Basements: 11 Finishing touches for a relaxing haven - A basement renovation, when designed with your style and needs in mind, can provide a welcome respite from the rest of the house and actually double your living space - especially important in a small house. These tips can help you put your own stamp on a makeover of the basement and make it work for the whole family.
Leslie Goodwin Photography
Create zones for different purposes
a large basement can easily be used for many purposes, as long as you make a clever use of space. Make the things you hope to use your basement to finish and draw your ideas in a floor plan. A new range of light colors and smart lighting make this basement feel like an extension of the house, rather than an afterthought. Sofa and ottoman upholstered define the living space, while Ikea storage unit holds supplies and craft toys near a coffee table working on the opposite wall.
a large basement can easily be used for many purposes, as long as you make a clever use of space. Make the things you hope to use your basement to finish and draw your ideas in a floor plan. A new range of light colors and smart lighting make this basement feel like an extension of the house, rather than an afterthought. Sofa and ottoman upholstered define the living space, while Ikea storage unit holds supplies and craft toys near a coffee table working on the opposite wall.
Leslie Goodwin Photography
Embrace your style 'floor'
There is no need to throw your usual taste out the window just because you are decorating a basement. Even do some styling changes will enhance the look of any space. Wall-mounted TVs and a long, low cabinet give the space an elegant, modern look. white fresh paint, wood-look floors and a soft carpet, as seen here, can transform your own basement in your favorite room in the house.
There is no need to throw your usual taste out the window just because you are decorating a basement. Even do some styling changes will enhance the look of any space. Wall-mounted TVs and a long, low cabinet give the space an elegant, modern look. white fresh paint, wood-look floors and a soft carpet, as seen here, can transform your own basement in your favorite room in the house.
Wentworth, Inc.
hide pillars, pipes and other less-than-attractive details
Check with a knowledgeable source before covering anything, to be sure you are not creating a safety hazard or blocking the access necessary. This set off guard, it may be useful to invest some of your basement budget in coatings (such as wood panels, smooth horizontal shown here) that hide cankers and help your space look really pulled together .
Check with a knowledgeable source before covering anything, to be sure you are not creating a safety hazard or blocking the access necessary. This set off guard, it may be useful to invest some of your basement budget in coatings (such as wood panels, smooth horizontal shown here) that hide cankers and help your space look really pulled together .
John Kraemer & Sons
Build a playroom everyone will love
just because you include a pool table (or a large television) that does not mean the basement needs turning into cavemen. In this space, a fun animated blackboard wall, while a hot copper luminaire brings to mind a classic billiards room, without going over.
More basement models
just because you include a pool table (or a large television) that does not mean the basement needs turning into cavemen. In this space, a fun animated blackboard wall, while a hot copper luminaire brings to mind a classic billiards room, without going over.
More basement models
Designs housing
update of the table on the card
Choose a table and chairs and look at your options for meetings of 'expansion. You can host a poker night, dinners or children can use the space as an area of homework. This corner of the basement feels like it belongs in a comfortable restaurant.
Choose a table and chairs and look at your options for meetings of 'expansion. You can host a poker night, dinners or children can use the space as an area of homework. This corner of the basement feels like it belongs in a comfortable restaurant.
White Crane Construction
Cut a guest room
put the small end of a shaped piece of use by setting up an extra bed area. Close the area with a door and adding a closet will make a formal room, but for practical reasons, it may be just as useful without: simply give customers the entire basement for their stay and make sure there is a door they can close the top of the stairs.
put the small end of a shaped piece of use by setting up an extra bed area. Close the area with a door and adding a closet will make a formal room, but for practical reasons, it may be just as useful without: simply give customers the entire basement for their stay and make sure there is a door they can close the top of the stairs.
Beth Rosenfield Design LLC
try a single statement wall
Basements beg for a little extra fun, so if there is something you've been wanting to try but are reluctant to in the main house, the basement is the perfect place to experience. Paint a feature wall or try stencils, signs recovered or DIY art project. You can always paint over it if it does not work as you imagined.
Browse some more creative ideas for feature walls
Basements beg for a little extra fun, so if there is something you've been wanting to try but are reluctant to in the main house, the basement is the perfect place to experience. Paint a feature wall or try stencils, signs recovered or DIY art project. You can always paint over it if it does not work as you imagined.
Browse some more creative ideas for feature walls
Leslie Goodwin Photography
Give stairs a creative touch
If the stairs are visible from space basement principal, he better to give them a little upgrade. A rider (or a carpet or wallpaper treatment) and a feature wall papered or painted in bright colors are good options.
If the stairs are visible from space basement principal, he better to give them a little upgrade. A rider (or a carpet or wallpaper treatment) and a feature wall papered or painted in bright colors are good options.
Leslie Goodwin Photography
Use all the nooks and crannies
Under the stairs may prove to be an ideal place for an office L-shaped, file storage, additional wardrobe or shelves built to hold art supplies. Look around you. - You can have more usable space than you think
Under the stairs may prove to be an ideal place for an office L-shaped, file storage, additional wardrobe or shelves built to hold art supplies. Look around you. - You can have more usable space than you think
Reaume Construction & Design
Finish the utility room with the style
Having a fresh polished laundry area can make a daily chore so much nicer. Consider adding surfaces for bending, cabinets or shelves to store supplies, suspension bar for smart clothes and something soft underfoot.
Having a fresh polished laundry area can make a daily chore so much nicer. Consider adding surfaces for bending, cabinets or shelves to store supplies, suspension bar for smart clothes and something soft underfoot.
Use a hard floor for an elegant finishing touch and practice
Basements are notoriously wet and prone to leaks (and floods), and a hard floor will probably last longer in these conditions that the wall-to-wall carpet.
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Basements are notoriously wet and prone to leaks (and floods), and a hard floor will probably last longer in these conditions that the wall-to-wall carpet.
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Have you (or hope to have) a basement? Share your best tips and ideas in the comments below.