Close to Home

Here is a project literally close to home, my home. We spruced up the basement of the house we are living in. Wall to wall the house was white, and nasty beige carpet that had been long expired covered the floors.

We didn't get many before pictures because the remodel came on such a whim. We found laminate flooring on sale from $2.49 a sq/ft for $0.41 a sq/ft. So we bought up all we could at 3 different Home Depots and I got to work. The hall I tore up carpet, patched the walls and ceiling then installed the laminate flooring. Next to go up is the wainscoting, even in such a small area the wainscot really adds a beautiful element to the house.

The wainscot had turned out to be a real crowd pleaser.

The bedrooms started off the whole remodel when we had a pipe burst and flood the room. After we had the plumbing repaired I had to replace the Sheetrock on the bottom half of the room, so we decided while we were at it, we would give the room a fresh coat of paint. One thing led to another with the screaming deal on laminate and we ripped up the carpet and added all new trim to the room.

The bright floors in the basement really lighten up the place, and give it a much fresher, airier feel. Which I think all basements need.

My wife choose this Sherwin Williams Dockside Blue in an eggshell finish. We really like the finish that isn't too shiny, but isn't hard to clean like a matte finish is. And with our two giant dogs roaming around the place that is essential.

The final touch was a little more like putting lipstick on a pig. The windows are in pretty bad shape, and with no casing it was hard to miss how bad they are.

So I cased them out with some trim and voilà. I think they look so much better, and for a fraction of the price of new windows, it is something we can live with.