Looking through the basement towards the new bathroom.

Basement remodel brick fireplace, tile floor and wrapped columns

Small Basement Rec. Room - TV space with heat producing electric fireplace, hidden storage, and bookcase storage.

Who wouldn't love their very own wet bar complete with farmhouse sink, open shelving, and Quartz counters? Well, these lucky homeowners got just that along with a wine cellar designed specifically for wine storage and sipping. Not only that but the dingy Oregon basement bathroom was completely revamped as well using a black and white color palette. The clients wanted the wet bar to be as light and bright as possible. This was achieved by keeping everything clean and white. The ceiling adds an element of interest with the white washed wood. The completed project is really stunning.

Staircase, painted and cleaned.

A lovely Brooklyn Townhouse with an underutilized garden floor (walk out basement) gets a full redesign to expand the footprint of the home. The family of four needed a playroom for toddlers that would grow with them, as well as a multifunctional guest room and office space. The modern play room features a calming tree mural background juxtaposed with vibrant wall decor and a beanbag chair.. Plenty of closed and open toy storage, a chalkboard wall, and large craft table foster creativity and provide function. Carpet tiles for easy clean up with tots! The guest room design is sultry and decadent with golds, blacks, and luxurious velvets in the chair and turkish ikat pillows. A large chest and murphy bed, along with a deco style media cabinet plus TV, provide comfortable amenities for guests despite the long narrow space. The glam feel provides the perfect adult hang out for movie night and gaming. Tibetan fur ottomans extend seating as needed.

Basement renovation: This is a multi-pupose room having a home office, TV area, craft/wrapping station, and storage. This view shows the storage along the wall. Ikea Pax units were used for the flexibility they give for storage and for keeping the budget on track.

Mews Development, Barnsbury , Islington N1 Change of Use from Single Family Dwelling to 2no. Apartments Previous existing condition Originally arranged on2 floors ( ground and 1st floors), a single family dwelling which formed part of a set of late 20th century mews development dwellings set within a gated and private development. The original single family dwelling retained a rear garden, largely unused with a smaller*ambiguous ‘garden’ area seen upon arrival from the main street. As built condition Planning Approval was successfully gained for the following: 1. Basement extension with ‘sunken’ garden space to south face Light wells, front and back, in order to allow sufficient light into the interior basement spaces and assist in ‘defining’ the ‘ambiguous’* approach elevation. 2. Creation of a new2ndfloor leveland mansard roof extension: 2 additional floors on top of the original 2 floor single family dwelling development. This is in addition to the basement extension. 3. The above has culminated in the building owner also achieving permission for a change of Use from Single Family Dwelling to 2no. High specification speculative apartments thus: Flat A x 3 bedroom flat: comprising basement, ground and 1st floors Flat B x 2 bedroom Flat located on 2nd and 3rd floors(withnew mansard roof). The development also incorporates the following: 1. Avoidance of Exterior alterations for access Exterior alterations for access to the upper levels were avoided by concentrating the access requirements within the building’s structural envelope. This was achieved by the intervention of an internal stair that would service the top floor flat and the reconfiguring for the existing stair for the flat below. Therefore, any incongruous exterior access stair structures, that would necessitate rising up the exterior elevation, were avoided. 2. Two Separate Main entrances: Each flat has its own separate entrance, Flat A from the South elevation and Flat B from the North Elevation. Privacy has also be enhanced for occupants since each flat has its own separate entrance. This design element has also created the added benefit of giving a ‘purpose’ to the north elevation, something which itoriginally lacked.* 3. Exterior Balconies as additions In addition, the inclusion of light weight balconies that were sympathetic to the original Mews development design have improved the occupants’ well-being and quality of day to day living by creating pockets of additional amenity spaces. The original aim and intent was to convert an existing single family dwelling into 2 spacious apartments, and yet retain the external appearance of the building as well as avoid imposing external stair structures for access. This was achieved by adding volume vertically, upward and downward and by carefully creating 2 new stairs internally that also offered privacy to both units. In doing so, the constraints imposed by the planning department in relation to the sensitive nature of the original Mews development setting were respected and the client’s requirements were successfully achieved.

We built a multi-function wall-to-wall TV/entertainment and home office unit along a long wall in a basement. Our clients had 2 small children and already spent a lot of time in their basement, but needed a modern design solution to house their TV, video games, provide more storage, have a home office workspace, and conceal a protruding foundation wall. We designed a TV niche and open shelving for video game consoles and games, open shelving for displaying decor, overhead and side storage, sliding shelving doors, desk and side storage, open shelving, electrical panel hidden access, power and USB ports, and wall panels to create a flush cabinetry appearance. These custom cabinets were designed by O.NIX Kitchens & Living and manufactured in Italy by Biefbi Cucine in high gloss laminate and dark brown wood laminate.

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Photography: Mars Photo and Design. Light walls and furnishings help to keep this basement feeling open and airy. This basement was part of a multi-phase home remodel project by Meadowlark Design + Build in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Small kids space under the stairs. Great place to hide

The new under-stair computer desk with laundry and workshop beyond.

Basement renovation: This is a multi-pupose room having a home office, TV area, craft/wrapping station, and storage. This view shows the comfy but compact sofa with round chaise, upholstered stools that can be extra seating or a coffee table. The home office is tucked behind the TV area.