I’m having second thoughts about using Benjamin Moore’s ‘olive tree’ for the floor paint. Maybe I should go a shade or two darker? Brandon said the basement color palette was looking a little Easter basket-like, complete with the green Easter grass on the floor! I think going a shade or two darker might be the way to go to keep things from floating off into pastel territory.
The other two greens (‘mossy rock’ and ‘okra’) are both from the Martha Stewart line at Home Depot, but I’d have them matched in Benjamin Moore’s floor paint. I’m going to use IKEA’s Stockholm Rand rug for a little punch too. As you can see, this paint decision has been weighing heavily on Eleanor as well.
(unedited photo here)
Jas
January 25, 2011 at 4:39 pmAll the colours you have chosen are lovely. I prefer your original selection.
My partner and I renovated our basement last year and were planning to paint the floor grey. We picked up the the paint chips just to make sure and simply holding the dark grey in the space immediately made it cave like. We went with an oatmeal (the wall colours we chose were darker than yours) and are extremely thankful that [I] had the good sense to pick up the paint chip. I agree with Jessica that it did not wear well in the laundry area. I think its the humidity, as everywhere else it looks great.
You’re little helper is adorable!
Lonely Wife Project
January 25, 2011 at 4:47 pmI love the okra, but I’m sure anything you choose will look gorg. Especially paired with that striped rug!
Ellen
January 25, 2011 at 5:17 pmI think the original choice of olive tree is by far the best! The others seem far too dark, making the space look dull.
Can’t wait to see the finished product!
gayle pickering
January 25, 2011 at 6:35 pmi vote for the olive. I agree that you need something darker – love our choice of colors! As one of my teachers once said (of course i can’t remember where, but the advise still stands) always make your “base” darker. which would be your floor. the darker color “anchors” it, so go with your instincts and use either the olive or the okra. Of course the okra is darker, which i personally like, but it’s hard to tell without being in the actual room/lighting.
and i LOVE the vignette you put together with Eleanor. Very cool. great job!
and congratulations on a magical time in your life.
gayle pickering
January 25, 2011 at 6:36 pmok so i meant to say i vote for the mossy rock or okra. and i love Your choice.. never type after dinner..
Amanda
January 25, 2011 at 6:41 pmAll will look nice, at first my vote was okra.. but the longer i look, i think the mossy rock is the winner.. as is looks nice though too…Can’t wait to see the finished product!
Stephanie
January 25, 2011 at 6:54 pmI vote for Mossy Rock! The Okra might be a little too dark since it’s a basement and (I’m guessing) doesn’t get great light. Love the rug w/ the green floor!
Karen
January 25, 2011 at 7:07 pmI like the Olive color best I think. Love that rug!
Sara
January 25, 2011 at 8:02 pmThe olive tree looks the best in the mock-ups. As others have said, okra looks too dark and drab.
Amanda Wright
January 25, 2011 at 8:30 pmI vote for none of the above. Haha! What about a deep rich brown for the floor? It might be more versatile if you want to change the wall colors later. After all, pink loves brown! : )
Desiree Fawn
January 25, 2011 at 8:52 pmHmm……. have to go with mossy rock ;)
Christine B
January 25, 2011 at 9:23 pmI like mossy rock but it is just paint you can always change it if you don’t like it. Can’t wait to see the finished results!
Jaime
January 25, 2011 at 9:26 pmMossy Rock! I think since the walls are so light and it seems so bright that med color will make it nice and cozy with out being too dark! (I really love the Okra too!)
You have amazing taste in colors!
Suzanne
January 25, 2011 at 9:36 pmI agree with the Mossy Rock votes. I like that color.
jane
January 25, 2011 at 9:55 pmOkra for sure but you are a design goddess so I am sure anything would be perf!!
Alyssa
January 25, 2011 at 11:11 pmi think the okra color is a perfect dark floor color! that’s my vote! but i’m positive it will look beautiful either way! :)
Kristen
January 25, 2011 at 11:26 pmDeciding on a floor color seems like such a harder decision to make than the walls! I’d be a wreck trying to pick. I guess I’d say to you…don’t second guess yourself!
melissa
January 26, 2011 at 12:07 amMossy rock is awesome!
Béa
January 26, 2011 at 2:04 amsuch a cutie!
Franziska
January 26, 2011 at 5:20 amfirst I thought okra is too dark, but in the pictures it looks like it isn’t.
I’m really excited about the light you have down there. Perhaps you can show in another post how you made it to bring sooo much nice light in there.
lins
January 26, 2011 at 6:46 amI like mossy rock the best.
ARTiculateART
January 26, 2011 at 7:21 amAll the colors are quite lovely. It’s such a hard pick! I guess if I had to, I’d pick the okra.
SFDC
January 26, 2011 at 8:05 amI agree, it has a bit of an Easter-basket quality. I vote for a dark grey instead, like BM Iron Mountain.
Katie
January 26, 2011 at 8:27 amIf you really have that much light down there, Okra. But don’t switch out your wall colors to anything darker.
Camille
January 26, 2011 at 8:52 amI didn’t love the original color but I love Okra!
Ann Marie
January 26, 2011 at 9:20 amI really like Mossy Rock.
Ashlea Walter
January 26, 2011 at 9:43 amThat photo? Ridiculously cute! Mossy rock.
Jaimie
January 26, 2011 at 10:24 amPersonally, I like Okra. I think an espresso brown would look good too.
Julianna
January 26, 2011 at 10:27 amOkra, Okra, Okra!!! It makes a much nicer contrast to the walls. LOVE the Okra! Olive Tree is too yellow. Great site, by the way : )
Meegs
January 26, 2011 at 11:40 amI vote Okra, definitely.
Megan
January 26, 2011 at 1:03 pmI like Mossy Rock. It’s a bright enough green to still be like grass but not pastel or too yellow. I think Okra is too dark and drab.
Margaret
January 26, 2011 at 1:42 pmMossy Rock :)
Tara Jane
January 26, 2011 at 1:43 pmMy vote is Okra! I like the contrast. We had a really hard time at Lowes getting them to match the paint chips with the floor paint. Make sure to compair the dried paint to the chip.
Good Luck!
Julie Anne
January 26, 2011 at 1:56 pmI really like the darker okra, but could completely see the mossy rock working.
It’s hard to choose wihtout seeing them in the different lights that will be in the room….
Love your progress, overall! It makes me finally want to do our unfinished basement this summer.
Little Edie
January 26, 2011 at 10:49 pmi think all of the choices are fab … but oh do I love little Eleanor as Rodin’s Thinker.
Melissa
January 26, 2011 at 11:41 pmOkra! :)
Hallie
January 27, 2011 at 12:16 amYesterday I voted for Okra, but today I’ve changed my mind and am voting for
OLIVE TREE!
tammy
January 27, 2011 at 6:15 amStick with your first choice! in my experiences i always end up going back to it anyway LOL
Jessica
January 27, 2011 at 12:27 pmI’m trying to decide on wallpaper myself @ my blog.
Sarah Jane
January 28, 2011 at 1:18 pmI love that rug! I talked about it not too long ago in a “stripes” post on my blog. I hope to have it someday too…just don’t know where yet! Love the green floors. Are you painting cement? We ended up going with laminate wood floors in our basement because we didn’t want to scrape up the asbestos-infested glue! I think it turned out pretty nice, though!
Anita
January 28, 2011 at 7:19 pmYour basement is amazing! I am in love with the color ideas. I liked the original one best but my second pick is the Mossy Rock. Can’t wait to see it all finished!
Kimberly L.C.
January 29, 2011 at 4:55 pmOkra for sure.
Natalie
January 29, 2011 at 8:04 pmI think it’s definitely a good idea to go with a darker green…oooh what about a nice charcoal gray instead? That would really give it some contrast! :)
Making it Lovely
January 31, 2011 at 10:09 amI went with Mossy Rock. It looks great!
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Kathy
February 3, 2011 at 10:07 pmHi
I justed watched an old episode of Sarah Richardson’s Design, Inc. They painted a would floor
Glidden Green Grove Floor Enamel 3636. It was beautiful.
Kathy
Lukewarmluxe
March 8, 2011 at 9:03 amI’m so glad I found this…I’ve been trying to make my mind up on whether or not to finish painting the laundry room with the mossy oak. I love the color but I kept stopping and looking at it like, do I really want a mossy green room? I think it looks so much better on the floor than it does on the walls! Good job on the room!