At the table
Three samples, one floor plan
Larimer Street showroom
Showroom light is kind to every board and tile. Your house is not, so a sample that looks right on our table can read too grey, too yellow or too busy in your hall.
We lend up to three samples overnight. Lay them on the floor, not on a counter. Floors are seen from standing height and at a low angle, so look at them the way you will walk past them.
Check each sample in morning light, in late afternoon sun and under the lamps you use in the evening. North rooms make warm woods look cooler. West rooms push oak toward orange near sunset.
A floor that fights the cabinets will bother you every day.
Put the sample next to the things that are not changing: the cabinets, a stair rail, the rug you love.
Last, step back two metres. Small samples exaggerate grain and veining. When one sample still feels right on the third evening, that is usually your floor.
