Aren't these flooring samples beautiful? We've been planning to put in some new flooring for an area to do art in and I had a strong picture in my mind of a lot of white walls and shelves with a jewel-bright floor. I sent off for lots of samples. The big pieces in the picture are linoleum from
Gerflor. The Colorette range looks great but they're not
quite so vibrant in the flesh.
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| Colorette from Gerflor |
The smallest squares in the top picture are vinyl samples from the aptly named
Colour Flooring Company. Their colours are actually brighter in the flesh than on their website:
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| Antelope range from the Colour Flooring Co. |
The middle sized squares in the top picture are from
Harvey Maria, who get extra points for their witty name and also sell lovely Cath Kidston vinyl. Their colours are divine.
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| Harvey Maria Colours collection |
The green is much lime-ier when you see it in the flesh. When I'd got my six samples from Harvey Maria I was completely flummoxed. I loved them all. I spent ages staring at them in isolation from each other, trying to imagine a wide sea of cherry red or deep, mustardy yellow. I imagined myself lying in a patch of sunlight, head on a cushion, reading a book on the soul-nourishing floor colour. But I couldn't commit to just one colour.
In the end I was veering towards Raspberry Pink as the most statement-like colour and push was going to come to shove. Then a discussion with my daughter put paid to the whole (long!) process. She said the pink would give her a migraine every time she went near it and that it would colour the whole room and everything in it pink. Is that really what I wanted for an art room? I had to admit there was something in her argument.
So we've ended up choosing this:
I'm a tiny bit sad but it's probably for the best. By the way, the above is also vinyl but looks so woodlike I think it's better than actual wood. No splinters for a start-off.
As a by-product, the process I went through to arrive at this point fed my colour-chart habit very satisfyingly and has also left me with the lovely little pile of samples that I'm sure I'll be able to do something with one of these days.
