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Basement Remodel Part 4 | Bedroom

June 7, 2008 by dailygnome 4 Comments

This last room was affectionately referred to as The Pee Room ever since the summer we moved in during Madi’s puppy training days. Over the years it generally became a place where everything from Christmas ornaments to andirons happily found a home and we could shut the door on the clutter. Whenever we were at a loss of where to put something (like old prom dresses or a tuba), one of us would say enthusiastically, “The Pee Room!” It came in quite handy.

Now it’s a space where guests can comfortably stay overnight with an adjacent bathroom and Jason and I can relax to watch movies. I love having the TV out of the living room and out of the way. Our carpenter built an amazing media cabinet with drawers underneath for convenient storage of linens.

Before:


Cutting out the egress window:


After:



The Details | Built-Ins

The foundation ran along the perimeter of the room and included a cement “shelf.” We briefly contemplated cutting it out to create a few more feet and quickly realized what a huge project that would be and decided to just frame it up. This made it possible to create built-in boxes that we left open (in the bathroom we put in a recessed cabinet).


And there you have it. Our basement remodel if finally finished – thanks for taking the tour!

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Comments

  1. katalin says

    June 8, 2008 at 5:08 pm

    wow, you guys really did an amazing job on this! you should be proud. i can’t wait to take a real live tour this summer. 🙂

    Reply
  2. TS says

    June 11, 2008 at 3:21 am

    Beautiful!

    Reply
  3. Ann says

    June 18, 2008 at 4:25 pm

    I am so inspired!
    Beautiful work!
    (Time to show this to the hubby)

    Reply
  4. Gabrielle says

    June 9, 2010 at 5:00 am

    Holy cow. Fantastic remodel! What a great use of space.

    Reply

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