The basement of your dreams. A Full basement remodel and design filled with a combination of antiques and new along with tribal decor and Persian rugs

This older couple residing in a golf course community wanted to expand their living space and finish up their unfinished basement for entertainment purposes and more. Their wish list included: exercise room, full scale movie theater, fireplace area, guest bedroom, full size master bath suite style, full bar area, entertainment and pool table area, and tray ceiling. After major concrete breaking and running ground plumbing, we used a dead corner of basement near staircase to tuck in bar area. A dual entrance bathroom from guest bedroom and main entertainment area was placed on far wall to create a large uninterrupted main floor area. A custom barn door for closet gives extra floor space to guest bedroom. New movie theater room with multi-level seating, sound panel walls, two rows of recliner seating, 120-inch screen, state of art A/V system, custom pattern carpeting, surround sound & in-speakers, custom molding and trim with fluted columns, custom mahogany theater doors. The bar area includes copper panel ceiling and rope lighting inside tray area, wrapped around cherry cabinets and dark granite top, plenty of stools and decorated with glass backsplash and listed glass cabinets. The main seating area includes a linear fireplace, covered with floor to ceiling ledger stone and an embedded television above it. The new exercise room with two French doors, full mirror walls, a couple storage closets, and rubber floors provide a fully equipped home gym. The unused space under staircase now includes a hidden bookcase for storage and A/V equipment. New bathroom includes fully equipped body sprays, large corner shower, double vanities, and lots of other amenities. Carefully selected trim work, crown molding, tray ceiling, wainscoting, wide plank engineered flooring, matching stairs, and railing, makes this basement remodel the jewel of this community.

The kitchenette is the perfect place for snacks and popcorn for movie nights, not to mention ample storage for whatever your beverage of choice may be.

Making a space for teenage kids (and friends) to hang out, but still be used for adults (and friends) was the order of the day. Providing comfy socializing areas, yet keeping room for billiards, table tennis and darts was no easy task.

Engineered 180 x 20 European Oak plus 1 coat of Barley & 1 coat of clear Osmo hardwax oil. Fitted in Walkern Image 4/5

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What a great place to enjoy a family movie or perform on a stage! The ceiling lights move to the beat of the music and the curtain open and closes. Then move to the other side of the basement to the wet bar and snack area and game room with a beautiful salt water fish tank.

This basement is a multiple use space with two wings... there is a full guest suite with a large walk-in closet and its own full five piece bath with a free standing soaking tub. There is common space with an extraordinary custom wet bar and seating adjoining the walk-out patio door leading to the pool. Down the short wide corridor It also includes a full large size yoga studio with a fireplace and custom built-in storage. Across the corridor, there is changing room with bath room for showering for their guests. The owners call it their retreat!

This Project was loads of fun and challenging... the clients allow me to use creative concepts to cosmetically hide obstacles such as heat trunks, jogged foundation walls and steel columns. The large solid maple serving wet bar was hand crafted and lounge fireplace wall where off set with one another. We wanted them to look and feel to be adjoining space yet still define the game table and media space to be its own. Although it was all one large open space, we tied the entire space together by the ceiling work and boxed a steel post to mimic the finishes of the wet bar. Simple concept but meticulously planned and executed!

Again, indoor/outdoor living. The concept was to design a family-friendly casual place for playing pool, ping-pong (there is a ping-pong table top that attaches to the pool table), and enjoying time with friends. The intent was to make it comfortable and fun and to make it not feel like a basement even though it’s in the lowest level of the house. The 18’ accordion door opens the space up to the outside, where pool-goers can grab a seat at the bar. An under-counter refrigerator stocks ice-cold beer and soda. Comfort and durability were a top priority. Toward that end: the quartzite countertop, cork flooring and wipeable Plastic barstools. The raised ceiling over the pool table features a light cove with perimeter LED lighting, which offers interest and dimensionality to the space, along a comforting glow.

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CARPET: Color Plus, Style Simple Comforts I, Color: 121T Vintage Quilt INTERIOR PAINT: SW7036 Accessible Beige SODA BAR FLOOR: Emser, Cosmopolitan, Timber12x24 SODA BAR COUNTERTOP: Granite, Level 3 Black Pearl Leathered, Pencil Edge SODA BAR CABINETS: Knotty Alder, Kemper Lawton, Kodiak SODA BAR BACKSPLASH: Surface Art, Costa Norte Walnut, 24 x24, Straight Set SODA BAR FAUCET: Moen, Sinema , Matte Black SODA BAR APPLIANCES: Bosch Appliances WINDOWS/ DOOR: Amsco, White Interior on Black Exterior FURNITURE: Staged by White Orchid

Of course, what home is complete without a secret Pantry, hidden under the Stairs

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