To give us something to do when we aren't enjoying the pool, we knocked down a wall in the basement, added a bar, pool table and dart board - here are pics of the end result
Date(s): July, 2007. Album by The Vierregger Family. Photos by The Vierregger's. 1 - 21 of 21 Total. 189 Visits.
1 Basement remodel begins with bringing the wall to the bedroom down to a kneewall
2 Electrical and a support column are exposed and must be dealt with
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4 Drywall must be finished off too
5 While we were at it, we added a bunch of new recessed lights and surround speakers for a new home theater system
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7 Some of the new lights in action
8 The kneewall presented a stability problem - the solution was to sink doubled-up 2x4s into the concrete floor, replace the drywall with a single 4x8 sheet and cover everything with wood wainscot. The result is very sturdy.
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10 Work on the new bartop starts
11 The bartop is in, the support column is wrapped with a fluted column and the new wainscot has been installed
12 Ginger kept Steve the contractor company
13 Voila - the finished product, after a complete paintjob. We hung a 60" plasma tv that runs through a new home theater system, complete with a 12" sub woofer. The media room is open to the rest of the basement, so it can be enjoyed from the bar and pool table
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15 We added a recessed spotlight for the new dartboard.
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18 The media room. Cheryl picked out the new sleeper-sofa and I picked out the tv and stereo. The speakers are all recessed into the walls and ceiling, and the sub woofer is behind the wall in the storage room.
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21 Just a couple loose ends to tie up and we'll call the job finished. We're waiting on the pendant lights over the bar and a pub table, some ceiling fans... I guess a successful job is never finished!
