If you’re of a certain age, perhaps you remember home basements that held the family kitchen or those that were outfitted with knotty pine paneling to serve as a “club cellar.” Today’s basements are more of a blank canvas on which a family can create beautiful, functional space to meet a host of leisure or hobby requirements. This article offers some ideas.
- Create a media room for relaxed viewing of TV or movies.
- Install a wine cellar for quick access to your favorite varieties.
- Add a spa for sauna, hot tub, or steam relaxation.
- Put in a supplementary kitchen to make food preparation and service easier for basement entertaining.
- Devote a room to exercise, massage, and other health-promoting uses.
- Designate a children’s area as a safe play center and home for toys and kids’ games.
- Make a family game room with pinball, shuffleboard, and other games for family enjoyment.
- Install that handyman’s haven, the work room, for a well-lighted and spacious area to engage in home improvement projects.
There are as many ideas for the use of lower-level space as there are varieties of basements in American homes. Put on your thinking cap and develop your own wish list for what you’d like to see when you walk down the steps to your own basement. Then, contact us to get help make your dreams reality.