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The Basement

So I mentioned we finished the basement. This morning I took some photos so everyone can see what we did. It isn't really that exciting anymore--just the basement. But when we were finishing it, it was really exciting and a HUGE deal.

Before we started, this was the door that led to the unfinished basement. So picture a blank brown wall with this door.

We took out the door and knocked out a bigger section of wall for the entryway into the new basement. We had to get a different carpet, so there is a small tile transition from the old to the new carpets. Colby tiled it while I was at rehearsal one Wednesday evening. He was so sick of me not accomplishing anything during the day by then that he was ready to get it done--himself.


The bathroom.

Madison's room. Keep in mind we let them choose their wall color and new bedding sets. I really like the bedding sets (I still have to decorate) but the walls are a bit crazy.

Mackenzie's room.


Mom's area is (still) not put together yet. I have to find homes for all of my sewing stuff, bow making supplies, and scrapbooking accumulations. And there are many.


Colby's area is a storage closet. WARNING: There are antlers of dead animals. At least he can close the door, though! Nice racks, huh?


Just in case you can't picture the layout, here's a REALLY bad version of what it looks like.

Comments

Tennille said…
I think it looks beautiful! How are the girls about sleeping in the basement?
March 12, 2009 at 10:55 AM
TripleM said…
They're fine because they got to choose all the "big girl" stuff (read pre-teen theme Roxy). And they're together. I never would have tried had it been just one of them. They love the fact they have their own alarm clock to wake up with (and they actually do) and their own shower that they don't clean. ;-)
March 14, 2009 at 10:45 AM
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