Our basement renovation is finally complete and you will not believe how it looks now compared to what it used to look like! Sharing before & afters as well as sources here.
Basement
ORC Week 8: The Reveal… of a 75% Finished Basement!
Whether you’re new around here or a long-time reader, welcome! My husband Josh and I have been renovating our 1952 home for the past 4 years, almost entirely on our own. We’re tackling the entire basement for this spring’s One Room Challenge (ORC), and it’s the final project we need to complete to call our home
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Spring 2020 ORC Week 7: Sprinting to the Finish Line
Sharing everything we accomplished in week 7, and what we have planned for week 8 (REVEAL WEEK!)… will we finish on time?! Read on to find out!
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Spring 2020 ORC Week 6: Tile and Lights and Drywall, Oh My!
Whether you’re new around here or a long-time reader, welcome! My husband Josh and I have been renovating our 1952 home for the past 4 years, almost entirely on our own. We’re tackling the entire basement for this spring’s One Room Challenge (ORC), and it’s the final project we need to complete to call our home
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ORC Week 4: How We Created an Electrical Plan for Our Basement Remodel
This week, I’m discussing how we created an electrical plan for the entire basement, including specifics on outlets, switches, and lighting.
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ORC Week 3: DRYWALL, and Tips for Hiring Trades
Whether you’re new around here or a long-time reader, welcome! My husband Josh and I have been renovating our 1952 home for the past 4 years, almost entirely on our own. We’re tackling the entire basement for this spring’s One Room Challenge (ORC), and it’s the final project we need to complete to call our home
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Spring 2020 ORC Week ONE: Basement Renovation Design Plans
Disclaimer: This post contains sponsored materials from Build.com, The Tile Shop, and Sherwin Williams. All thoughts, designs, and opinions are my own. It’s WEEK ONE of the Spring 2020 One Room Challenge! I am so excited to be sharing our basement renovation with you all. We’ve actually been working on the basement for over a year, but with drywall officially on the
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May 2020 Basement Update & Exciting Announcement
Our basement renovation is rapidly progressing, and it just so happens that the Spring 2020 One Room Challenge (ORC) starts on May 7, with a 7 week run time. We were already planning on a late June finish date for the basement, so we’ve decided to make it official and register as participants in the
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Basement Renovation Update: May 2019
I realized I haven’t shared an update on our basement since March! Oops… time flies! Read on to see where we’re at these days. We haven’t exactly made a ton of progress on the basement lately, unfortunately. We just don’t have the time it requires (especially with summer- read: weddings and bachelor/ette parties!- approaching), so
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What’s Going on in the Basement These Days?
We’ve been in a bit of a lull period with the basement after we demo’d it back in January. In February, I worked on putting together a rough draft of the design plan and we spent the rest of the month and the beginning of March planning the necessities like plumbing, egress windows, floor planning etc.