finish my basement

Our basement is a mess and not very inviting. I want to make it livable.

It is done…and a lot over budget…but it looks great….

all the walls are finished and painted….electrical outlets are all in and the light fixtures are almost all done, just need….door and trim…and the flooring and wal la….new place to put all my stuff…

All the drywall is up….most is primed and half of the celinings are done…

I painted two rooms over the weekend…

love the colors..the Art room should be coming along adn done by next week, trim, and doors etc…

the fireplace is installed…

Well, the ceiling tiles have been removed (apparently the guy who owned the house before us hid some pretty weird stuff up there…insect repellant?).

We have also patched the foundation, so hopefully it won’t leak any more. Oh, and we are only going to have to put studs on a portion of a wall because the rest of the basement is in pretty good shape that way.

about halfway done….plumbing, cable, electric, heating walls are all up, just need drywall…and the trim work..it is just going to be gorgeous….art room, bedroom, bathroom, exercise room, store room and another livign area…not sure what I am going to do with a 3000 sq foot house…. but I will just love it.

If you need help on what to do next just give me an email. My basement is 90% complete with a theater room and I love it. My brother and I did it.

I have walls…..I have well studs..no drywall yet….

So our foundation has sprung a leak (all over my berber carpet), so what better time to de-70’s my wood panelled basement?!

Things to remove:

- wood panelling
- ceiling tiles

Things to add:

- stud walls
- insulation
- dry wall
- new ceiling tiles
- pot lights
- rough in bathroom
- paint

YIKES! This may take a while…..

I came across this site which had some rather clever loft ideas and given the relatively small area I have to work with, might be a good solution for the multi-uses I need.

http://www.tumidei.it/tiramolla/soppalchi.htm

Basically, there’s enough height for me to move my storage under a lofted platform while keeping my desk and office space above.

It’s worth thinking about…