Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
I think you could over-do the brown. From the inside, at least, it breaks up the monotony and darkeness to have that base not coloured brown and gives a solid and comforting "concrete" look, and from the outside, well maybe give it the wood look, or maybe not. I would tend to not, and trust in the overall effect of different materials.
See!? ...there I was pretty much with mind made up for brown, and now there is the 'other' view!

Guess the best is to take a look and see it in natural light rather than the camera flash version.

I definitely think wood effect on the external though as it will complete the symmetry of the floor level, as mentioned by others.