Laura Ellis
Finding the right wall color is one of the top design decisions in any home, and we hope this post will make it that much easier for you. And nowadays, many people will pickle or whitewash darker wood flooring to achieve a paler look. In this room, soft beige walls with painted white trim look perfect with these floors. In this light-filled living space, the palest ash floors are paired with natural tones.
Two walls are painted a rich toffee brown that has the faintest undertone of yellow. The fireplace wall and ceilings are painted a warm white to keep the room from being too brown.
If you love a light and airy look, then you can't go wrong with a gorgeous shade of white. Here a bright, neutral white has been chosen to showcase the light-stained parquet flooring.
Here, a light gray wall and painted white trim allow the wood floor to shine.
This is a good thing because the floor is gorgeously full of natural wood grain and color variation. In this girl's room, light-colored, pickled floors are paired with feminine lavender paint. The built-ins, trims, and doors are similar to the floor color but with the slightest bit of lavender added in.
This very pale beige reflects natural light and acts as a subtle backdrop for any interior. In this simple living room, it picks up the floor's colors and balances out the darker tones of the furnishings.
Most stains for white and red oak flooring fall into the middle range.
On these walls, a deep, almost yellow sand tone is used to contrast with the hardwood flooring.
Because there's a large sliding glass door, the color doesn't darken the space. If there were no windows, the combination of deeper paint color and darker flooring might make the space too dark.
Hickory wood is interesting because it has a fair amount of gray in its undertone, making it one of the hardwoods' cooler families. A Greenish Greige Is A Beautiful Neutral Wall Color With Hardwood Flooring If you want a neutral that has a bit more interest than plain white or beige, why not choose a soft greige with a green undertone? In this room, the greenish greige paint is trimmed with white and serves as a beautiful companion to the cherry floors and kitchen cabinets. Walnut and darker stains for oaks and cherry are typically what we see when we think of the darkest hardwood floors. Elegant Chocolate Brown Paint With Deeply Red Cherry Floors
If you have loads of natural light, why not pick a rich pigment to match your flooring? Here bright, cool white mixes in with gray tile walls to showcase the deep, dark hardwood flooring.
In this clean-lined bedroom, the designer has mixed the beautiful dark wood of walnut with the outdoors' calming moss green. The trim work and cabinetry are painted in a soft white that may even hint at green. Both blue and gray are colors that go well with many furniture and home styles, so it's an easy choice to make. For more information on this, check out our blog post here: 21 Living Rooms With Blue Walls.
Bright pumpkin orange as the primary wall color and a contrasting turquoise blue as accents in the curtains and wall art gives the room a fresh, fun feeling.
