If you have an unfinished basement, there is potential living space beneath your feet with options ranging from a family media room, an entertainment and recreational space, a playroom, man cave, game room, hobby room or office. Some basic carpentry skills along with your labor and time can turn the dark utility space in your basement into a fun and user-friendly living area.
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How to Build a Finished Room in a Basement
May 17th, 2011Building Basement Rooms with Playful Design
January 5th, 2011Quite often a basement is just a dark space under the house that houses the furnace and the laundry room. It also include a bit of a storage area, but is mostly a lot of empty wasted space. In some houses . . .
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Basement Window Treatment Solutions that are Functional Stylish
December 31st, 2010It can be a challenge to come up with a window treatment for basement windows because they are located up near the top of the wall and they tend to be very small Also since a basement is naturally dark there is a need to design window treatments that allow the maximum amount of light into the space
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Using a Nautical Theme in a Finished Basement
November 29th, 2010Creating a nautical theme in your basement can bring a bright spot to an otherwise dreary day. It can transport you to a favorite vacation spot, or it can simply sooth your senses, but surrounding yourself with the pale blues and greens of the ocean juxtaposed against the sandy hues of the shore can make a beautiful room design. You can also build a nautical aesthetic with the start contrasts of crisp, stark white and navy blue. This color scheme is perfect for a more modern style room.
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Designing a Finished Basement to be Bright and Open
October 20th, 2010Basements are no longer the dark, creepy spaces that you may remember from when you were a child. Instead they are finished rooms that are ready to be claimed as game rooms, family rooms, media rooms and home offices. These spaces can be cozy or spacious. They are still frequently at least partially subterranean, but they are a little more polished than the basements of old. Some of the challenges of old time basements still apply to these modern spaces: Small windows still limit the amount of light that can make it into the room, so while modern basements are not longer dank they still can be somewhat dim.
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3 Methods For Erecting Walls in a Basement
October 18th, 2010An unfinished basement is like allowing a treasure to gather dust, since it can be a valuable space for many different purposes. From additional storage capacity to a place for the kids to play, you can choose from a variety of uses for a finished basement room. In fact, you can create more than one…
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Ideas to Lighten Brighten Basement Spaces
September 1st, 2010Basements are naturally dark spaces that can seem depressing and uninviting even if they are finished and decorated Compounding the problem is that basement windows tend to be small and low to the ground so they let in little natural light
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Crack Repair Tips for your Basement Ceiling
August 29th, 2010If a finished ceiling in your basement has developed one or more cracks, you’ll need to repair them in a manner that is consistent with the type of ceiling you have installed. As a general rule, cracks . . .
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