Expert: Dan Griffin - 12/20/2011

Question
Flooring & Wall decoration

Hi, currently my jeweler shop construction is goin on, now the time for flooring. i m planning to use pale cream color granite for flooring & wall. but want to use pale-cream eighter on floor or wall. pls give some idea for color matchings with pale-cream.

or can u suggest me some other color combinations that can be use in my shop for wall & floor.

my shop Area is 140 sqft. & we dont sell jewelry. we just design & make them in shop and then sell them to another jewelry shop meaning we dont need to desplay our jewelry at shop.

Thanks in Advance!
Kedar/..

Answer
Kedar, I learned long ago NOT to have anything to do with colors.  I have very strong opinions and I believe I have good taste as to colors, but women seldom agree with me or with each other, so I have learned to offer some advice but absolutely no choices.

Color based on painted surfaces is relatively easy to change if and when desired.  Stone, ceramic, Formica, etc are much harder and much more expensive to change and, therefore, should be well thought out.

I usually don't like light colored floors as they can show dirt and stains easily.  Rooms that all one color tend to look sterile, but accent colors can be done with furniture or painting(s).  Light colored floors would be much easier to see things that are dropped and would make the room much brighter with less lighting which could well outweigh the disadvantages.

I hope this helps you make some of the decisions.