BEFORE PHOTOS

Main Area

Bathroom

Weird Little Corner With Sink

Front Room

Laundry Room

I bought my house almost exactly a year ago and I am finally getting a move on remodeling the basement. Originally the basement was a “Mother-in-law” apartment. There was a main room with layers of carpeting and linoleum. A tiny awful bathroom and a weird kitchenette that had not been working in years. Our inspector forced the former owners to get rid of the old gas stove. There was a front room that served as a bedroom and was pretty cleared out from the start. And finally the laundry room.

We basically had to start from scratch because everything was just so gross and dirty down there. So we just ripped everything out, the ceiling tiles, carpeting, linoleum, and the walls around the boiler and the bathroom. Actually we just ripped the whole bathroom out. That thing was a disaster area! So for the past few months my cousin who owns his own tiling business has been coming over on his days off to help remodel the bathroom. The front room we turned into a bedroom. We replaced the ceiling tile with Ceilume ceiling tiles. They are super light weight and come in many different designs and colors. We also bought bamboo flooring that we installed our selves. It was pretty easy once I got the hang of it.

DURING PHOTOS

Bathroom

We decided to make the bathroom much bigger and encompass the weird corner that had the kitchen sink. So now you will be able to wash your hands while you are still in the bathroom! Craziness!

Main Area

Here is the main area looking towrds the laundry room. The front room and the stairs are behind me… maybe I should draw floor plans for my next post on this…

Mirror Grid

Did I forget to mention that they had a mirror grid on the wall? I think that was the very first thing I tore down!

Front Room

My roommate might get mad at me for showing his room while it’s messy but I just wanted to show the ceiling tiles and new flooring. So just pay attention to those ok? Thanks!

I am really excited that things are moving along! As soon as I get a chance I am going to sand and paint the bathroom so my cousin can come in and tile. Oh joy! I am thinking of going with white subway tiles in the shower with a light green border to kind of match the ceiling tiles in the main area. And for the floor I am going with a kind of white washed terracotta Mexican tile. I am trying to stay pretty neutral, I can always spice things up later if I need to.