finishing our basement

We are finally finishing our basement! We are so excited. When we bought our house in February 2005 it was Jamie's intent to finish the basement within the first year and mine was within the first 5 years. So we see who won that one. (Although I am not sure I should brag about winning that one.) I took some pictures Sunday night before they started and meant to post them Monday but am just now getting around to it. And they are making such quick progress I took some more tonight to show you all the framing that is done. It is starting to look like a real basement instead of just a bunch of concrete!

Corner where we will be building a mini kitchen.

Wall the built in entertainment center will be on.

Looking back into the bedroom and my new laundry room (which I am SO excited for)!



The framing on the kitchen - it will just have a tiny fridge, sink and microwave - but will be great for entertaining.

The framing for the entertainment center - there will be shelves and cabinets on both sides, and an electric fireplace on the bottom center with the TV above.

My new laundry room - many have warned me I will hate having the laundry in the basement, but I will sacrfice that for all the extra space. My laundry room now is just a small hallway from the garage to the house and I am looking forward to having a place I can put the ironing board up and leave it out instead of putting it away every morning.

The new hallway back to the guest bedroom (on the right) and laundry room (on the left). Straight back is the new closet they framed in the guest room. It's huge so it will be nice storage!

They start sheetrock and plumbing tomorrow - they say they'll have it finished in 3 weeks! I am going tomorrow to start looking at carpet, tile and paint colors (the fun stuff!).