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I'd paint the built-in unit and shelving the same color as the walls. Linen white sounds nice. I love white paint in a basement.

‘Floors will be beige’. There are a million different beiges and ‘linen whites’ out there. Please post a photo of the actual floor in the space. If you have to go borrow a sample of the material then do so as you will need it to select paint colors. Otherwise this is the blind leading the blind.

Make sure your paint professional has not cut corners with the prep work. Natural pine walls like you had probably had some kind of polyurethane coating which must first be removed. All those knots must be sealed, or they will “bleed through” over time. I was where you are with our pine summer cottage a few years ago, and it took A LOT of time and effort! We still have several walls to go. Good luck!

Good point! I don’t have the tiles with me. But this photo from the website is the best I can do. The color is called “Bristol beige”.

The linen white is Benjamin Moore color.

Thank you!