what color hardwoods would you put in this MCM home?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please don't paint mid century wood ceilings white. Please.

pleeeeease

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would paint the ceiling white and then put in wide plank oak flooring.

And then buy all your furniture at Pottery Barn.

[Anonymous]

Walnut looks great in mcm homes.

[Anonymous]

Light wood floors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would paint the ceiling white and then put in wide plank oak flooring.

And then buy all your furniture at Pottery Barn.

What's wrong with pottery barn?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please don't paint mid century wood ceilings white. Please.

pleeeeease

Please paint it white- make it look much better

[Anonymous]

Nah don't paint it. The house is lovely. Once painted you can never go back, and styles and trends are constantly changing. If you like the ceilings, that is all that matters. If you post this on Houzz under "Design Dilemmas" you will get advice from folks who love MCM and help you pick out a great look.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Walnut looks great in mcm homes.

+1

[Anonymous]

Beautiful ceilings. Don't paint it. Agree with others that you do not want a home like this to end up looking like most DC area homes (i.e., pottery barn circa 2005).

Also agree with posting on the gardenweb forums on House - their are design geniuses on that site. Unlike this site, which is populated by a bunch of frumpy design-conservative moms (see previous paragraph).

[Anonymous]

What a gorgeous home; the current appearance has some dated aspects, but so many possibilities to redecorate and make look stunning.
Admittedly, not all people (or DCUMers) can appreciate this style. If you've bought it, OP, congrats!

[Anonymous]

Leave it to the frumps on dcum to not see the fantastic design underpinning a MCM house -- in 2017, when MCM is literally the most trending style everywhere. I mean, you'd have to live under a rock to not realize that the design of that house, once fixed up, is basically the content of 90% of design and style blogs, magazines, etc these days. You don't have to like it personally, but you have to be pretty obtuse to suggest that someone who just bought this house -- who therefore clearly does appreciate the style -- should be painting over the original MCM features.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Leave it to the frumps on dcum to not see the fantastic design underpinning a MCM house -- in 2017, when MCM is literally the most trending style everywhere. I mean, you'd have to live under a rock to not realize that the design of that house, once fixed up, is basically the content of 90% of design and style blogs, magazines, etc these days. You don't have to like it personally, but you have to be pretty obtuse to suggest that someone who just bought this house -- who therefore clearly does appreciate the style -- should be painting over the original MCM features.

haha yes this!

[Anonymous]

bump. own similar home.

[Anonymous]

Dark or white, I would not try to match the ceiling

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would paint the ceiling white and then put in wide plank oak flooring.

THIS!!

If you match the floor to the ceiling - it's too dark and monochromatic.
If you choose another color for the floor - it won't match.