WhinyLittleRunt
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My wife and I bought a house at the end of August (first home, btw), and one of the main perks of the house was the full basement that had potential to be, at the very least, a cool man cave. It's not too nice-looking at the moment, but I wanted to bounce some ideas off of everyone and see if they could help me out with inexpensive ways to make this setup look nice for what it is.
Here's the main "rec room"...
This is the view from the stairwell. (pardon the mess, I'm still reorganizing). The room is just under 300 sq ft so about 20x15. As you can see it's paneled but I kind of want to keep that up and paint it, then treat it with tile. The ceiling I want to keep as is, pull out the fluorescents and install a drop ceiling up to where the post beam sits. That way I can put some insulation inside that and if I keep the original ceiling it will help with noise reduction inside, because the floors are all hardwood and not insulated..
This is a room that runs parallel to the back wall of the main room, so it's directly behind the wall with the Rhodes piano on it. I was hoping to make this into a pseudo-control room once it's treated and finished up a bit, and cut a window out so it will overlook my live room.
I know it looks like utter crap at the moment, but I really want to make something of these rooms.
In the main room I also need to box in the electrical panel and the water meter. I would be laying down carpet over the tiles because those are old asbestos tiles that I do not want to pull up. It's safe if left alone. But they're fugly.
In the control room I may need to tighten up the space a little and install new wall framing around the 3 sides to get away from that concrete. I'd have to put in a drop ceiling and insulation in there too, as well as carpeting. I have been there through a massive east coast hurricane and the historic snow storm and the only water I got in my basement so far was in my laundry room area through the bilko doors and it wasn't much, so I trust having carpeting in those two rooms.
Let me know what you think, and please bounce ideas off me - I haven't even thought about soundproofing yet but that will all depend on how loud things are from the outside, which I haven't tested yet.
Here's the main "rec room"...
This is the view from the stairwell. (pardon the mess, I'm still reorganizing). The room is just under 300 sq ft so about 20x15. As you can see it's paneled but I kind of want to keep that up and paint it, then treat it with tile. The ceiling I want to keep as is, pull out the fluorescents and install a drop ceiling up to where the post beam sits. That way I can put some insulation inside that and if I keep the original ceiling it will help with noise reduction inside, because the floors are all hardwood and not insulated..
This is a room that runs parallel to the back wall of the main room, so it's directly behind the wall with the Rhodes piano on it. I was hoping to make this into a pseudo-control room once it's treated and finished up a bit, and cut a window out so it will overlook my live room.
I know it looks like utter crap at the moment, but I really want to make something of these rooms.
In the main room I also need to box in the electrical panel and the water meter. I would be laying down carpet over the tiles because those are old asbestos tiles that I do not want to pull up. It's safe if left alone. But they're fugly.
In the control room I may need to tighten up the space a little and install new wall framing around the 3 sides to get away from that concrete. I'd have to put in a drop ceiling and insulation in there too, as well as carpeting. I have been there through a massive east coast hurricane and the historic snow storm and the only water I got in my basement so far was in my laundry room area through the bilko doors and it wasn't much, so I trust having carpeting in those two rooms.
Let me know what you think, and please bounce ideas off me - I haven't even thought about soundproofing yet but that will all depend on how loud things are from the outside, which I haven't tested yet.
