When we were looking for a new home, I paid particular concern to the basements. Not only did I want to make sure the foundation was in good condition and not letting in water, but I also wanted to make sure we would have the ability to finish the basement if we wanted to in the future. Now, most homes built in the early 1900's don't exactly have unfinished basements like your typical home these days. No, these have short ceilings, often times limestone foundations, spiderwebs everywhere, and cracked concrete floors. Luckily, when we came across our home, our basement had none of these things (aside from the spiderwebs..gross). I felt like I hit the basement jackpot.
Because we have to reconfigure our laundry situation in the basement to bring it up to code, I've been brainstorming ideas and researching all kinds of stuff for the rest of the basement. In my search to learn about different ceiling options for a basement such as ours, I stumbled across this basement remodel, and it literally stopped me in my tracks (or I guess in my internet browsing mouse clicking tracks).
This basement was designed by Ryan Duebber Architect, LLC, and I am so impressed with it. It has this funky, eclectic yet modern, industrial yet chic look going on.
I almost didn't post this, because this style is Noel in a nutshell, and I know if he sees this, he's basically going to make us do this in our basement. Unfortunately, I don't know if something like this would be possible due to pipes that hang below the floor joists, and I'm also not sure about painting all of the stuff in the ceiling, but it was too cool of a space not to share.
Because we have to reconfigure our laundry situation in the basement to bring it up to code, I've been brainstorming ideas and researching all kinds of stuff for the rest of the basement. In my search to learn about different ceiling options for a basement such as ours, I stumbled across this basement remodel, and it literally stopped me in my tracks (or I guess in my internet browsing mouse clicking tracks).
This basement was designed by Ryan Duebber Architect, LLC, and I am so impressed with it. It has this funky, eclectic yet modern, industrial yet chic look going on.
I almost didn't post this, because this style is Noel in a nutshell, and I know if he sees this, he's basically going to make us do this in our basement. Unfortunately, I don't know if something like this would be possible due to pipes that hang below the floor joists, and I'm also not sure about painting all of the stuff in the ceiling, but it was too cool of a space not to share.
Very cool space! Looks like something Jordan would like too. Where we are going to live it is rare to find a basement. Most people have an extra space on their top floor as a "casual hang out". I'd love to have a basement!
ReplyDeleteStumbled over here from twitter... Your blog is sweet! Loving the crazy basement. Don't forget to get some radon testing done (and get a quote on a mitigation system if you need it!) Much easier to do before finishing the basement off. Can't wait to see the new place! :)
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