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.  :)