Basement Living Area
2008 Cincinnati Magazine Interior Design Award
Photography: Mike Bresnen
I love the look you have created with exposed beams and painted cement walls! Would love to do something like that with our basement but we have insulation in between joists overhead and a contractor told us the walls had to be insulated? is that right? we live in Northeast USA
doing a basement renovation with exposed rafters and like how you used these unique recessed lights in your project.
Thank you-
-home basement I've seen. Nice!!
a good idea of cost. I would recommend you speak to a contractor or another architect in your area. I assume you are not near cincinnati.
Great texture on the walls and nice handling of the exposed ceiling/floor beams above and the basement windows. Great look!
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this basement has been THE inspiration for my DIY basement project -- thank you!! What you did looks AMAZING. I LOVE the industrial look!!
I've read the questions and answers but am still unsure of a couple things regarding the galvanized corrugated metal roofing.
I want to attach this to pre-existing
cool bar if it faced tv.
Very cool for basement, gal umn would reflect what light is available brightening the space
great idea and paint it white
Beams replaced by metal I beams on either side to get rid of posts
Open up entire back of basement
found in basements and the concrete floors. For instance, Duebber used a galvanized metal wall that's curved and corrugated to separate the living space from the utility area. See the rest of this basement renovation
I love this basement. Do you have any photos that show a closer look at the theatre room in the background of this photo?
of this basement remodel was? I love everything about it!
in the basement in an area that is about 1600 sq ft.
The entire basement is about 1,600 square ft. The area where the pool table is located is about 190-200 square ft and then media room you can see in the background is about 160
entire basement which included the pool table area you see here, the media room towards the back, a in-home gym, guest bedroom and bathroom was about 150 square meters. The area shown here where the pool table is located is about 18-19 square meters. The media theatre room that you can see in the background
keep our basement ceiling open like the one featured here, but I was under the impression we would need to insulate in order to keep it warm during the winter. Am I missing something?
Basement ceiling does not need to be insulated. Back in the days, they used to do it because basements were not insulated at all (or badly insulated). When you remodel your basement, you insulate using spray foam or 2" foam board (xps like dow or owens corning) on exterior wall and something like
other idea I can think of is stone. Thanks.
of your basement budget into coverings (like the sleek horizontal wood panels shown here) that hide eyesores and help your space look really pulled together.
AFTER: Wentworth solved the problem of uneven floor slabs in the basement by pouring a liquid leveler prior to installing large-scale porcelain
have a basement as well and love the look of this floor in both color and fit in a basement with a lower ceiling spot due to duct work, I assume. Is it real wood or an engineered floor?
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