Our summer project (finished basement pics)

[Bob Slydell]

Well, ok, it wasn't our project, per se, short of hiring people and paying the bills , but still -- it's done.


Storage area (done before any other renovations started):

Our new walkout basement:

The walkout from the inside (pre-drywall):

The walkout from the inside (after renovations were done):

The patio area outside the walkout:

More landscaping:

The stairs down to the basement:

The bar:

The entertainment center:

Book/Toy shelves and cabinets (to the left of the entertainment center - the door leads to the storage area):

The doors leading to our bonus room / workout room:

The bar at another angle (hey, we liked it so much, it deserved a second pic ):

 

[lyeag]

Wow! It turned out really nice. So when is the party to break in the new bar?

 

[laura001]

Awesome pics....hope you enjoy your new space (s)!!

 

[SplshMtn99]

Beautiful. And nice & bright too. I love the colors & stonewall.
Sort of what I had envisioned for the walkout basement in the condo we were going to buy.

 

[Kay7979]

It looks great. You have a lot of useable space.

 

[KarenB]

That looks great!! I like the door that looks like french doors but only one side opens. Also the outside patio looks wonderful-you need a little fire pit for cool fall evenings (hard to think about when it is 100 degrees!!).

When are you shopping for furniture??

Karen

 

[Miss Jasmine]

That looks great!!!! What time should I be over?

 

[Bob Slydell]

That looks great!! I like the door that looks like french doors but only one side opens. Also the outside patio looks wonderful-you need a little fire pit for cool fall evenings (hard to think about when it is 100 degrees!!).

When are you shopping for furniture??

Our firepit is on the main patio (out and to the left of the pic)

Furniture, as well as the new TV / Surround Sound / etc that I want will have to wait until we've saved up some more money. Right now, we have some furniture down there (moved after we took these pics) from other areas around the house.

BTW, the walkout basement started as a window as big as the one to the left of the entertainment center. They dug it out and cut the wall to put the door in.

Party's at our house.

 

[transparant]

Wow! That looks GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[allie&mattsmom]

That is very, very nice! I love the bar and the entertainment center. Oh and I LOVE the patio and landscaping! Congratulations!

 

[damo]

Looks great! Lots of room for the kids to play.

 

[ZuZugal]

Wow.....great for your family!

My favorite part is the backyard/landscaping/rocks. Anyone can have a great interior but most people don't give 2 thoughts about the lay of the land and how best to landscape it.

 

[TerriP]

LoveLoveLOVE the landscaping and patio...very pretty!!!

 

[kimmikayb]

I am VERY impressed. Love it! Can you come over and do mine now?

 

[Maleficent13]

Gorgeous!!

And a question: that little playhouse in the background of the 6th pic...is it yours? I SOOOOOOO want one for DD when she is older...

 

[lindakmonty]

that looks great! What time is the party? Looks great!

 

[Bob Slydell]

Gorgeous!!

And a question: that little playhouse in the background of the 6th pic...is it yours? I SOOOOOOO want one for DD when she is older...

Yep, it's ours It's not so little, too. I can stand up inside it and have plenty of room above my head. My DW's godfather built it based on a plan from the Internet when DS1 was little. We actually moved it from our old house to the new house (a long story that involved flat bed trucks and forklifts )

 

[Bob Slydell]

Wow.....great for your family!

My favorite part is the backyard/landscaping/rocks. Anyone can have a great interior but most people don't give 2 thoughts about the lay of the land and how best to landscape it.

Thanks!

We wanted to match it with our patio on the other side of our backyard, which we had done a couple years ago:

 

[mickeyfan2]

Of course the bar needs a second look! Nice job.

 

[puffkin]

I couldn't tell from your pictures, what type of ceiling did you put in? We would like to do our basement in a few years, and I loathe drop ceilings.

Also, where do you keep the stuff that used to occupy the basement. I envision doing something like yours but that would leave us very little room for storage (I will definitely have to through a lot of stuff, but we still have some big things like the X-mas and Halloween decorations that take up a lot of space).

Thanks for sharing, it looks beautiful