We gutted our basement in May 2013! It has been a slow process with lot of holds along the way. Now just in time for Baby K #4 the basement is finished. Trevor has done most of the work along the way with some great help from Jamie with the frame work and Ray Meyer with the electrical. With the baby just around the corner January has been crunch time. The sheet rock went up just before the new year. Then it was painting time. I don't think there is anything Trevor hates more than painting, it just makes him crabby. Lucky for us my parents were a great help and primed and painted all the walls. Then the carpet came last Thursday and we spent the weekend moving furniture and toys down to the new "Kids Room".
The new art center where the kids can use all their fun art supplies without worrying about what will happen to the walls and carpet.
The other end of the room is for the toys and couches. Eventually we will add a TV on the wall down there for family movie night.
We opened up the space at the bottom of the stairs and it makes the whole basement flow together nicely. It was also the perfect place for our piano.
The kids are loving the new space. They are sort of forced to love it because I have moved all their toys down there. Mom and Dad even enjoy being down there now with them. The best part is how big the upstairs feels now that I do not have art stuff in my dining room, toys in the family room and wall to wall toys in the bedrooms.
Finishing the basement almost meant Trevor and I could have our Christmas/10 year anniversary gift to each other delivered. With the toys cleared out now we have room for our new treadmill. I have only walked on it but I am looking forward running again after this baby comes.
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