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Basement paint advice

3 years ago

Had water damage to my basement and now looking for advice on what colors to repaint three rooms during the rebuild. The areas: 1) main finished area, rectangular shape with one small window at end furthest from laundry/bathroom; 2) small laundry room (no windows); and 3) small bathroom (no windows). I plan to keep the tile, but would like three different paint colors for each space. Hoping for warm and inviting yet clean. Will be using Sherwin Williams paint. TY!

Comments (10)

  • 3 years ago

    Additional pictures :)

  • 3 years ago

    A very light and warm color, as you said. Especially as it’s a basement. I’m not as knowledgeable about paint colors as others here, so maybe one will chime in with a pale and creamy SW white.

  • 3 years ago

    @littlebug Zone 5 Missouri- Yes! I hope someone has some specific color suggestions, especially for the different areas. Thank you for your suggestion!

  • 3 years ago

    Depending on how you use the main living space, I think you can go with a more saturated color. We use our basement den for TV watching so I painted it Atmospheric by Benjamin Moore, a mid tone blueish green. It creates a nice cocoon effect. We have lots of lamps down there (plus overhead lights we never use), so there is plenty of lighting.

    It looks like your bathroom could use more lighting (might be just the picture), but I think a lighter color like the lavender you currently have is fine. Pinks, blues, greens— what do you like? Really I’d say the same for the laundry room too. There are plenty of light colors that work as “neutrals” to consider. Since it’s the basement, I’d be inclined to do something a little more fun than all white.

  • 3 years ago

    I agree, a nicer brighter color, rather than boring gray, tan or white. A basement with low light like you have, needs a brighter color. The color beeboo22 mentioned above would work nicely, but, thats BM paint and you are wanting SW paint. SW lists Jasper Stone as a color match. I dont think, that is a great match. However, Cafe Blue is a very close match to the Atmospheric, mentioned above.

  • 3 years ago

    JFYI, I don’t have Benjamin Moore in my town so I get SW to color match paint all the time. If there’s a difference, I can’t tell! :)

  • 3 years ago

    @beeboo22 yes the lighting in the bathroom is pretty bad. Thank you @cat_ky for the comparison I had no idea there was a comparison!! These are great suggestions!! Definitely looking for something to light it up

  • 3 years ago

    You mention wanting bright colors Keep in mind that good lighting is necessary in a basement for color to be effective


    Here is a video of ours. We used color to define spaces within a Great Room concept. Hope this helps


    https://youtu.be/3FqMEqaf0-I

  • 3 years ago

    @fnmroberts Thank you so much for sharing! That looks amazing