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Need Help Picking Out Paint Color For Basement

13 years ago
We have been finishing our basement off the past month and a half and now it is coming together. The paint color we picked out was SW6215 Rocky River for the entertainment center and SW6213 Halcyon Green for the rest of the rec room. So the entertainment center is a dark green and then a lighter green on the rest of the walls with the enamel trim and cherrywood cabinets on the bar and we have stone that is a whitish brown and also the granite is more of a light brown. Also on the bar picture their is going to be the same stone there that is on the entertainment center.

We are not wanting to have a brown color as that is what we have up stairs and the rest of the house and we don't want everything to blend together and not see anything. We looking for something more warm and not dull.

Can you please make some recommendation what color tones or and specific color you would do to make this room come together. The green color choices just seem out of place. We want a darker color on the entertainment center and then a lighter color. Please help I am having the painters come by this week to repaint. Also I have a excersie room and a mech room with the SW6213 Halcyon Green color. Would we be able to leave that or would we want something to flow with the other colors?

Thank you very much your response and insight is appreciated.

Comments (11)

  • 13 years ago
    UPDATED: I have added a picture of the stone I am using, the granite on the bar and the tile that we are using.
  • 13 years ago
    blue pool or some remix thereof. warm and bright for basements
  • 13 years ago
    Hi there! Your room looks beautiful! I would suggest one of two ways to go here: 1. choose a grey/beige tone that will blend in with the stone like SW0038 LIbrary Pewter for the Entertainment ctr wall and wrap the room in a much lighter shade like SW0053 Porcelain. 2: choose a complimentary colour to make the stone stand out like a deep plum tone (SW 6018 Enigma) for the accent wall and use the Porcelain for the other walls or a lighter shade of the Enigma like SW6015 Vaguely Mauve. Good luck! I am sure it will turn out perfect :)
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    Are you saying you are not sold on the Halycon Green and Rocky River....? that you are wanting something else?
  • 13 years ago
    Schroeder- Yes we are going to be picking something else as we feel the current colors we picked doesn't match the room. Do you have any recommendations?

    Thanks for your feedback Silk Purse I will look into those colors.
  • 13 years ago
    I don't know how dark you like for the entertainment wall, but something fairly dark would look fabulous with your stone work. Take a look at Benjamin Moore Bear Creek. And for other walls look as Benjamin Moore Sea Haze.
  • 13 years ago
    Your masonry, tile, and granite selections are gorgeous cool tones. This particular blue paint is way too warm and deep to go well with it. If you had even gone with a lighter shade of the color you might have liked it better. I'd like to see more green or grey or even some purplish tones.
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    Galveston Gray would be beautiful! It is a Benjamin Moore paint. If you prefer a much lighter look another Benjamin Moore paint is Subtle. Your stone is gorgeous either of these colors will make it pop! Good Luck
    Lisa Pfaff
    Pfaff Pfineries Home Design and Decor
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    Many times, when a color/s goes up, all the attention is paid to the color on the wall at first, that's all you can see.

    There is a very strong blue in the green in both colors you already have......maybe you would be happier if the paint were toned down...not another color,,,,in fact less "color'......this way the tiles and stones would stand out more and be more of the centerpiece/s considering the cost of those selections, kind of nice to enhance them not compete with a strong wall color....also, what are the fabrics on the furniture, any window treatments, area rug? Those are important too and if you are choosing wall color first, you will just have to work around the the walls when you select fabrics/leathers etc.....shouldn't be too difficult. Take a look at the more neutral pallet of SW7014, 15, 16, 17 and 18 and the SW7042,43,44,45 and 46....I would have to be standing in the room looking at the real thing to really get every nuance with the lighting, both day and night....but these colors are more cameleon like.....always better in the long run to use colors that you can't designate as any one color......when everything is in the room finished and the daylight and evening light is "on", the colors take on the other finishes......I like the lighter walls on the general walls, and a deeper one at the wall with the stone.
    Or, if these wall colors are too neutral, try the SW6203, 04, 05, 06 and 07 or SW7056,57,58,59,60. They all have a bit of a greenish tone but are still greyed.
    I suppose those color strips are all more dull than the 2 on the wall already, but I think you could find a nice combination of 2 colors that would let the stones and tiles stand out more.

    A little color goes along way and i would not lock the walls into any one specific color family with all the tile, stone and granite....I would put color into an area rug, fabrics, prints on the walls etc....
  • 13 years ago
    It's a basement. You will be happy when your color selection throws back a bit of light into your room.