All in Place, Almost Done

Almost done!  We've spent two back-breaking days putting the basement back together.  We now have a very comfortable, bright, and usable room that includes a laundry, shower, sewing and craft areas, treadmill, lots of storage, and enough open space for exercising or practicing our dance moves.  I (Leslie) have some more camouflaging work to do to hide ductwork and other uglies.  We also think we need a flat-screen t.v. to go on the wall opposite the treadmill.  

Above: the west end

Above: the east end, door to the garage

 The window seat, repainted, with new pulls

The new sink. The molding still needs to be painted

The new shower: the tile work in the shower floor is the same as on the sink counter.

A small amount of work remains, but manageable. We think this project turned out nicely. Credit goes to Mark Morgan for making Leslie's vision real.

Major Work Done

Here it is July 2, and we finally have something to report on the basement renovation project. Mark finished his work for the time being, on Friday. Dale had been painting ceilings & walls since last Thursday, he thinks. Certainly Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were all 8-hour days, and more, of painting, in order to ready the floor for laying down vinyl. The vinyl layers came by this morning around 10:45 and left about 1:00. Although the project is not finished yet--touch-up remains, plus a couple more tasks, including the electricians coming back to finish up--here are pictures of how it looks today, after the flooring guys left. It's looking good!

In the picture above, you see some unfinished electrical work and the dryer vent, then to the left edge part of the sink preparation, including the drain. Note the can of bug spray in the window well: we have had a plague of flies the past several days. Dale has killed at least 3 dozen. We think a bat or two has died in some dark corner of the basement.

Mark is going to sheet-rock the exposed framing in the back corner near the electrical service panel, at my insistence. That will clean up that area nicely.

Above you see the finished shower, with corrugated steel walls and tiled floor. It's cool and is testimony to the brilliance of its planner--Leslie. Mark was proud of his work when he finished.

More of the south wall. The washer will go on the left, then a sink under the medicine cabinet, then the dryer, then a recycled, repainted cabinet, then the six-drawer unit window seat--which was originally water bed storage units--then a tall cabinet. There will be a hanging rod over the window seat, for hanging clothes on.

Above, in this last picture, is a view of the door to the old workshop and stairs to the landing. To the left of the door will be Leslie's sewing table. On the right side of the picture is the location of the chest freezer. 

All the furniture is stored now in both garages. We can't wait to move it all back in and get our garages back for our vehicles.