So some of you may remember this as my last cave of solitude. My 16ft x 32ft home within my home:
It was laid out like this:
Well with my kids getting older we needed a place to let them play and spread their toys without the wife and I tripping and crushing and cursing. Early November my hot water tank busted and I saw my opportunity to make some big changes to the basement. I relocated the water heater to the same corner of the basement as the pressure tank. I enclosed that all in a closet and added a wall across the middle of the basement, framing around the support poles which I was beginning to hate more and more for ruining my flow. A little paint on the walls, some on the floor and a huge 12x15 area rug with underlayment from Ollie's and they have a play room. It's still not complete, I need to do some wiring to reconfigure the lighting and then add a white beadboard ceiling and maybe some crown trim. A nice 13 x 15 room for the kids to go wild.
And what was now my smaller area I took down a wall that was in the house when we bought it and had the purpose of one day adding a bathroom in the basement. Bad idea IMO so down it came. I've now got a 13 by 26 office/hideaway with a lock on the door. I've still got a long way to go, got to get the baseboard trim done, frame around the ductwork, throw on some plywood for a ceiling, make nicer shelves, organize, reorganize, and then relax.
To the right of the doorway and continuing around the room to the right.:
Now the new basement layout:
