My wife finally convinced me to paint the basement of our house, where I work teaching percussion lessons. We had already painted the smaller of the two rooms I use last summer, so this was going to be a similar treatment to the larger room. As these "quick little projects" often go, things quickly escalated into a major project. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I wouldn't be satisfied with just a coat of paint.
I've always planned on remodeling the basement, and when I say "remodel" I mean gut down to the cement and start over: 2x4 walls, decent insulation, acoustic ceiling tiles, updated wiring (the house is two-prong), new duct work to utilize our dual-zone furnace, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. Why put off the inevitable with a band-aid job when we can start on the job I really want to do? I had all of last week off from work, so the timing was perfect.
I got Michele to go along with the idea and off I went. I did all of it myself, removing everything down to the cement. It took nine pickup loads to the dump to get it all out. Here are some photos:
Before
After
The boys had fun pulling nails.
All in all, not a bad way to spend my summer vacation. Now to start building it back in!
Remodeling is such a big job!!! it will look great when you are done though!! How nice of the boys to help out!!
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how in the world did you get those little circular orbs in the "after" photo? they're a great addition to the update! shari
ReplyDeleteThose little circular orbs are dust particles. The air was positively thick with dust down there for a few days.
ReplyDeletei wish the dust particles in my house looked like disco orbs. you're so lucky.
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Hmmm...this makes our pull-down-the-wallpaper-in-the-bathroom job look so small. good luck with the project!
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