Our Family Room/Basement Reveal!
There is a room in our home that I even have never ever shared right here on the blog before, and that would be our basement!
It seems weird that I've never shared this room before because it is the room that my family spends the most time in. The reason why I haven't ever shared this room is because when we first moved into our home, I had an agreement with my husband and two boys that I could decorate the upstairs ANY way I wished, but the Basement, That was for the guys and I was not allowed to decorate it. Fair enough, right? Well let's just say it was looking pretty rundown, so I talked them into letting me give it a fresh new paint job and they agreed. My husband help choose the new paint color and it now looks so much better and worthy of a blog post.
So Behold Our basement!
/ aka The family room / aka the t.V. Room / aka the playroom / aka the movie room / aka the online game room / aka the all day Saturday room.
Well, you get the idea, we use this room a lot.
The basement became painted in a tan color before, which became exceptional however it became in want of a few fundamental freshening up.
The walls were given painted in a color known as, StarGazer by way of Olympic paint, and then all of the doorways and molding got painted in my favourite Olympic One (no longer tinted) paint.
I love the look of freshly painted walls and bright white trim.
I feel like I even have a whole new basement now.
We've had this pink sectional couch from Arhaus for years now, and we would absolutely love to update it with a few leather recliners.
Actually, my husband would love to have two rows of reclining leather couches, where the back row would be on some sort of a platform. I even think that would be kinda cool. It would be like a mini theater and everyone would get a 'good seat'.
Across the room, I actually have created a touch nook for my boys to hang around in. The camo beanbag chairs were from Walmart.
This region has grow to be their preferred after college spot.
I made the coat rack with some salvaged wood and I think it turned out really cool. I'll be sharing more about it soon. My favorite thing about it, is that my boys come home from school now and immediately hang up their coats and backpacks, whereas before, they would just pile that stuff on the floor.
You may have noticed that I didn't paint the ceiling, I just kept it the cream color it was before. When I have painted the ceilings from cream to white in the rest of our home, I've noticed that they visually felt lower, and being that this is a basement, I didn't want that to happen here.
And by means of the way, aren't these plank ceilings fantastic? I love them. I want they had been within the relaxation of our home.
The built-in entertainment center is a nice feature to the room too. I like that it has a lot of hidden storage for our movies, cords, and what not.
I did try to keep in mind that this was the 'Guys' space so I didn't do too much decorating except for a few things that I thought were appropriate. You should know though, that they did some of their own re-decorating after I shot these pictures :)
My beachy crate tray works great for a catch-all on the coffee table.
My boys do a bit of snacking down here, So I have set up a table and bar stools behind the couch. As you can see though, the table isn't quite the right size, so I plan on buying or building something better.
And behind those french doors is our Lego room. Everybody has a Lego room, right?
Maybe someday I'll get my arms on that room to share with you. Our laundry room is down here too, and it may use a bit makeover as properly, however I'll shop that for some other day.
So Again, The Before:
And After:
What do you watched of our newly-painted, smooth-for-now basement?
My boys are thrilled with it and I now not have to flinch each time I come down right here, so its been great for us and that is all that subjects.
Thanks for stopping with the aid of,
Emily