Very overwhelmed with colour choices please pick for me.

[SpiderPeter]

We’ve had to make a big insurance claim and between the shock, damage and disruption my brain is fried and I seem to be incapable of making any sort of decision.

I need paint colour choices from Johnson trade chart for living room, hallway/stairs/landing (big with high ceilings), kitchen, dinning room, bathroom , en-suite and master bedroom.

Kitchen choice from Howdens, kitchen is just a kitchen 3.5mx3.5m appliances include large fridge freezer with water dispenser, washing machine, dishwasher and double oven with 5 ring hob.

Bath room suite from Victoria Plumb for family bathroom, smallish room 3mx2.8m. Want a shower over the bath and a bath you have a bath in.

Living room sofa from DFS currently have power recliner corner sofa so like for like I believe, then furniture to go in the room from anywhere.

Dining table and 6 chairs and furniture.

Tiles for downstairs wet room, shower, basin, toilet from Victoria Plum.

Enginered wood floor up to £70sqm for downstairs (kitchen needs flooring as well, is this a bad choice for kitchen?)

Three lots of bathroom floor from Tapi Carpet.

stairs and landing carpet from Tapi Carpet.

Thank you

If I haven’t specified a shop/supplier than it’s our choice, where I named a supplier that is who the insurance company have said we must use.

Hope you're ok @SpiderPeter - sounds like there's been a lot of damage to get your head around!

I'd suggest going neutral to start with which gives you an opportunity to then add colour as you go or redecorate when you're in a better mindset. I was thinking off whites and wood/neutral carpet flooring but maybe with a bold kitchen if that's your thing? My only concern there would be if they would date... something like a shaker style kitchen with a granite or similar worktop would last for a long time though.

Sending big hugs.

Fine fabric with Prophetic sea for kitchen.
Prophetic sea for dining room.
Fine fabric for hall and landings.
Luxurious for bedroom.
Silverado for en suite.
Crystal oasis for main bathroom.
Beach grass or Butterfly bush for living room.

Witney is a good kitchen from Howdens. I like the navy.
I really like this range of tables and chairs: https://www.johnlewis.com/browse/furniture-lights/ercol-for-john-lewis-shalstone-living-dining-furniture-range/_/N-lv5f
These tiles are stunning, but I don’t know if they are within budget: https://victoriaplum.com/product/calcolo-hope-green-hexagon-gloss-ceramic-wall-tile-150-x-173mm

I would look on interior design websites, focus on lighter more neutral colour combinations as darker bolder ones are more problematic. and just copy it as close as possible.

Agree with shaker style kitchen in cream or off white and a mid-toned warm counter top. Add interest later with coloured accessories or feature tiles/paint.

Thank you @Someaddedsugar I am just so over whelmed with everything, dh is no help says “pick what you want I don’t mind.” We were flooded on the ground floor and storm damaged roof leaked badly upstairs which flooded some room up there. It has taken 3 months so far to dry the house out though a restoration company, they think I’m 2-3 weeks we will be dry and they will issue the certificate. The insurance appointed builder wants our choices asap as does Home Options the furniture and contents company instructed by the insurance. I just want to run away and hide!

I think I want Herringbone flooding throughout the hall, living room and dinning room, would like it in the kitchen as well but think that is probably a bad idea. The budget for the flooring is good, they have just said pick tiles and give them the manufacturer and product code.

Re flooring, get some quotes - if the £70sqm is inclusive of fitting, I don't think having herringbone is going to come in under budget unless you either lay it yourself just, don't or go cheap on the actually flooring. I was advised against engineered wood flooring for the kitchen. We went with LVT (Amtico) instead. I'd steer clear of tiles unless you have UFH.

What colours do you like? As it's not much help if people say oh pink, but you hate pink

Break it down a bit

Flooring is the big one so start there
Then kitchen units
Furniture
I would go wall colours last as you can work with that

Do you like light and airy or darker? Anything you're particularly drawn to like modern or farmhouse? Or anything you would hate for a bedroom or kitchen?

For instance I'm always drawn to blues, greens and greys and light wood
Would never have orange, yellow, pink or red

@SpiderPeter that sounds awful! Hopefully you can be settled soon 🤞🏻

@Viewfrommyhouse the £70sqm is for materials fitting will be by the appointed builder and in a separate budget.

@pelotonaddiction I know I don’t want grey, I like blue/greens, grey/greens, dark blues that sort of colour pallet for paints.

Kitchen I will probably play safe and pick white cabinets no idea what colour tiles or counter tops. Our house is only two years old so everything was still nice and new.

Blues could be really nice, these kind of tones for tiles or paint in the kitchen
Especially against white

I would probably go with a darker counter against the white too and stains less easily!

What did you have before/like??
Sounds you've been 'through the mill'

Polished pebble....

Everywhere

Sorry for your stress

I had to decorate, furnish etc a whole house myself too ( although not for unfortunate reasons like you ) and hated making decisions like this although I know some people love it!

I found that if you do want the same flooring throughout then you can get that if you go the fake route. I was going to go for engineered wood but then discovered that a laminate I surprisingly liked the look of was water resistant and so used it in the kitchen, utility and bathrooms as well as bedrooms and living areas. Have had no issues with it yet despite kids and pets and it made one decision easier 🤣 It was only about £25 a sqm though so probably not high end enough for most. Maybe you could check out pricier ones though? I always thought laminate was shiny and felt plasticky but even this cheaper stuff looks/ feels pretty real once down and I love the way having the same flooring everywhere makes the rooms flow and the house feel bigger somehow.

But then maybe my aesthetic taste is suspect 🤣as I also painted every room a soft white (cheap washable paint with kids in mind! but colour wise works surprisingly well with the warm “Oak” floors) and added interest instead by focusing on different bright colour soft furnishings, pictures etc in each room instead.

I used the money/time I saved on using the same flooring and paint to focus on the kitchen - solid wood shaker in a chalky white (top tip - lots of soft close pan drawers instead of cupboards as drawers are so much easier for easily getting hold of everything even food/ crockery , though they cost more to put in than cupboards) and lovely white/grey/beige speckled quartz work surfaces. Again added colour in pictures and soft furnishings.

Anyway long story short! 🤣 - I agree with the others who said go for neutrals or white OP for the things not easily changed (floor, kitchen units, bathroom tiles) and go wild with the things that can. That way if you hate them in a year or two it’s easily changed. Oh and “wooden” floors and neutral, speckled work surfaces/bathroom wall tiles hide a multitude of sins!