What paint color for this small basement room?
Hello, I'd like to turn this small basement room into a den / guest room. Presently it's painted white with gray concrete floors. I'd like to cozy it up with either a dark paint color or some sort wood paneling. I'm not afraid of making the room appear smaller.
Looking for tips. Thanks.
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Comments (14)Hi, northcarolina. Right, the paint looks fine in some lights and on some walls. I do have a carpet scrap; didn't think of taking that to the paint store, but I will on my next trip.. We have 32 sample cans of paint in our basement, we still don't have the downstairs painted, and some of the rooms upstairs after we finished still don't look quite right to me. (I also am not known for my design sense.) I haven't tried a gray yet, although I put a dot of the Kilim Beige in our MB on top of this Cochise we're trying out in the basement, and it looks very gray in comparison. But it ended up looking "dead" upstairs (next to the purple wall in our MB), and I already wish I could change it in the MB. I probably will, although DH thinks I don't paint carefully enough and gets in a twist every time I say I'm going to redo a room. Can't really blame him, we're in this house 3 1/2 years and the paint saga is still going on! I did ask SW to give me 50% of the Cochise, and we're going to try that next, although a one-foot sample on the wall is a pretty uninteresting color. The Sagey looks great with the carpet upstairs, and on the one wall that extends to our basement, but if we use that it would mean green in the LR, DR area, and down here. With the green granite in the kitchen, I think it's just too much green for me, although now I'm thinking maybe we should do that in the family room in the basement and do the basement office and guest room, which have more light, in different colors. So much for "unifying" the look down here. I'd really like to know how your color adventure turns out. I hope you'll post pix,maybe in this thread? Thanks for your help, and good luck! More ideas, anyone? And thanks in advance....See MoreHelp picking a basement paint color for a north facing low light room
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2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoThey say that horizontal direction lengthens the longest wall a bit, visually....
I wouldn't paint a deep color on everything in your room. Here's a 'moody' Plum Brown - wrong one, cause so much white... oh well, it's late...
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2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoYour floor is light? these walls would be too dark?
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Maureen
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoHard to image this fairly narrow open space as a guest room (a queen bed is 6 ft 8 inches long). Consider a convertable couch/bed to allow for more floor space and it can then also double time as sitting area.
I would keep the white walls and just create an interesting focal wall. Once you add a rug and furniture, it will feel cozy without feeling cave like. I‘d create a calm, relaxing space and color can be injected with art and accessories.
A slatted wood wall would add warmth and soft lighting will be important as well.
Jennifer Hogan
2 years agoI love rooms like this where we can be brave. The world is your oyster. What colors do you love? Is there some color that just makes your heart sing? You can either paint the room that color or a muted shade of that color or a color that coordinates with that color and use the color as your main décor color.
nx1101
2 years agoThank you all so much for the input!
> As to moody - will there be plennty of lighting?
There is just the one window and probably some scattered light from the window in the other room. Not that bright. But the rest of the house is bright and open so I'm not afraid to make one room theatre-like.
> Hard to image this fairly narrow open space as a guest room (a queen bed is 6 ft 8 inches long). Consider a convertable couch/bed to allow for more floor space and it can then also double time as sitting area.
Yes indeed I will have a narrow sofa that will double as a narrow twin guest bed. I already built a custom wood frame for it and intend to sew a slip cover out of some dark upholstery fabric.
> I would keep the white walls and just create an interesting focal wall. Once you add a rug and furniture, it will feel cozy without feeling cave like. I‘d create a calm, relaxing space and color can be injected with art and accessories.
For this room I don't mind if it feels cave-like. I think I almost prefer it. There is a proper living room upstairs that I intend to leave bright white.
> A slatted wood wall would add warmth and soft lighting will be important as well.
Yes I keep coming back to a wood focal wall.
Using all your input I created a moodboard which I'll share here.
Following a 60-30-10 rule, 60% Farrow & Ball Railings/black, 30% gray, 10% green/wood/plants. I added in some neon signs just to see what that would look like. Indirect warm lamp light for lighting. Will avoid using the overhead lights.
I intend to paint the ceiling, trim, doors, stairwell, risers, etc, in Railings. Anyone feel extremely strongly against that? I feel like leaving the white would be purposeless for what I'm going for.
Missing from this photo is window treatment. I was thinking a sheer flow white/gray curtain.
The image above shows 2 wood panel styles, ebony and dark stain. I think I prefer the dark stain. Any thoughts on that?
Thank you all again. This is very helpful for me.
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