Colors choices- getting down to the finally selections

So we have paint selected for the walls and we are doing stained concrete in the bedrooms for modern look. We just want to pick one color of stain for the floors. Here is the palette of floors colors we are choosing from today.

Patrick is traveling in Canada on business, so I am emailing him images of the floor samples and paint samples on the walls to make a decision for the final combination. It is definitely different working with a partner to select finishes. This is new for both of us. 

Our floor has gotten filthy, this week, with the sheetrock from removing the popcorn ceiling and adding some mud to the ceiling to create a smoother texture. Now our concrete floors look more white than gray. We have 5 shades of color to choose from. These stains are translucent so you will see some of the marks through the stain. Marks that will be seen are patching from the nails holes, swirly pattern of glue, cracks and what have you. 

So tomorrow the concrete guys come back and sand down the concrete floors a bit to clean the surface and prep for staining. Things are really going to get messy. The shade of color I think we want to go with is the dark brown above, it is the darkest shade. It has a slightly purple undertone to it. A few of the other colors had too much of a yellow tone to them. Which are fine but were not going to work with the more blue green color we have selected for the middle bedroom- we are going to dilute the intensity of this color for this room. And the light blue shade is for our master bedroom which will also have the brown concrete stained floors. The plastic bag in the photos is masking our ceiling fan since the ceilings were being redone. By monday we should have the walls painted!!!

This weekend we get to have a little demolition party on a brick wall and some landscaping outside back bedroom. It was the one with the train shelf in it. We are installing a new sliding door to the patio in it. The doors arrive next week, so in preparation we need to prepare by removing an ugly brick planter. I have never demolished a brick wall before so this should prove interesting. I am frankly not sure we have the right tools for the job. Can a sledge hammer and crow bar work? Or do we need concrete saws, jack hammer and heavy equipment to get the job done? We shall see on Saturday morning. Aren't you just looking forward to the weekend?