basement renovation
DIY Renovation Tips and Tricks
When we finally finished our basement I realized I’d learned several lessons along the way. We knew when we bought this house that we’d be doing a lot of work to it, and we knew that we’d start with the basement. I didn’t expect the mental challenge completing the basement would bring and so today…
Basement Family Room Before and After – Final Reveal! (Renovation Series Part 5)
baseIt has been 4 long years in the making of the post I’m sharing today. Over the last few weeks you have went through the journey of our basement renovation and today I am sharing our full basement family room before and after renovation! Bear with me as I use all of the exclamation points…
DIY Built in Desk (Basement Series 4)
For all of you saints who have stuck around while I’ve shared allllllllll the details on our basement – thank you! After the carpet, walls, ceiling, and back grid wall were completed added one more project to complete this space, a DIY built in desk! We’ve always wanted to allocate a space to have a…
DIY accent wall in the basement (Basement Series 3)
In the middle of our basement renovation we realized we had to do something about a damaged wall. After tossing around some ideas we decided to try our hand at a DIY accent wall. These look great in living rooms so we hoped it would translate to a basement too. It was an easy project…
How to Finish a DIY Basement Ceiling (Basement Series 2)
Knowing we couldn’t save the drywall on our basement ceiling we came up with a plan that we could do ourselves. If you are renovating your basement maybe this finished DIY basement ceiling will work for you too! Now that you’ve seen the before pictures of our basement you’re all caught up on why this…
Beginning Our Basement Renovation (Basement Reno Series 1)
This is going to be a long post guys, so grab a cup of coffee and settle in! When we bought our house we knew that we would be in for a basement renovation. I really like the previous owners of our home. I’m not judging their style, it was just really different than ours. …