Dungeon Makeover: Update
So if you’ve been hanging out with le blog for about a year now, you’re aware that the hubs is fixing up our basement. He’s tackling it himself, with help from friends when he asks or they’re bored. It’s been a slow process. Too slow for me. I thought the main room would be done this weekend. I thought wrong. But it’s starting to shape up.
Drywall is up and painted. Trim work has been laid. The floor is down. Columns have been custom crafted to hide the plumbing we need access to. The movie stuff is set up and ready for my viewing.
So what’s the hold up, you ask? That’d be the bar.
The hubs has made this bar himself. Built it from scratch. I helped him rip the boards. I also whined and screamed and whined some more when I helped him. (I don’t like power tools. I hate saws.) It’s a nice bar. But there’s about five more rounds of staining and the rail needs to be installed. I can’t wait for my house to smell like the inside of a chemical plant again. Because it’s totally awesome [and the whole family becomes glass-eyed].
Eventually. It will be finished some time down the road. My fingers are crossed that it’s by December. Because I know he isn’t going to work on the broken shower in the master bathroom until he finishes this. And I’d kind of like to have my bathroom back in the morning.
brooke, this bar is gorgeous! i love the columns and i have to know where you bought these bar stools. that mike is one talented fella. but umm, good luck with that whole chemical spill smell and glass eyes.
@katie – The bar stools are from Target. We’ve been shopping online (cost too much) and to Garden Ridge (seemed to cheap) and settled on these last week (they’re just right).
@Wendi – Girl, you can come stay any time as long as 1) you can stand humidity and 2) I can get a meal outta ya.
@Big Bro – You’re more likely to talk Mike into stealing a car than doing another basement. It’s taken him a year and half to get this far. And it’s only the one room – we have two more and bathroom behind it.
Boo, your basement looks bigger than my whole house. Can I come live there? Pretty please. With sugar and spiced chocolate cookies on top?
Well, we finally closed on the other house, last week. I should hire mike to redo my basement cause that looks nice.
This is your BASEMENT?! Holy Wow, Brooke! Progress might be slow, but it sure is awesome – your basement is fancier than uh…my whole house. Can’t wait to see the finished product!
Boo — Remember, Rome wasn’t built in a day! This is gonna look wonderful when it’s finished, and y’all will have lots of fun using it. I know it seems like forever, but isn’t anticipation half the fun (or something like that?!)
@Debbie – Nope. Because at this rate, the hubs is slowly killing my vacuum cleaner because “it sucks better than his shopvac.”
What is done looks BEAUTIFUL. And I am so impressed that he’s building that bar himself. But I am totally feeling you on wanting the shower fixed.
Maybe if you threatened to call someone if he’s not going to fix it? Then you win either way!
I love love love those floors! is is bamboo? so pretty!
Honey, I love how the basement is turning out. LOVE LOVE the hardwood floors. And the recessed lighting: gorgeous!
lookin’ good! i would love to have a basement/extra space that huge! makes me want to redecorate & entertain LoL