Basement Progress

There is a dry basement!

There are walls!

There are doors!

There is paint!

There is light!

There is tile!

There is a laundry room sink cabinet, and functioning washer and dryer!

Yes, there has been much progress!! Hopefully after today and tomorrow we will be closing in on the elusive goal: a completely finished basement! We should be getting a waterproof floor pad today as well as getting our new couch and guest bed delivered. Then, tomorrow, we might get the carpet in!! Clearly, my excitement can’t be contained (and neither can my use of exclamation points, apparently!)! After that, we’ve got detail work to do (baseboards, door casing, touch-up painting, etc.), but the major part of the renovation will be done–and not a moment too soon! We’ll be having three rounds of visitors between now and the beginning of October starting next Friday. We are so pleased to be able to offer our guests a real room to stay in!

OK, so onto the basement pics:

At the top of the stairs, exiting the kitchen and going down to the basement. We have a curtain here dividing the kitchen from the basement (and also our handy-dandy guard rail). The door will stay white, but the rest will be painted a light yellow. We’ll be adding a stair-rail after the carpet goes in.

This is the first room (hallway, really) that you see when you get to the bottom of the stairs. To the left is our storage closet. It will be a lot emptier once we can move stuff into the rest of the basement! The door has since been painted white. Check out the recessed lighting done by the hubster! Nice!

So, you’ve gone right down the hallway and you come to our laundry area. To the right we are hoping to put in cabinets for storage and hopefully for some counter space. There is laminate tiling under the sink, washer, and dryer. Do you like the exposed beams? We painted them black and added the recessed lighting. Just a little detail work and this area will be done!!

Ah yes, the sewing area!! It is divided from the laundry area by a small wall. I ended up using Audubon Russet from Benjamin Moore as the orange/red color. A friend had an extra can so I got to use that–I totally love it!

The den! To the right (where the door is) is the sump pump closet. Now equipped with powerful battery back-up and ridiculously huge dehumidifier. Should keep everything dry and mold-free! In the back right corner is the electrical box, so we’re creating a little cabinet around it. To the left is an access panel for the water line. Other than getting those things finished off, pretty much done in here!

Guest room. Pretty much done except for detail painting, door framing, and carpet. Come stay!

Directly across from the guest room is this little office space. The walls on either side are a nice light gray. The back wall is planned to be a dry-erase wall using the special dry-erase paint. We’ve since put a few coats on, but may need a few more to get it working properly. Other than carpet, pretty much done in here too!

Thanks for joining in on my tour–hopefully there will be completely finished pictures up soon!