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Paint Flooring Design Dilemma

Basement renovation - family room (paint and floor)

2 years ago

In the middle of "finishing" my basement - adding drywall ceiling and flooring. Had thought to leave paneling and simply add luxury vinyl (wood like) plank flooring - no big deal. But then someone said - oh, too much wood - wood flooring, wood panel walls - maybe do stone lookalike LVP? And I tend to agree – I’m not in a cabin. So now everything is up in the air.

So now I am thinking of painting the walls. They're not in great shape anyway, a couple are already painted, gives me more options for flooring (and walls).

I need to decide on paint on flooring. I'm looking at (3) LVP - wood lookalikes - leaning towards NuCore, Coffee Oak Rigid LVP from floor and décor. Or maybe DuraLux Performance Auburn Acacia Rigid LVP or NuCore Gunstock Rigid (love the gunstock color, but it’s awfully red – looks like the paneling). Thoughts on any of those?

What about paint colors? I want a cozy, comfortable room. This room is where family/kids would hang out over the holidays or if I had a group of friends over to watch a movie – that kind of thing. It likely won’t be used that much other than that. It’s just me in the house most of the time.

Do I go with a nice neutral, e.g., agreeable gray, accessible beige, repose gray (I like green undertones)? Or do I go bold with some darker color? What about an accent wall?

And just to say, I’ll be dealing with the stone fireplace at some point. I can’t stand that stone façade. I think it’s just covering the brick – which is what I’d like more than that façade – but little scared to just pop it off the wall.

Any thoughts are highly appreciated.

Comments (4)

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RL Relocation LLC
2 years ago
being of a lighting mind, I am wondering why you didnt add some recessed lighting here?

As to the paneling, I can see leaving it and just painting it a shade of white, to brighten up the space, plus the wood look is in now. for the flooring in a basement, I would consider carpet.

but for the record painted wood paneling, and wood like laminate floor, is not wood overkill, its done all the time. Or you could just paint and seal the floor and use an area rug or too.
Joanna thanked RL Relocation LLC
happyleg
2 years ago
The brick is pretty you could paint the wood 00 off white on Match some color of it to the brick then paint the rest of the room an off-white
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Joanna
Original Author
2 years ago
I should have clarified when my friend said "too much wood" she meant, too much wood if I did not paint the paneling (leaving just a wood finish). Painting the paneling with wood-ish flooring is fine. I wish I had thought of recessed lights! You're talking about can lights in the ceiling right?
Joanna
Original Author
2 years ago
Hi RL Relocation LLC - I am really bummed I did not post my project prior to installing the ceiling, but it is what it is now. I am actually still considering having recessed lighting put in after the fact - I'm talking to my contractor about it when he comes tomorrow. When I texted him about it he said it wouldn't be easy, but certainly not impossible to install now.

However, I'm wondering, barring that option - do you have any other suggestions for lighting?

And you're really making me consider carpet - it would definitely make the cozy, comfortable feel I want. I'm a bit concern due to it being in the basement - there's a bit of a humidity issue down there, but not significant and I'm working to mitigate that.

That was so cool how you sent a picture of my room with carpet and paint. So you definitely gave me the idea, but I would want it to use warmer colors for a cozier feel.

I am curious how the wood lvp would look tho as well - any chance you could throw up a pix of that? (i'm looking at these 2 in particular - https://www.flooranddecor.com/rigid-core-luxury-vinyl-plank-and-tile/coffee-oak-rigid-core-luxury-vinyl-plank---cork-back-100378876.html and https://www.flooranddecor.com/eco-forest/dayton-wire-brushed-locking-stranded-engineered-bamboo-100898949.html)

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