Progress on the Basement

I wish that I would have taken pictures before we got started.......we have come along way to get to this point and there is still quite a bit of work to do but we are getting there. Rich started framing the first part of November with the help of his brother and brother-in-laws. I went to Logan with the kids one weekend and he was like "we should have it all framed when you get back." Well there was like 2 walls framed in the family room and that was it. Do-it-yourself projects tend to be that way though I have found, they take ALOT more time than you plan on. But here we are all framed, sheet rocked, taped and textured. We need to do the windows all the molding and doors then get all the bathroom stuff and prime and paint and get flooring and furnishing (did I forget anything??) that seems like a long list but we will get there. The goal is to have it completely done by Alex's baptism so we can fit both families in the house. I think we have given ourselves plenty of time to get it done. So this is what you see when you walk down the stairs. That is a little storage area for toys and games and stuff like that. We have alot of storage under the stairs and by the furnace for other stuff so I think we will be in pretty good shape that way. I can't wait to get all the stuff out of the garage so we can actually park our cars in there again.
Here is the family room, I can't believe what a mess this makes. I am not looking for ward to cleaning all this up. The picture doesn't really do this room justice it is pretty good sized and we will have plenty of room for everyone. We put speakers in the ceiling and are planning on getting a large flat screen TV for the wall. TOP GUN here we come Dad.
This is a view from the family room into the hallway. Rich built me this archway and it turned out really well. I think it looks really nice.
Here is the bathroom for the kids, Alexa and Alex will have their room down here so we will have a spare room upstairs. There is going to be a stand up shower that's really cool in here and I think I will do it in black and white.
I couldn't get good pictures of the kids rooms, they aren't that big but about the same size as upstairs. This is the view from Alex's room looking into the family room. I will take more photos once we make some more progress. I haven't decided what color to do the family room yet so if you have any ideas leave me a post.