Quite the Process....

The past few months all we have been doing it seems is working on our basement. I took photo's of every phase that the basement went through so that we could look back and see all that it went through to get its "transformation". This weekend will be the first weekend all summer it seems that Joe and I get to go do whatever we want since all the past weekends have been spent framing, insulating, painting, cleaning, ordering, approving, plus the numerous trips to the Home Depot. After all the work though, we have an amazing finished product. We now just have to decorate. We will be bringing our wrap around couch and big screen downstairs, making it our new family room. I will also be holding a preschool downstairs in a designated section. We also made another bedroom, bathroom, and laundry room. It will sure feel nice to have extra space, and places to go to hide from one another.... ha ha...

These first pics are of Joe finishing up framing, and hanging doors.

Next was the insulation process.... Shown were a bedroom, the preschool, and a bathroom.

Then comes the sheetrock.... What a mess!!!

Painting started, and the wood floor being installed in the preschool...

Taping and painting of the moldings.... I felt like the painting would never end. Not to mention taking all of the doors off their hinges, and spending a full Saturday outside giving each of them three coats of bright white paint!!! At this point, all the lighting is also finished... All the can's in place outlets wired in, and lights to the other rooms installed!

All the tape is removed, the painting done, and the carpet in! Now we just need to get old furniture out... new furniture in... and decorated!

Thanks to everyone who helped or had some part in this basement! We really appreciate friends and family who are willing to take time out of their busy schedules to help us with ours!