Welcome to week 7 of the One Room Challenge- only one week to go! This week, I installed a gorgeous wall mural from Photowall on the longest continuous wall in our basement. I had so much fun choosing the wall mural and was pleased with the ease of installation. It took me an afternoon plus a couple of hours in the evening. This week, I also finished building the window jamb extensions and attached the window moulding. I cut and placed the baseboards and now I just need to paint and attach them ...
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Lighting and Finishing Details for our Basement Renovation – Week 6 of the One Room Challenge
Welcome to week 6 of the One Room Challenge- that's three-quarters of the way through! This week, my husband and I did the lighting and finishing details for our basement renovation. The lighting included the final installation of the ceiling pot lights and the installation of some beautiful sconces which made all the difference in the space. For finishing details, we added outlet and switch plate covers and vent covers. I also placed orders for the final materials needed to finish the project. ...
Installing Luxury Vinyl Plank Flooring in our Basement – Week 5 of the One Room Challenge
Welcome to week 5 of the One Room Challenge! This week, I'm installing luxury vinyl plank flooring in our basement. That's LVP if you're into flooring like I am! If you missed any of my previous week's posts, you can click on the links below. My husband and I have been transforming our unfinished basement, and part of this transformation involves creating a yoga, meditation, and exercise room. Before I could even start on the flooring we had to clean up the entire basement to free up the floor ...
Choosing Paint Colours for our Basement Renovation – Week 4 of the One Room Challenge
Welcome to week 4 of the One Room Challenge! My overall plan is to transform a portion of our unfinished basement into a yoga, meditation, and exercise room. This project is part of our larger basement finishing project, but this is the first space we will be finishing. The other rooms are being completed at the same time, but are not featured in the One Room Challenge since the challenge is limited to just one room. This week, I chose the paint colours and primed and painted the entire space. I ...
Basement Drywalling Tips and Tricks – Week 3 of the One Room Challenge
Welcome to week 3 of the One Room Challenge in which I will be transforming a portion of our unfinished basement into a yoga, meditation, and exercise room. In case you missed the first two weeks of the challenge, I'll give a little summary here. In week 1, I shared our plan for the project including before photos, an inspiration/mood board, and a work plan. For week 2, I shared our experience with framing an unfinished basement and all the other work required to really get the ball rolling for ...
Tips for Framing an Unfinished Basement – Week 2 of the One Room Challenge
I hope you caught last week's post, Basement Yoga, Meditation, and Exercise Room, where I introduced the project I will be undertaking for the One Room Challenge. Well, this is week two and I'm sharing how we (my husband and I) transformed our unfinished basement into a framed, wired, and ready-to-be dry-walled shell. On November 15, I will be revealing the completed basement yoga, meditation, and exercise room. This post is not a complete tutorial on basement framing, but rather a description ...
