Basement Design Ideas

All the rooms in your house are spoken for. The kids, the in-laws, the spouse, the siblings all have a space to call their own. You just need to squeeze out a little extra space for a home office or a home theater or a space where the little ones can play and learn or a space for the family to enjoy. You need a place away from traffic flows elsewhere in the house, a place where you could perform a specific task without being interrupted by the everyday functions of the house.

In your house there already exists such a space, the basement. The basement you've been treating as a repository for old furniture, clothes that you no longer wear, skiing, sledding or even the small cage from the parrot that flew out the window last summer. What is left to do is determine what functions to incorporate in the basement's space and start rearranging. Multi functional is probably the perfect word that defines this kind of space. A place to relax, equipped with sophisticated devices, a movie at home, playground for children, office, guest room or a place to happily practice your hobbies. Sometimes you don't need to start from scratch because of preexisting walls or finishing but you may have a clean slate to work with which will require a full basement design solution.

Usually void of enough natural light, the basement must be shown by artificial lighting. Basement ceilings are not very high and therefore limit the application of flush mounted lighting. Hi-hats are commonly used to save space and give the rooms a bigger feeling. The placement and layout of these versatile lighting fixtures can be used to enhance the rooms appeal at the same time providing a useful functional quality to the room. Addition lighting can be supported by lamps or floor lamps strategically placed in areas where the light is not as concentrated.

If the concrete basement design plans of your basement is bare you have a few options to cover it. Carpet, linoleum, tile and stone are some good choices. There are some new snap together floating floor systems you could use also but be careful of humidity and moisture conditions. Make sure the moisture in the concrete floor and house design ideas doesn't exceed the minimum required moisture level because you will void the warranty and most likely end up with a wavy and separated floor.

You are looking at the basement of your home, and realize it would be so much nicer if it wasn't cluttered with the refuse you have accumulated for years. Your interior design idea is to transform the basement into a game room for your children. This is as simple as getting some carpeting put in, the trash cleaned up, and favorite games placed in there. You could also add a television for the rest of the family.

Because this space is meant to be a place of relaxation for the whole family, the presence of a fireplace can be a magnet for meetings and discussions of house members. You can make basement designs space a guest room. A new sofa can transform it into a party room, games and discussion room, an oasis of relaxation at night. If the room is already equipped with a window, you can increase brightness and place two mirrors to reflect more light. Mirrors give the impression of larger windows and you will be more able to brighten the room. You can opt for dark wood floor level, olive, shades of yellow, blue for the walls and you can play a bit with splashes of color like orange, red, blue and yellow.