Monday, February 2, 2015

Basement Construction (Sept-Nov 2014)

Back up!  In September we had our basement remodeled.  We only moved one wall, and the rest was updating and replacing things.  The walls got retextured, new dry wall ceilings, new lighting, new trim, new windows, new doors, and new carpet.  

Before
Before

 During
 After
 Bedroom 1 before
 Before
 During
 After
 Here's the wall that we bumped out to create a new bedroom.  (Technically if we ever had to resell the house, we could not list either of the basement bedrooms as "bedrooms."  One has no window and one has no closet.)  We basically just moved this wall out to meet the other wall.  
Before
 During- old wall knocked down
 During- new framing in
 Looking out from inside the new bedroom
 After

 Bedroom 2- Before (it was really just a small storage room)
The after shot of bedroom 2 looks very similar to Bedroom 1- same color walls, trim, and carpet.  

Bathroom Before
 Before 
 After- new doors make such a HUGE difference in brightening things up! 
We also installed new brushed nickel hardware and they put fresh lacquer on the vanity cupboards.  

We had a little hiccup with the new windows.  Our friend Cesar who was doing the remodel, and has done lots of work for us in the past, had one of his friends supply the windows.  Well, this friend had to leave the country due to a family emergency and we never heard back from him!  So Cesar had to re-order new windows and we waited an additional month for them to be installed.  Thankfully, we didn't have to pay any extra money.

 We were very pleased with the outcome and love spending time down there!  Now, we can move the older kids downstairs in preparation for baby #4.  :)  

6 comments:

Mr and Mrs Smith and Co said...

Yay! I love house remodels! Can't wait to see it in a few weeks!!!

Sibber said...

Totally Sweet remodel! Love the colors! Especially love the bathroom doors! HOORAY!! So beautiful!

K Thompson said...

I've seen it in person and WOW!!! The pictures don't do it justice! I can't believe what a difference. They love it and I can see why. Another great job by Cesaer!

Alyson said...

Looks muy fabuloso! I do love a remodel.

Hksedwick said...

Crazy that the kids will be moving downstairs!! I love your house. It feels happy whenever I visit.

Mickellerox said...

But no cute kids modeling in this one :'(