge freezer. The fitter came back and replaced the damaged tile. You couldn't and cannot tell.

A pp has posted that LVT is a click lock system. Most of it is not, it's individual pieces that don't lock together, they are just laid side by side like ordinary tiling but without a gap that is then grouted.

Reserve judgement until you’ve seen it next to a true white - PBW, or Little Greene Shirting.

I'd be careful with a pink based neutral on the walls, sometimes a complementary colour can heighten the unwanted colour rather than neutralise it.

Your floor is lovely.

The problem is, you have chosen something similar to a white oak which naturally has a green undertone. The colour has been copied accurately by the LVT company.

I think your magnolia walls are too warm or ‘cream’ and are accentuating the slight green undertone in your floor colour.

You need a wall colour with a similar undertone and it will look gorgeous!

Not greenish. Pale. I think it's lovely. Change is often hard.

Choose a Tone That Complements the Wood’s Undertones. Take some time to examine your hardwood carefully to determine its undertones. If you prefer color on your walls without necessarily creating a bold effect, consider choosing a paint in the same color family as the undertones of your hardwood.

Magnolia has a pink undertone. Once you paint walls with cool undertone, the floor is less likely to look green.
It looks lovely in the photos.
I’ve just done a huge reno and spent months deciding on floors, worktops etc. I thought I had made a couple of mistakes at the time but now, six months in, I don’t notice any of them.

You could have solid wood for that price.

Have you got a photo of the whole room so we can see what it looks like against the walls?

@Solidarityovercharity

I don't mean this in a snarky way but it might help if you file this under the banner of first world problems I have that remind me of how lucky I am

Of course you meant it in a snarky way