u/ilovebreadcrusts

We're almost done with building our home and I am so on the fence about whether to leave the doors and trim white or match it with the walls. The second photo (it's our foyer) is what it currently is (first coat paint - trim/doors haven't been painted yet), the first and third image is what I'm contemplating doing. Sorry if the colours don't look totally right (chatgpt). The paint colour is Sherwin Williams Shiitake.

I LOVE the monochromatic look, it looks so chic and makes the space look so clean - I'm just worried about whether it'll be a PITA to repaint all the trim if we change the colours in a few years. Maybe it's even silly to worry about it.

Any feedback welcome.

A mistake was made in cutting the tile around our shower rough ins (contractor's fault for giving wrong instructions). We'd get our tiler to replace the entire slab but it'll cost too much and we'll have to rip out parts of the floor too. Slab is porcelain.

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The tiler suggested filling in the gaps with grout and matching the colour to the tile. I'm worried it'll create problems in the future with leaks and having to constantly touch up.

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I was thinking epoxy might be better but there are so many different kinds and not all of them can have colour added.

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Any ideas on whether that would work? If so, what kind of epoxy is recommended? Other solutions welcome.

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P.S. the contractor is my dad so..... you get what you pay for. 🤦🏻‍♀️ He's great at the building part, not so great with the finishes, and stubborn like a bull. So please, only immediate solutions to the problem.

I'm at my wits end and on such a time crunch. I really thought my graphic background would help me but I'm the worst at visualizing.

So we're finally building a home and it's been a dream come true, and I don't want to regret some of the more substantial, less reversible decisions.

We have a more traditional foyer that opens to the left and right to two 'wings' of the house, if you will. The left opens to the great room. From the foyer, in view would be a fire place with full height surround. To the left of the fireplace will be a kind of built in bar area within the dining area.

For context we're going with white oak floors in a neutral to slightly warm tone. And our windows are black aluminum. Have not decided on paint yet but we're thinking of going beige-ish.

We want the fireplace to be clad in black stone with white veining (belvedere, negresco, misty, etc - we're not too picky). We figure it will make a nice contrast and draw the eye. The black windows offer some repitition so it doesn't feel like too much, right?

The kitchen countertops and bar countertops will be Avocatus Verde Quartzite - the cabinets and built-ins will be slim shaker oak fronts and we're thinking to get them stained to a walnut or chocolate shade.

Here's where we are stuck. The foyer floors and niche wall. For practical reasons we want tiled floors but my husband also really wants the niche wall to be a moment when you walk in. He is insisting on a porcelain slab. I'm personally not a huge fan but he wants it so I'm letting him have it.

What would look good here? I'm worried we might have too much going on in terms of colors and stones.

One idea that came to mind was to mirror the fireplace and do dark floors in the foyer but then I get stuck on what to do with the wall.

Another idea was to do calacatta viola on the floors and the niche wall to make it look like the inverse of the fireplace. I've seen some porcelain slabs where the veining looks very dark.

And thoughts or ideas? Images attached are floorplan, countertop stone, inspo colors for kitchen cabinets, a very not to scale render (chatgpt) of what the wall set up will be in the dining/great room, and lastly the wood floor sample (for the rest of the house).