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Design Dilemma Paint Home Decorating

finished basement, no windows, low ceiling

9 months ago

We have a finished basement that has many functions; office, tv/couch area, workout, and storage. It’s open plan and I’m not sure what color to paint it and how to arrange the rugs. There are no windows and very low ceilings, like 7ft.
We like light wood, and soft neutral colors

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Lyn Nielson
9 months ago
photos would help.
katinparadise
9 months ago
I don't mean to be THAT person, but a finished basement with no emergency window egress is a disaster waiting to happen. If there's a fire upstairs and you're trapped in the basement, you have no way out of the house. Everyone thinks it can't happen to them until it does.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
9 months ago
last modified: 9 months ago
I had one room in a basement with no windows we used it for a media room but it had 2 ways out into the space with windows . Also avery low ceiling .We need to see the whole space .
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RappArchitecture
9 months ago
last modified: 9 months ago
So, still another MIA OP who provides inadequate information and then disappears. It appears to be an epidemic...

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