Unfinished Basement

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Your dark and dingy basement is a gold mine of possibilities! You can add walls and make an extra bedroom or family room. Add a bathroom and a kitchen, and you've got yourself a rental apartment. But before you start planning, here's what you need to know about how to finish a basement (and what you can expect it to cost).

A damp & tired basement gets a facelift with a charming rustic farmhouse inspired look. This space is now the ideal family entertaining space

Function, design & making the most of your home

Our home is almost 100 years old and while I’ve seen scarier basements than ours, it definitely wasn’t glamorous. So I decided to fix up the laundry area on the one side and then create a mini home gym on the other side. So far I’ve only finished the laundry area but it has made such a huge differe

Not in the budget to finisht the basement? Create a cozy guest bedroom in an unfinished basement using afforable solotions.

If you have a basement with a low ceiling, you may need some basement ceiling ideas to make it look higher. Some basement design has a standard high of a ceiling but it also feels a bit low for some people.

This article has been brought to you by Amvic Building System, who provided BobVila.com with a complimentary product sample.In an effort to carve out more living space—without spending a fortune—countless homeowners take on basement finishing projects each year. Some hire a contractor to handle the job from beginning to end. But others opt to do at least some […]

When we sold our old house, one of the things we were most sad to leave behind was our finished basement. We put in so much work to make that basement beautiful, so it really hurt to give it up. The movie room with all that amazing molding and those gorgeous cabinets?? I was sad ... Read More about Tales of Painted Basement Ceilings and Pole Dancing Woes