Again in December, I shared my plans for updating the design of our basement household room. The checklist of updates was formidable and dear; it included contemporary paint galore, a brand new structure, plenty of new furnishings, and doubtlessly new overhead lighting. Whereas a few of these updates are nonetheless on my checklist sooner or later, we’ve scaled our plans manner again since then.
Right this moment I’m sharing a have a look at our pared-down plans for the basement design, together with the 2 adjustments which can be my present focus and extra updates we’d make sooner or later.
Why We Need to Change the Basement Design
We don’t spend lots of time down right here in the summertime however as soon as cooler climate (and vacation internet hosting) arrives, I do know we’ll. I wish to give this house a refresh earlier than that point comes. One of many greatest targets I’ve for this space is to visually brighten it.
A couple of months in the past, I spent just a few hours sliding furnishings across the basement, looking for the association that will be most practical for a way we use the house. We love the ensuing structure.
Earlier than, the TV was on the wall to the appropriate of the hearth (see picture beneath), and the sectional was instantly throughout from it. The earlier placement of the sectional blocked the working fire and made the house much less practical, notably within the chilly winter months. The brand new structure is so a lot better for us, in that sense particularly. The circulation of the house works nicely not just for household time but in addition once we’re internet hosting bigger teams of individuals.
2. Subsequent Up: Portray the Brick
We’re transferring slowly with basement updates, tackling one factor at a time. This weekend, I’ll be portray the brick surrounding the basement fire. I deliberately haven’t moved ahead with many design tasks since I began my spending freeze and I’m excited to get again into the swing of issues (on a comparatively small scale).
This brick wall is the biggest within the basement, except for the brick in a close-by hallway, which I painted shortly after we moved in. I feel it would pack the largest punch with regards to portray updates within the house. With the brand new structure, it’s additionally the focus of the room now, which makes it really feel like a pure place to begin with regards to portray.
I put out a vote on Instagram earlier this yr asking what coloration you thought we should always paint the brick and obtained so many good responses and concepts. I’ll share the colour I selected on W&D quickly after I’m carried out portray!
Extra Updates Deliberate for 2022
I don’t have the rest deliberate for this yr, however by no means say by no means??
Ultimately, we’ll swap out a number of the furnishings. I’ve began accumulating concepts for what these new items would possibly appear like, however there’s completely no rush to do that. After we do replace the furnishings, I plan to make use of the present structure as a normal blueprint with regards to the size and form of the items we’ll select.
We’re additionally contemplating including a mounted projector and motorized display to the basement sooner or later. We just lately obtained an outdoor/indoor portable projector that we’re planning to make use of within the basement playroom for now (that room has a greater house by which to set it up). If we like utilizing it, we’ll seemingly finally put money into a higher-quality, stationary projector for the basement household room.
What I’ve Gained From Slowing Down on the Basement Design Challenge
I’ve gained a selected sort of appreciation for what I have already got by slowing down and never continuously making an attempt to “repair” issues. I’ve saved cash alongside the way in which. Slowing down has additionally supplied a very fantastic emotional profit, decreasing the overwhelm and fatigue that tends to return from biting off greater than I can chew.
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