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5 cool tips for remodeling your basement

5 Easy-to-follow DIY tips that you should consider before starting your basement remodeling project

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5 cool tips for remodeling your basement

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  1. Remodeling Remodeling Your Basement Your Basement 5 Cool DIY Tips You Can Start Right Now!

  2. Your basement is like a slab of modelling clay that’s Your basement is like a slab of modelling clay that’s waiting to be used… waiting to be used… However, renovating or remodeling basements is not However, renovating or remodeling basements is not easy. It takes a whole lot of planning and consultation. easy. It takes a whole lot of planning and consultation.

  3. With careful With careful planning, basement into the perfect room that basement into the perfect room that you can enjoy… enjoy… planning, you can easily turn that you can easily turn that you can

  4. Here The 5 DIY Here The 5 DIY BASEMENT BASEMENT RENOVATION RENOVATION Tips! Tips!

  5. #1 Safety First – Consult the Safety Book

  6. #1 Safety First – Consult the Safety Book Being underground, basements provide a number of Being underground, basements provide a number of risks: risks: • Is Is it safe to change or move your stairs? it safe to change or move your stairs? • Is Is it safe to reroute electric wires and pipelines? it safe to reroute electric wires and pipelines? • You You also don’t want to shake up the foundations of your also don’t want to shake up the foundations of your house, so be extra careful. house, so be extra careful. Double Double check if you have an emergency exit. check if you have an emergency exit.

  7. #2 Make the space work for you.

  8. #2 Make the space work for you. • Some basements have low ceilings, and that’s okay. You Some basements have low ceilings, and that’s okay. You have an option to dig down a little bit more, or you can have an option to dig down a little bit more, or you can work with what you have already. work with what you have already. • Always Always furnish your ceilings and conceal those pipelines furnish your ceilings and conceal those pipelines and wires, especially if you’re going with a low and wires, especially if you’re going with a low ceiling. • Make Make the room inviting by using light and warm colors. the room inviting by using light and warm colors. ceiling.

  9. #2 Make the space work for you. • Don’t Don’t clutter and put too many things in your basement. clutter and put too many things in your basement. Having mirrors, glass items and tall shelves could give Having mirrors, glass items and tall shelves could give the illusion of larger space. the illusion of larger space. • Another Another great tip for getting that space illusion is having great tip for getting that space illusion is having built built- -in storage systems. in storage systems. • Place Place a shelf under your stairs. a shelf under your stairs. • Have Have ceiling ceiling- -high shelves with multiple drawers. high shelves with multiple drawers. • Make your basement homey and efficient at the same Make your basement homey and efficient at the same time. time.

  10. #3 Add windows

  11. #3 Add windows • Windows are a great addition to your basement! Windows are a great addition to your basement! • They They add a more comfortable feel to it, and it makes you add a more comfortable feel to it, and it makes you forget that you’re actually a few feet below the surface. forget that you’re actually a few feet below the surface. • O Of f course, along with your windows comes your course, along with your windows comes your renovation of what’s overlooking that window. renovation of what’s overlooking that window. • A small garden outside would be nice, or some nice A small garden outside would be nice, or some nice wooden furnishings. wooden furnishings.

  12. #3 Add windows • Make sure you have something nice to look at when you Make sure you have something nice to look at when you look out that window, and not just dirt and gravel. A look out that window, and not just dirt and gravel. A few plants would also be a nice touch to your windows, plants would also be a nice touch to your windows, especially when there’s a significant amount of light that especially when there’s a significant amount of light that could come in. could come in. few

  13. #4 Turn it into a smaller version of your house

  14. #4 Turn it into a smaller version of your house • If you have a spacious basement, go crazy and add rooms! Some basements have mini bars for the bachelors, or kitchenettes and craft rooms for the ladies. But why stop there? Make it more inviting by actually having a bedroom. You can also add either a half bath or full bath, as long as you check your pipes if it’s possible.

  15. #4 Turn it into a smaller version of your house • Just Just remember that the code of safety requires remember that the code of safety requires bedrooms to have an emergency exit in case something bedrooms to have an emergency exit in case something goes wrong. goes wrong. • Check how much square area you’ll need for each Check how much square area you’ll need for each extension, especially the ones you’ll need for the bed. extension, especially the ones you’ll need for the bed. • With With the right materials and furniture, you can maximize the right materials and furniture, you can maximize your space. your space.

  16. #5 Soundproof

  17. #5 Soundproof • Most Most basement ceilings are directly connected to the basement ceilings are directly connected to the floors of your house, much like rooms that only have a floors of your house, much like rooms that only have a wall in between. wall in between. • The The simple solution is to soundproof your ceiling. simple solution is to soundproof your ceiling. • Attach Attach an RC channel before you install your drywall to an RC channel before you install your drywall to break the sound and reduce noise. break the sound and reduce noise.

  18. #5 Soundproof • Another option is to install surface Another option is to install surface- -mount lights • It’s It’s pretty stylish too, and can give your room a very pretty stylish too, and can give your room a very comfortable, bedroom comfortable, bedroom- -like feel. like feel. mount lights. .

  19. Once you’ve done these tricks, you Once you’ve done these tricks, you can even change your basement can even change your basement into a studio, and you can rock and into a studio, and you can rock and jam all you want without the jam all you want without the people upstairs getting bothered people upstairs getting bothered by your metal. by your metal. Pro Tip From Pro Tip From BasementFinishPro.Com BasementFinishPro.Com

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