I hope you can all stand a little talk of wall framing, drywall, electrical wiring and plumbing because the cast here at Casa Kimba is about to undertake a massive project.
Our newly constructed home came complete with a cavernous, unfinished basement. The concrete block walls and exposed ceiling have been taunting The Hubster since the day we moved in. So last week, we received a giant delivery of 2×4’s that are the first step in turning that chilly unfinished basement into the play area/office/workout space/storage room/man cave of our dreams.
I suspect that this will be a year-long project since we’re doing the majority of the work ourselves. Hold me. We (and by “we”, I mean The Hubster and his army of power tools. My primary job during the construction phase will be to hold stuff as it’s being nailed and to provide sustenance. I’ll also spend a lot of time nodding in agreement and saying things like “You’re awesome, honey!”) finished the basements in our last two houses, but this is a much bigger project.
We’ve spent the last 18 months talking about our ideas for this large space, but we don’t have a complete plan. Just lots of good ideas. But in true man-form, The Hubster isn’t waiting for a final plan to get to work. He’ll start framing the outside walls and we can develop the plan as we go.
Here are just a few things that I’m dreaming about for our new basement space:
A fitness area so that the treadmill and exercise bike can finally be hidden from my sight and stop making me feel guilty. And lazy.
A super cool play area that can transition to a lounge space as our kids get older.
A beautiful office space.
Lots of storage space that really works. It may not be beautiful, but I love this under stair storage idea.
A space for the men-folk to lounge and watch basketball and football (and hockey, racing, soccer, curling, logrolling and whatever other manly activity is on the tube.)
Time for a poll: Have you ever taken on a big DIY project like this? Do you even have a basement? They’re pretty standard in this part of the country but I know that’s not true everywhere.
photo credits: Top 2 photos are mine. The rest are from BHG.
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oh, Kimba, how exciting!!
and why yes, i have taken on a project like that before. not a basement, just a whole house
can’t wait to follow the progress!
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Kathy C. Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 7:29 am
Kimba, that looks like fun!
Since you’ve done this sort of thing before, you know what you’re in for. We’ve done SEVERAL major rebuilds, remodels, new builds, etc…to our house, so I giggle when you detailed what your main jobs would be, lol.
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To the 2nd part, nope, we don’t have a basement, I guess they aren’t real popular in Florida. I’ve always loved them though, when I was 12 we had one and I always dreamed of it being a dance studio just for me, lol…didn’t happen,
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We have a big, ugly, unfinished basement too, just haven’t undertaken the HUGE project to refinish it. I will be watching/reading closely as you work for ideas! This just might get my husband to read your blog!!
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My basement is a scary dungeon. I won’t ever be able to truly remodel it but I hope to get it cleaned up soon and painted so at least it’s not scary anymore. My house is really old, built in 30s.
I really like the second photo. A set-up like that would be perfect for my family too! Good luck!
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We just moved from Florida (no basements there) to northern Kentucky (where everyone has a basement) and they were building our house while we were in Florida. We payed to have the basement finished so we moved our treadmill and bowflex down there and right now (we have only been here 2 1/2 months) our old great room furniture. I have a bedroom that is my craft room (not finished either) but I would definetly love that space like the picture you posted. My husband is going to it his man cave next year before football season. Good luck. I can’t wait to see what you come up with.
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Good luck and have fun with such a wonderful project, ah the opportunities! And no on the undertaking of such a project ourselves. And yes on the basement. Under our whole house their is a basement (more or less four individual spaces) but mind you, that means under the ground so kind of humid and with next to no natural light and in some places a rather low ceiling. So it doesn’t really work to use it for any longterm activity (I use part of it as my painting station now).
Looking forward to see your posts with actual Kimba style project fun again!
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We finished our large (800 square feet) basement 10 years ago. It’s one of the best projects we’ve done. It’s added so much livable space to our home. Have fun!
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Never had to do the “hold things up and say you’re a genius, honey” thing before on a big project. As apartment dwellers, it’s all about the little projects. I have lived in my parents basement as a young adult and dreamed of a major remodel. Uh, typical 70’s rust colored shag carpet, faux plug in fire place (shuddering at the memory) gold/rust plaid wall paper on 3 walls with dark wood paneling on the 4th wall. It didn’t go so well with my country cute late 80’s/early 90’s mauve and dusty blue decor. How did we ever think any of that was stylish?????
Good luck, Sweet Kimba, and I’m betting you will do a lot more than you think. I have visions of you Rambo style. You’re standing there, nail gun in one hand and a tube of liquid nails in the other with a scrap of toile tied around your forehead saying something to the effect of “board and batten is not dispensable!”
Can’t wait to see the pics!
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We started our basement redo Labor Day weekend of 2008. The floor is still not done after water problems last spring. Good luck with your basement redo. It is exciting!
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We don’t have a basement. Although, I dream of the day when we will so that I, too, can have an office/workout/storage/have-lots-of-people-over-without-tripping-over-ourselves/send the kids off to great space to play/man cave/craft area.
I did grow up in a house with an unfinished basement that my dad turned into a great space. And my sister and her husband just finished their basement in the house they recently built. It was an absolutely beautiful space to spend a large family Christmas together.
Good luck and God speed! Looking forward to watching the progress!
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Congratulations on starting your basement re-do! We recently went through that whole project at our house – my husband did all of the work himself. Well, the only thing we hired out was mudding and taping the drywall on the walls and ceiling. The results are SO worth the hardship… Just keep the end in mind on those days when it seems like the job will never be done! When ours was done, it was a beautiful thing!
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What a project this is going to be. We’d love to come along as you work on it. I’ve never tackled anything this big before but you have fun with that.
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We don’t have a basement, but I know that having a finished basement is my huband’s dream. I know there’s a pool table in that dream somewhere as well…
Good luck, I can’t wait to see how it progresses!
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Gulp… I am simultaneously impressed and intimidated!! Can’t wait to see this chronicled, I have no doubts it will be beautiful!!
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Hey Kimba … thanks for your sweet note about my breakfast area. I can’t wait to see your basement reno !! You are brave (and I’m super envious of your family’s ability to take on such a project). And, if you have a Tuesday Morning close by, I bet they still have the lazy susans there … actually, scratch that, you can probably whip one of those up yourself !! Take care, Becca
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Becca @ Adventures in Decorating Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 8:37 am
Oops! Okay, so obviously you didn’t comment on my breakfast area nor the lazy susan … I clicked on the wrong blog to leave a note of thanks. I”m soooooo sorry. However, I still can’t wait to see your awesome basement reno … so wish I had your *skeelz* !! Take care, Becca
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I look forward to watching it all unfold. How exciting to have a place where all of those things can happen.
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We have an unfinished basement as well. And we’re slowly getting started on finishing it ourselves. And by slowly, I mean slowly. One thing at a time. The people who owned the house before us got a good start. It’s wired and plumbed for a bathroom. It has hook ups for a laundry room downstairs as well. Our biggest issue is that they framed it up choppy. We want it more open so we’re going to have a builder come in and help us make sure of what walls are load bearing and which ones we can safely remove. Then demo will begin! There’s lots to do. First up is a yard sale however to get rid of some crap!
We plan on having an office/crafting area, an all purpose room (toys, TV and a fold out bed of some kind), a mud room/freezer room, and a bathroom/laundry room. If it all goes according to plan, there will be 2 closets down there (one for Hunter and all his paraphenalia), under the stairs storage (for me!) and then shelves in the laundry room where I can also store the food I can during the summer. We’re also planning to install a wood stove.
I have a feeling this could go on for years and years. But, it’ll add about 1000 sqft to our house!
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Oh how I wish we had a basement. But unfortunately, we live in a place that if we had a basement it would just be filled with water. But I see all the cool things people do with their basements and dream about one day having one (without having to move away). So jealous of your new project (but not jealous of the work). Can’t wait to see the progress!
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WOW!! I can’t say I’ve ever taken on a project that big, but I love the inspiration pics you’ve found! It’ll be such a great multi functioning space when it’s finished!!
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I just saw the most beautiful finished space on Divine Design with Candace Olson. She did a third floor but had many of the things you are looking for…office space, workout area and lounge. You should check it out for further inspiration!
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Morning Kimba!
My hubby finished our basement in the last house we lived in. I had to laugh a bit as I read your post. You see, my hubby said , “I can have it finished in two months.” Yeah right, it took a year! So, at least you and hubby are on the right track. LOL, with full time jobs and other things that go on, it will be a while before it’s done…but you will enjoy the space and use it often when it is.
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Kimba!! How exciting!
We do have a basement. . . but we bought our house as it was being built, and we had the builder finish it off for us. We’ve done a lot of projects over the years, but never one THAT big! I’m impressed with you and your husband!
Good luck!
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Dreamy. Our basement is nothing short of scary and I would LOVE to someday make it another livable level of our home. Sigh. Someday. Meanwhile, I’m excited to live vicariously through you!
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Dreamy. Our basement is nothing short of scary and I would LOVE to someday make it another livable level of our home. Sigh. Someday. Meanwhile, I’m excited to live vicariously through you!
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I think that looks awesome! I don’t have a basement, but when I have kids one day I sure hope I can take on a project like this!
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We don’t have basements in my part of TX. I grew up in Houston at sea level, so a basement would have just been under water.
I think it would be amazing to have such a large space for extra room. You must have quite some area to transform it into all that you shared. Good luck!!
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I love all your pictures of the basement. I live in Texas and we don’t have basements here. I do have a gameroom, upstairs, which I’ve always thought of as a poor man’s basement. Your description of helping hubby made me laugh. It reminded me of what I expected of my guy when I was giving birth. Good coaching techniques!
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We finished our basement ourselves (with the help of LOTS of friends) about 5 years ago. We had little to no experience – but before we started took a class in drywall installation and DH took an electrical class. I have to say it was one of the best things we have done. It came out great and we had a fantastic sense of accomplishment. Working mostly weekends (and occassional nights – we only had 1 kid at that point, although I was pregnant with #2) – it took us about 4 months. We had a schedule that we set up before we started and basically stuck with it. HELPERS are key! We had friends who would come to help build or help watch kid#1 while DH and I worked. We could not have done it without them. And don’t underestimate yourself! I did my fair share of cutting, measuring, using the nail gun, etc. There is no reason you can’t throw yourself right in there!
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Goodness, how blessed you are to have such a handy hubby!! Can’t wait to see what it’s going to look like. Those are some fabulous inspiration pics!
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How I would have loved to finish mine, now we are mving so it doesn’t matter. But while we couldn’t finish it we still made it uesable, abd hte children are down there all the time. Even when it’s cold out and only 50 degress down there.
Pictures of our unfinsished playroom and storage.
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We now have a small exercise space and a painting spot for all the projects added into all the mess.
I am looking forward to following the progress of your basement!
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My husband finished our basement in our last home. He did most of it himself with the exception of the drop-ceiling. It wasn’t a huge basement so we ended up with 3 areas of living space (not counting the laundry room and work room that were already there), we had an area for the drum set, one for lounging and tv viewing, and the last was a nook for my scrapbooking desk.
It’s a lot of work, but so totally worth it. Good luck!
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So what’s the absolute minimum I have to move further north to actually have a basement…..because I think I would LOVE having a basement. A finished one! Good luck with your endeavors, and I”m going to go do the research to see how far north (the absolute minimum!) I have to move to have a basement. I look forward to seeing the results!
Suzanne
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I am so jealous! I live in Texas, land of NO basements! But we are currently redoing our playroom to make it more of a guest room/playroom. On the list…paint, new closet doors and organization, toy storage, and a murphy bed that can be put up or down for guests!
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we DO have a large basement with a ceiling of decent height…however, Hubbys tools and workshop is in there. I don’t feel like we need it for living space, as our house is pretty spacious, and we have a family room that we just remodeled, but it is EMPTY of furniture at the moment! However, hubby wants to put up a few walls, better lighting and storage, etc in the basement, so its more pleasant to work in and not such a “cave.” LOL!
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Sooo jealous! Everyone in Virginia has a basement. Except us.
I think your plans are awesome!! If we had a basement, I’d want a guest room and bath, playroom, man cave, and a craft area. 
A girl can dream, right?
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So excited to watch your Basement Project as it progresses…
We will be finishing a 1600 Sf of basement very soon also… hoping to get some good ideas from you…! By your pictures it looks like you are off to a great start
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Good Luck!
We don’t have many basements here in Texas but my hubby and I have done our own big project all by ourselves when we added our son’s nursery. See, we live in an old barn so all of the rooms are interior. I would definitely add windows, if possible, to your basement. Something about zero sunlight really makes a room feel quite….odd.
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We started finishing our basement at the end of Summer 2009. At this point we essentially have walls, but its been a slow go as my husband is doing ALL of the work himself (other than the main electrical connections). So him being in carpentry school for 8 weeks, and now back to full time work has put a serious slow down on basement progress.
So next thing is to prime and paint, then to the suspended ceiling, Then finally flooring. trim and doors. I’m hoping by the beginning of Summer 2010, I can say we are done
It will add about 600 sq. ft. of usable living space to our 1123 sq. ft condo, which is huge! I can’t wait. My husband is looking forward to the man cave aspect, and I can’t wait for a functional craft room (vs. the kitchen table!)
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I really love the one with the multi-colored storage spaces! I’m a first-time homeowner and haven’t taken a project QUITE this large. Right now, my big project is painting all the walls non-white. I’m just not a white wall person. Good luck with the basement! BTW, I’m from California and it’s very rare to find a basement here. I think they are really cool though
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We bought a foreclosure in August of ‘09 and have completely remodeled it. Thankfully, DH does drywall and can do anything else, so we were also able to do all of the work ourselves. Good luck with your project!
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Fantastic! I can’t wait to see your progress and the final results. I love home renovation stuff! LOL We don’t have a basement, the same as most of Southern California. I’d love more HOUSE for my money though!
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Here is my basement re-do. It was already finished. I just made it more kid-friendly.
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Shannon Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 11:38 am
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Sorry… here it is:
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We have a finished basement and currently are pulling carpet up and replacing it with tile. We have a family room, bar area, full bath, laundry room, play area (for a future pool table) and storage under the stairs but we framed it in and added a door. We have french doors that lead out onto a concrete patio so it lets in more light. Good luck on your project, I’m sure it will turn out fabulous!
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Swoon. Those inspiration pictures are fantastic. It’s going to be amazing! How fun that we’ll get to journey with you. We have an unfinished bonus room that I hope to finish within my lifetime so I’ll be taking lots of notes.
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Good luck! You’re so lucky to have such a handy hubby. I love all the green and yellow painted bookcases (note to self, paint backs of built-ins!)
Also, we have a pergo-type laminate flooring in our basement in pretty much the same color as the photos you showed and I love it. It’s so nice that the kids and I can craft down there and I don’t have to worry about anything getting ruined!
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We have an unfinished basement, which I would love to finish. Not sure how long we will live here, though, so it’s kind of a fine line. You are BRAVE!
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wowsers! good for you! we do not have a basement…but I can’t wait to see your’s all finished! enjoy!
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How exciting! Please post pictures and tips, tutorials, etc as you go a long. We are hoping to finish our basement, or at least half of it, sometime soon.
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I taken on big projects but never remodeling a basement. someday…
I came here to tell you I posted about your Do It Yourself meme on my blog. http://splendidlittlestars.blogspot.com/2010/01/more-memes.html
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We actually do not have a basement but feel that this will be mandatory in our next house b/c hubby’s tools and whatnot have taken over our tiny garage. We need the storage. I guess the biggest DIY project we have done is taking all the wallpaper off the walls of our old house. It was in.every.room and it.was.loud. boy that was a chore and not something i want to repeat. Good luck with the basement and I hope we get to see plenty of pictures!
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I have a basement that I would love to finish. I can’t wait to see yours!
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How exciting!!! That is going to be a wonderful space. I can’t wait to see it all come together. Fun!
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Hi Kimba,
We have a full basement in our home and I LOVE it! The finished space fuctions as our family room, home office, playroom and home theater. Luckily Hubby finished the space so we had minimal money invested in that project {we hired someone to lay carpet}. Good Luck with your project, I’ll be anxious to see your progress! Lisa
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Oh I’m envious!! I wish we had a basement–and I *love* construction projects that you can close the door on! We always seem to be taking on projects in spaces that are essential to our daily life (like the project we recently finished where we gave our oak cabinets a beadboard treatment and painted them out white) and thus we can never close the door on the construction–rather the project is always in our face and taunting us until we’re done with it!
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Sounds like a fun project! I can’t wait to see how it turns out. BION We’re renovated three basements which included digging them down (old farmhouses) a few feet by hand, repouring footings and concrete floors etc. The finishing was the easy part. I think we’re just suckers for punishment. That and I just love old houses.
Good luck with it!
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How exciting! We’d love to finish our basement, but would have to have specific plans first to get the permits that are required here. Oh and one more thing holding us back…money!
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Yes, we have a basement. AND we live in CA. Not the norm for here. Our is basically living space {that we don’t use much}. It’s finished, lots of natural light b/c there is a hill that slopes down on the side of the house. Plus 3 other windows. I don’t have the experience with the major undertaking. We only ripped out the old carpets {they were ruined from texturing the walls & we’d planned on replacing them eventually} and then we just painted the concrete floors. Thus the reason why it’s mostly unused. It’s cold down there right now. And cold because it feels so empty.
Good luck! Make sure you post updates along the way. For us to see, and you to remember!
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It will be worth the work when it’s done, trust me. The shelves with different background colors are very nice. With the exception of the roofing and pouring the concrete basement our family built the house we live in right now and moved in 10 years ago. The basement is not finished, we just can’t get enthusiastic about another big project.
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We finished our basement about a year ago due to sewer backup. It was actually already finished, but they had to cut up the drywall and remove almost everything the sewage touched – so we took the time to tear down some walls and make it work better for us. It was a year of chaos, but in the end it is totally worth it. I wonder how we’d “fit” in our house now without it!
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We don’t have a basement, but we are at the half way point of remodeling our entire house. It’s taken us about 2 years so far, but we should be finished in about another year. It’s getting REALLY old living in a construction zone! LOL
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Well, I was the designer, general contractor, and foreman for my basement but I didn’t actually pound in the nail. That was nerve racking enough for me. We stick to little projects like my daughter’s new studio. My husband is a tinkerer so he is into model trains. Builds the whole thing ~ landscaping, bridges…. but doing a whole basement ourselves ~ no Ma’am. I wish you all the best and look forward to posts on the progress!
Pau;a Grace ~
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Yep we finished a room in the basement, which for us was a pretty big deal since we hadn’t done any home reno projects before that. We bought a book and started putting in the walls.
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Exciting (and a lot of work I know). How fun to have a blank space to do whatever you want with, though! Can’t wait to watch your progress.
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My husband and I took on our unfinished basement a few years after we moved into our house. I did all the design, trim, and paint work, and he did all the construction. I helped him when he needed it. It took him about 6 months. He did it during the winter and usually had football or golf on a tv for company. Since you can close the door, the remodel doesn’t effect how you live in your house, like a kitchen or bathrom remodel does. He rented some heavy tools and a sheetrock lifter to do the ceiling. I was quite proud of him as it turned out great. We did hire a plumber to install a bathroom and re-route some pipes, but other than that we did everything. Good Luck with it. Diane
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How fun! That’s a big project for sure-we don’t have basements in our area but we did convert part of our over sized garage into a family room. While pregnant with child number 3, with a 3 year old and one year old underfoot. That was an adventure!
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Nothing I like to see more than a big stack of lumber with the promise of new space. Congrats on getting started and good luck.
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Oh, this will be fun to follow! I loved our old house with a basement and I really miss it in our newer ranch-style house. We did finish ours, too, and it’s just a great space to be able to put a lot of different things in. Out west here, most of the old houses have basements, and most of the new (post 1960) ones don’t. It’s really expensive to add a basement to a new house now, so most choose not to.
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We don’t have a basement…Not many people around Memphis, do, I think. It’s just not a Southern thing. I heard once that in cold areas of the country (meaning the parts of the country that have very cold winters, like Montana) that the frost line is so deep that when houses are built they just go ahead and dig a little bit deeper so the house can have a basement. Since the South doesn’t have frigid winters like that, a basement is more of an undertaking. In fact, none of my family that I know of has ever had a house with a basement, and very few people I know have one.
On to projects, my wonderful Sound Man has redone our living room and I LOVE it. It’s still, after two (or is it three now?) years of it being completed, my favorite room of the house.
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We have a basement. We didn’t for the last 2 years in Texas (no one does), but when we moved back to Colorado, it was on my list! I really missed having one in Texas! The extra space is fabulous. Lucky for me ours came already finished! It’s still mostly empty at this point, but eventually my DIY project will be furnishing and decorating it! My favorite kind of project.
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We did something similar with the basement stairs in our last house. On one side we did bookshelves. The other side we made a built in toy box the legnth of stairs. We just loved it. Good luck and I can’t wait to see the finished project.
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