The Basement

When we first bought the house, we thought that the basement would be my domain, as it was in the townhouse. It was big enough that I could have both my office and my craft room down there. But, thinking about it, we decided that it should be Richard's space, for a few reasons. One, it was already wired for surround sound. Two, he could be noisy and not keep me up at night. Three, it was the only space big enough for all of his office stuff AND the big TV. Plans for the basement include painting over the day-glow yellow with a lovely slate blue, removing the "closet" in the TV area and re-working the storage area, and eventually putting in a sub floor (for warmth and softness) and carpeting.

The basement as it looked during the home inspection:
(the top trio is the unfinished area, the bottom is the finished area)

Improvements made:
(The stairs were painted with this rough, no-slip coating. The carpeting really saves your legs from getting scratched up!)

The basement now:
(please excuse the mess. If I tried to get everything clean before the pics, this web site would NEVER get done!)