{"id":96,"date":"2026-11-02T13:53:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/trowen\/how-to-judge-a-sample-at-home-not-in-the-showroom\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T13:53:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:53:40","slug":"how-to-judge-a-sample-at-home-not-in-the-showroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/trowen\/how-to-judge-a-sample-at-home-not-in-the-showroom\/","title":{"rendered":"How to judge a sample at home, not in the showroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"96\" class=\"elementor elementor-96\">\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62064a61 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"62064a61\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b4731d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3b4731d0\" 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data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c284de8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_heading\" data-id=\"7c284de8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gum_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gum-widget-title\"><h1 class=\"section-main-title size-default\">How to judge a sample at home, not in the showroom<\/h1><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27c33715 elementor-post-meta-divider-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_meta\" data-id=\"27c33715\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gum_post_meta.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"posts-meta\"><li class=\"list-meta\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"\"><\/i><span class=\"meta-text\">November 2, 2026<\/span><\/li><li class=\"meta-divider\"><span>\u00b7<\/span><\/li><li class=\"list-meta\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"\"><\/i><span class=\"meta-text\">By  admin<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6eb1e7 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b6eb1e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-536b605e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"536b605e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35c8bfa e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"35c8bfa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e300d95 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_image\" data-id=\"3e300d95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gum_post_image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-featureimage\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/trowen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2026\/11\/blog-samples-1.jpg)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/trowen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2026\/11\/blog-samples-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d7680a0 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6d7680a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6519511f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6519511f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">At the table<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55df212c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55df212c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Three samples, one floor plan<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3823b21d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3823b21d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Larimer Street showroom<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e495705 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e495705\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2579d28f e-grid e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2579d28f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-579347fc e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"579347fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bf5ba22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4bf5ba22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e6dee53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e6dee53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Take it home and put it on the floor<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd8c452 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bd8c452\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35f1b81d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35f1b81d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Look at three times of day<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a51bde8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a51bde8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ca4998c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ca4998c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A floor that fights the cabinets will bother you every day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-283a3966 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"283a3966\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Judge it beside what stays<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a59ddb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a59ddb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Put the sample next to the things that are not changing: the cabinets, a stair rail, the rug you love.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54cf246a elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"54cf246a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Morning: the coolest, truest light<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Late afternoon: the warmest light, and the most glare<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Evening: your own lamps, the light you live with<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bf4998d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6bf4998d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Last, step back two metres. Small samples exaggerate grain and veining. 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