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Basement Recap: Bookcase wall in Family Room

Randy — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:49:42 +0000

This time we take a look at the Bookcase wall in the Family room. This wall is the other side of the enclosed stairway going downstairs. I always wanted library/study section in a home. This open area sorta forms part of that feeling. The other side of the room next to the windows will eventually form the total feel… as I hope to put a Eames Chair / Ottoman and Naguchi Table across from the bookcases for a real open library feel….

The bookcases and cd towers are from Ikea and I assembled them and secured them together into one unit and also to the wall behind them. This baby isn’t going anywhere!

Basement Recap: The North End

Randy — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:10:21 +0000

The basement project was spread out across many years. For several reasons it took longer to complete than originally planned… as a result it easy to forget what what each phase looked like. The Basement Recap is intended to place a series of images together that highlight a section of the basement and follows it through the construction from beginning to end.

I start off this series by looking at the North end of the Family room. This is where the kids desk sits. It is the narrowest section of the family room and is just at the bottom of the stairs.

Basement Project: Family room is 98% complete

Randy — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:25:34 +0000

After nearly 7 years the basement project is drawing to a close! The family room space is now inhabitable! The kids had a good time settling into the space last night when they returned home. We now just have some final decoration items to finish and a shelf here and there, but otherwise the room is complete!

Basement Project: Family Room Carpet is in!

Randy — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:01:13 +0000

Its hard to believe that the basement project is about to draw to a close. The carpet was installed today. The shade is lighter than what I had originally planned but the walls are already pretty dark and the carpet was very affordable

Check out the images below…

Basement Project: Family Room Update

Randy — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:05:28 +0000

I went carpet shopping yesterday. I ended up getting a bit lighter of a carper than I originally planned to, but it was the same quality carpet I put into the basement office and t was in stock and affordable. The best part is that they will verify my measurements this morning and install the carpet tomorrow afternoon.

I am having another coat of paint put onto one wall today. The wall has gotten pretty scuffed up in the final construction phases and with the kids playing down there.

Friday will be a trip to Ikea in Canton. I’m putting a list together of the basics but here is a sample of what I am looking at…

The white desk is for the north wall. The bookcase (3) and cd tower (2) will line the wall on other side of the staircase going upstairs with the lamp on top of the bookcase. The TV stand will going in the square section of the Family room. In addition to the above I’m looking for some basic shelves and frames along with some coasters.

Saturday will likely be post Ikea assembly day!

Basement Project: Drop ceiling in Family Room complete!

Randy — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:55:13 +0000

Monday was spent banging out the ceiling in the Family Room. It actually came together quicker than I thought it would. I also got the tools put away, clutter picked up, vacuumed, and wiped down the walls with the good ole’ swiffer.

This morning I will get accurate measurements for carpet and begin the shopping fun for carpet. I’ve also got a trip to Ikea planned for Friday for some bookcase and desk shopping.

As always… the complete Basement Project gallery of images has been updated. It can be viewed here. 469 images in total… wow!

Basement Project: Started Family Room in earnest

Randy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:52:22 +0000

Even though the weather was really sweet outside this past weekend, I wasn’t in the mood to be outside (another story) so I spent some good time downstairs and have started the final push to finish the basement. The main rec. room is now underway. I spent considerable time just clearing out the clutter that seems to magically appear when a room isn’t completely finished as it seems to become a storage area. After the clearing, I got out all of the supplies to pickup the work on the drop ceiling and then continued the work on the ceiling. I have the majority of the full sized tiles in place (all except 3) and now that remains is cutting and placing all of the partial tiles around the outer edge. I also picked up 13 BR30 Flood lamps and installed them into all of the can lights down there. Previously there was standard 60w bulbs down there.

Furniture waiting… I purchased the old furniture from Sara a few weeks ago, so I do have a couch, loveseat, coffee table, two end tables and a magazine rack waiting to go down there. I also made a list of furniture that I will pick up from Ikea once the carpet is in.

Carpet! I also need to pickup some carpet samples for the main area. I’ve decided to go a little bit darker than the light beige color I installed in the office. High traffic and kids do go well together. :)

I would love to have the ceiling and carpet installed by the end of October but that may be a bit aggressive… but who knows.

Basement Project: Office Carpet is in!

Randy — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:36:01 +0000

The Basement office is now nearly complete! The carpet was installed this morning. What now remains are re-installing the closet doors and installing the closet wire racking. Of course adding back in the furniture is high on the list as well.

Basement Office - carpet installed!

Basement Project: Slope in concrete in Office leveled

Randy — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:25:34 +0000

Basement Office - Concrete Leveled

Last weekend I leveled a slope to the concrete in the corner of the Office. The slope was initially placed into the floor to slope it down to the sump pump opening. Since I boxed around the sump opening pretty tightly there was a section that was still reveled the slope down to the sump opening.

I used a product from Mapei designed to level concrete floors prior to putting down ceramic tile.

I am happy with the results… I now have the carpet for the room on order and with a little luck it will be installed next week.

Basement Project: It lives! Here comes the office!

Randy — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:07:38 +0000

After a 14 month break from action, the Basement Project has resumed.

When last actively worked on in October 07, I had recently completed the Bathroom and Bedroom.

Now I am focusing on the Office area… Just after Christmas, my good friend Ben came over and we trimmed out the room together. Over the last two weeks, Scott Cramer of Image Painters did our trim work justice by sealing and spraying the trim and then rolling the walls. I am now cutting the few remaining partial ceiling tiles to complete the drop ceiling. After the ceiling is complete (this week), I hope to have carpet put down in pretty short order.

Once the office is complete the only remaining rooms will be the large Recreation room and hallway to the office. The work remaining in both will be the cutting of the partial ceiling panels and then carpet will need to be purchased (costly) and put down!

Interested in the entire Gallery of images showing the complete 7 year progression? Here’ s a LINK to 452 images showing the complete basement project to date.