The Basement to Coming Along

The basement is coming along.  All of the crown molding is up, baseboards down in the carpeted areas, doors in (all wide for handicap accessibility), bathroom floor down and the painters start tomorrow.  I just can't wait for the finishing touches!

The bedroom has two trays because of pipes that couldn't be moved but it works well because we will install a full wall of drapes to separate the room into a bedroom and office area.

Love the tile.  The shower will be the 13x13 tiles cut in half and a 5 piece row of the grey tile running about shoulder height around the shower walls.

Basement Renovations

Well, we're building out the basement and boy is it a lot of work..but fun.  Claire is graduating from college in May and we wanted her to have a private place to live and to come and go as she chooses without disturbing us.  Her room is very large and she will have space for her bed and an office area and her bathroom is going to be lovely with a tiled 60" shower.  The kitchen will be built using IKEA cabinets and we just purchased a Frigidaire refrigerator and stacking washer and dryer.  Art and I just might fight over who gets to move down there!  Watch out Claire!!

I will finally get a lovely sewing room after 15 years of sewing in an unfinished area.

From IKEA I am purchasing 3-36" 3-drawer kitchen cabinets http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S59814162 with a butcher block countertop and 2 tall glass door cabinets http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S29811867 to go along the back wall of my room. I plan to use the drawers to store my stash instead of the plastic boxes I've been using and books and other fabric will go on the shelves in the tall cabinets. I have a great bookcase, from IKEA, Expedit http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60071358 that houses all of my books that will be placed on the other end of the room.

I want to buy a new table http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S19836095 for my sewing machines and sergers but may wait a bit and use my old tabletops on file drawers for a while.

I have a wonderful old metal music library cabinet that has 30 narrow drawers where I keep all of my sewing supplies. On top I have my cutting board/work table that my Mom and I made out of sheet of plywood covered with an old wool blanket and canvas. I've replaced the top several times over the years and now have a top, with 1" square measurements on top, that I purchased from a man at the Sewing Expo.

The floors will be walnut laminate and I want to put my Dad's oriental rug in the seating area of the room where I will have some comfy chairs and a table.

Lighting....now that's something we're still working out. I think I might want some cans in the soffits of the tray ceiling. My husband is insisting on 3 recessed fluorescent fixtures up the middle of the room. I want 2 and to hang a family antique chandelier in the middle. Still working on that issue! I also purchased several 3-halogen light adjustable fixtures that I want to put in several places in the room. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20088681

Basement Pictures

Basement Pictures

The back wall of my sewing room where the kitchen cabinets will be installed

Looking from sewing room door into media/exercise room and bedroom

Looking from bedroom through the media/exercise room to the sewing room

The new french door and larger window in the sewing room

Max Windsor Domain Scarlet Walnut laminate floor for sewing room and kitchen