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| Yay! Our basement is now a useable space! |
Oh my goodness! I haven't posted since November? Well, I guess I'd better catch you up on things. The basement is mostly done. We've still got some details to take care of but it is useable and so far we haven't found too many screwups. (I'll blog about those later...)
We are really happy with how it turned out. Our carpenter did a really nice job with the post covers. He mitered the lengths so it looks like a solid piece of wood. The only issue is that the posts have sharp edges that would really hurt if someone bumped into them. Luckily all of our kids are older now so I don't have to worry about toddler head injuries!
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| The kids wanted to keep it like this-no furniture, just open space |
It took FOREVER to sand, stain and seal the woodwork. Did I mention previously how poor the workmanship was on the Mastercraft doors we got from Menard's? Maybe it was just a bad batch? We've gotten Mastercraft doors before that we were really happy with but this time they were awful.
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| Our poor-man's home theater set up...looks silly, works great! |
One of our design flaws was that we didn't extend the wall far enough past the fireplace. There was a reason why we did that but the result was that there just isn't enough seating space. So, we put together a poor man's home entertainment area. It looks ridiculous but it's really comfy and uses some couches and a wood platform I didn't know what to do with.
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| Hopefully this works to cut down on the furnace noise... |
Now it's just a matter of handling the final details. My husband kicked some DIY booty this past weekend, insulating the furnace room in an afternoon. Haven't tested it out yet to see if it makes a difference though.
I still have to find a sink for the bathroom and a cat door for the furnace room so the kitties can access their new litter box location with ease.
