# Toasted Timber in a modern farmhouse room

Toasted Timber from the Stanton Bristol Point line is a light vinyl plank with a golden undertone (measured from its own picture: LRV 46). It pairs here with Creamy walls, Greek Villa trim, and Kendall Charcoal as the deep note, chosen by the numbers.

A vision board by Powell Flooring, 1811 Union Valley Rd, West Milford, NJ 07480, 973-728-9717. AI assisted: the rooms are AI generated, simulated photos; the floor, the paint colors and every number are real.
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## The floor
- Toasted Timber, Stanton Bristol Point: Waterproof vinyl plank · WPC · 9 in (SKU 18502)
- Price: $4.99 per sq ft · $154.69 a carton. Material only. Delivery and installation extra.
- Every color and detail: https://www.powellflooring.com/floors/stanton/bristol-point/toasted-timber

## Measured from its own picture
- LRV (light reflectance value, 0 black to 100 white): 46
- CIELAB (D65): L* 73.4, a* 5.9, b* 26.5, chroma 27.2, hue 77.4 degrees
- Undertone: a golden undertone, warm without leaning red
- Toasted Timber has a gentle movement from board to board (a spread of 2.3 in L*): calm, but not flat.

## Paint
- Walls: Creamy (Sherwin-Williams SW 7012, LRV 81.2, +35.5 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 89°), so Toasted Timber stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7012-creamy/
- Or walls: Simply White (Benjamin Moore OC-117, LRV 89.5, +43.8 from the floor). A soft neutral with a touch of warmth (hue 110°), so Toasted Timber stays golden without turning yellow. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/oc-117/simply-white
- Trim and ceilings: Greek Villa (Sherwin-Williams SW 7551, LRV 84.2). 39 points over Toasted Timber in LRV and warm enough (chroma 5.3) to read white, not blue, beside its golden undertone. Source: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/white-paint-colors/sw7551-greek-villa/
- Deep note: Kendall Charcoal (Benjamin Moore HC-166, LRV 14.6). Deep and quiet, 31 points darker than Toasted Timber in LRV, a frame for a golden floor. Source: https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/hc-166/kendall-charcoal
- Lower cabinets or an island in Kendall Charcoal, uppers and trim in Greek Villa. The floor at LRV 46 sits between the two (15 and 84).

## Wood, rugs and metals
- Wood a step darker: a honey tone, like our Golden Pecan stain sample. About 20 points darker than Toasted Timber in L* (53 against 73), far enough to read as a choice.
- Wood a step lighter: black or painted pieces. Toasted Timber is lighter than any wood stain we photographed (L* 73), so contrast comes from black, painted or upholstered pieces.
- Rug or fabric, tone on tone: mocha (#685b4a). 12 in chroma, half the warmth of Toasted Timber (27), and 34 points darker in L*.
- Rug or fabric, across the wheel: slate blue (#687786). Hue 257°, straight across the color wheel from the 77° of Toasted Timber, softened to balance it.
- Rug or fabric, grounding: taupe (#706557). A deep note at L* 43, 30 points from the 73 of Toasted Timber, so a rug keeps its edge.
- Metal: matte black. Black works with every undertone; beside Toasted Timber at LRV 46 it gives the room its outline.
- Metal: aged brass. A warm metal that agrees with the golden undertone of Toasted Timber (hue 77°).
- Metal: unlacquered brass. Left unsealed, it darkens with handling to a softer warm tone beside Creamy walls.

## Room by room
- Living room: Creamy walls and Greek Villa trim, a mocha rug with a taupe edge on Toasted Timber, a coffee table in a honey tone.
- Kitchen: Kendall Charcoal on the island, Greek Villa cabinets above, matte black pulls, Toasted Timber underfoot.
- Dining room: A table in a honey tone on Toasted Timber, black or painted chairs, aged brass pendants.
- Bedroom: Simply White walls, mocha linen, a slate blue quilt, unlacquered brass on the lamps.

## What to avoid
- Walls at the lightness of Toasted Timber: Balanced Beige (Sherwin-Williams SW 7037, LRV 45.6) sits within a point of its LRV of 46, so wall and floor would blur into one.
- Wood that almost matches Toasted Timber: a tone like our Country White sample, 6.2 apart (CIEDE2000), reads as a near miss. Go clearly darker or lighter.
- Walls that lean yellow: yellow on yellow flattens the golden undertone of Toasted Timber (hue 77°).

## The room it suits
- At LRV 46, Toasted Timber is light: it bounces light back into the room, suits north facing rooms, basements and small rooms, and shows dark grit more than lint.
- At 9 inches a board, Toasted Timber lays about 16 boards across a 12 foot room, so the room reads open with few seams.
- Toasted Timber is waterproof, so it belongs in kitchens, baths, mudrooms and basements as well as living spaces.
- Core: WPC, a wood plastic composite core (a little softer and quieter underfoot)
- Water: Waterproof (the maker's word) (wet mopping is fine; a flood is not)

## Sources
- Paint names, codes, hex and LRV as Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore publish them (each color links to its page).
- BS 8300-2:2018 asks for a difference of at least 30 LRV points between adjacent surfaces, such as a floor and a wall, so the surfaces read apart.
- The floor measured from its own picture in CIELAB (D65); the wood tones from our own photographs of 37 stains on oak.