low/no light basement paint color

6 years ago

We are finishing our basement and I need to select paint colors. It gets very very minimal natural light. We will have light oak Shaw LVP flooring; it is as non-yellow as I could find to match our white oak. Also recessed 3000k LED lights. In the first pic, the chosen flooring is at right.

In the rest of the house living areas we have BM intense white, kids bedrooms BM paper white, and master BM gray tint

I’m wondering if continuing with intense white will be too “intense” in the basement (too stark with no natural light). Any other BM colors (neutrals) to look at that work with no natural light? The purposes of the basement are rec room/media, office, and a flex space.

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tammylinskey
6 years ago
Curious as to what color you ended up choosing? I am having similar snafu!
NYCish
Original Author
6 years ago
So I ended up using intense white from BM. It is the dominating color in the rest of our house including the stairway to the basement. I think I could have gone a touch lighter, however there’s no hiding that it is a dark basement so it does it least make it look like living space and not stark, which was my concern about going really white. Our white trim and casings still really pop and it’s really cohesive with the rest of the house.
I think most important is good recessed lighting. We put in a lot of it
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tammylinskey
6 years ago
Thanks for the response. Very helpful! The time I’ve spent is unbearable. HaHa. Would love to see some pics.
Ashley Barlow
4 years ago
Is the color in the second pic 00237 light oak ?