Basement Pics

When we purchased this house over the summer the big project (besides the master bath) was finishing the basement. I feel like this is where I worked the entire fall. Mike hired a crew to hang the drywall and spray the texture. The rest if it we pretty much did on our own. We did have Mike's employees help here and there hanging doors, priming, etc, but mostly it was us. Our goal was to have it finished before we hosted Thanksgiving and the day before Thanksgiving the granite was installed in the bar area. Cutting it close! We are happy with how it turned out. 

The stair leading up are to the left of the pic, near the light switches on that wall. The door you see is the downstairs bath, which is at the foot of the stairs. I already posted a pic of the bath a few posts ago so I didn't include it here. This is the big play area. Mostly overtaken by Porter's Legos. I need to find a way to store his sets once they are completed to get them off the ground. I'm thinking just a bookcase of some sort. I also need to get some things up on the walls!

Standing in the play area looking into the cozy TV area. Mike was really wanting a walkout basement, but we are happy to have bigger windows down here as a compromise. 

Behind the couch is the bar area. 

Then a wide hallway leading to the workout room. 

Another shot. 

This kids favorite part is the "secret hideout" that Mike dreamed up. :) Coming down the stairs is a built-in bookcase. 

But if you push it open there is a ladder going down into a hideout. 

It's hard trying to get a pic of the inside. We let the kids and their friends sign/draw on the inside of the hideout. Pretty vpcute!

A shot of how the ladder comes down and how you can get into the hideout. 

It was really hard for adults to squeeze into that space to get in so Mike enlarged the hideout some and added a bigger door that leads to our storage room that we can easily access the hideout if need be. 

With the door opened looking into the storage room.