Help me choose a paint color for our basement playroom/den
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Anonymous
| We are finishing our basement. Already have carpet in (off-white berber with flecks of brown, green, taupe) and ceiling drywall and painting will happend next week. Should I just go totally neutral with off-white walls and white ceiling? Or someting more creative and fun? What about finish? Matte, etc, etc? Tell me what to do. Thanks! |
Anonymous
| the Benj. Moore Personal Color Viewer on their website is awesome and has lots of sample room pictures. Try it. |
Anonymous
| Yellow!!!!! And not pale buttercup, I'm talking bright sunshine yellow. |
Anonymous
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If there's not much light, I would say go lighter rather than darker. I'm a fan of off-whites, but there are a million shades of off-white that you can choose from. Decorate with large art, maps (National Geographic Society has great ones), posters. For a rec room, I would use eggshell or satin, not flat, because it is easier to keep clean and less likely to develop scuff marks.
Where did you get your berber, btw? |
Anonymous
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My basement is bright sunshine yellow. It came that way, and though I never would have chosen it, it looks kind of great in a basement. The furniture is blue, for a provencale look.
Go to glidden.com, and you can paint a virtual room. It's kind of fun. And they're giving away free quarts at the moment, I think... I would definitely go with a color, not off-white. A no-color basement just screams "laundry room". |
Anonymous
| I wouldn't be afraid to go darker. A basement as a basement - unless it's a walkout, it won't feel like a regular room no matter what. We painted our basement Masada (one of the BM Affinity colors) and it's fantastic. It's sort of a deserty/rusty brick brown. It makes the space feel warm and cozy. You can take more of a risk in the basement, I say go for some color! |
Anonymous
| I'm going to be painting my playroom aqua with a lot of orange accents. I think it will be fun and cheery! |
Anonymous
| We painted our basement playroom Straw by Benjamin Moore. It is a rich yellow color and it really brightens up our playroom which has no windows. |
Anonymous
| OP here. Thanks. I had looked at the Benjamin Moore site but was frankly overwhelmed by the choices. To the PP that asked about the carpet - we went through Wheaton Tile and Carpet - purchased from them and they did the installation. Thought the service and quality was good. |
Anonymous
| We went with a paint color that may have been called "pistachio" or similar. Turned out to be GREAT. Kept the room light and bright, goes with pretty much anything. |
Anonymous
| If you want something neutral but more exciting than off-white, we just painted our basement Lenox Tan by Benjamin Moore - it contrasts nicely with the white trim and ceiling but doesn't feel too dark. I agree with a pp who suggested eggshell - it's easier to clean than matte. We've used eggshell for most of our rooms, and semigloss in the bathrooms. |
Anonymous
| Or BM Manchester Tan - another classic neutral. |
Anonymous
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I'd go with a shade of green.
http://www.materials-world.com/paint-colors/benjamin_moore/Benjamin-Moore-Color-07.htm Something like "early spring green 203" |
Anonymous
| We painted a room a bright sunshine yellow, and really, really regretted it. It was painful to look at. Some people love it though. |
Anonymous
I agree with this - BM Flowering Herbs. Bright bright yellow - NO. |