Hi Guys,
Per some other threads, I've been working on my basement. We're just now finishing the walls, and they're going to be painted beige to match the rest of the house.
Ultimately, we want to put carpet squares down and want them to be a brownish color (sort of like the carpet and hardwood on upper levels). But there's still some work that needs to be done to the floor before we can put carpet down, and that likely won't happen for another year or so.
So in the meantime, I'm trying to figure out what to do in the way of baseboards/trim.
I don't want to take the time to install nice wood baseboards until we get the carpet put in, but I also don't want to leave the bottom of the walls exposed because there's a gap and it's uneven (sloped floors).
My idea is to get some cheap vinyl base and put that on as a temp solution. I'll have to glue it on, but if I use 4" base I should be able to cover up any damage when I put on the wood trim (which is a little more than 4").
The question is.. what color vinyl base? I'd prefer to use white, as that's what the rest of the house has for trim. But I worry that the Beige walls and white trim won't look good with the concrete floor. And since this is only a temp solution that will be torn out when we put in carpet, I'm thinking I might as well pick a good color that will look good while its there.
Here's a pic of the beige wall paint (taken from upstairs bedroom).
Here's a pic of the concrete floors. This was before walls were finished.
I used a sample photo for trim to try and make examples of what the trim might look like. I took a sample of the grey floor color and used that to paint over the floors in the pics.. Wall paint isn't the same, but it's close enough to give me an idea of what a white trim might look like.. or what a brownish trim might look like.
Should I just stick with white since it's what's throughout the rest of the house and what will ultimately be used for the wood baseboards? Or should I go with something else?
Here's the two samples i made.
Per some other threads, I've been working on my basement. We're just now finishing the walls, and they're going to be painted beige to match the rest of the house.
Ultimately, we want to put carpet squares down and want them to be a brownish color (sort of like the carpet and hardwood on upper levels). But there's still some work that needs to be done to the floor before we can put carpet down, and that likely won't happen for another year or so.
So in the meantime, I'm trying to figure out what to do in the way of baseboards/trim.
I don't want to take the time to install nice wood baseboards until we get the carpet put in, but I also don't want to leave the bottom of the walls exposed because there's a gap and it's uneven (sloped floors).
My idea is to get some cheap vinyl base and put that on as a temp solution. I'll have to glue it on, but if I use 4" base I should be able to cover up any damage when I put on the wood trim (which is a little more than 4").
The question is.. what color vinyl base? I'd prefer to use white, as that's what the rest of the house has for trim. But I worry that the Beige walls and white trim won't look good with the concrete floor. And since this is only a temp solution that will be torn out when we put in carpet, I'm thinking I might as well pick a good color that will look good while its there.
Here's a pic of the beige wall paint (taken from upstairs bedroom).
Here's a pic of the concrete floors. This was before walls were finished.
I used a sample photo for trim to try and make examples of what the trim might look like. I took a sample of the grey floor color and used that to paint over the floors in the pics.. Wall paint isn't the same, but it's close enough to give me an idea of what a white trim might look like.. or what a brownish trim might look like.
Should I just stick with white since it's what's throughout the rest of the house and what will ultimately be used for the wood baseboards? Or should I go with something else?
Here's the two samples i made.
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