Current Look: Basement

I thought we would give you a tour of the current state of Casa de Dobson.

With a house of three levels and a large back yard, our complete home overhaul will never leave us bored or wealthy :]  It is a labor of love that it totally worth every emotion and penny.

With that said,

Here is the basement.  It's really gross.  Beware.

The basement will be the final phase in a multiple phase project we call "Our Home".

It is big, a blank slate and is amazingly refreshing and cool on hot Summer days.

As you walk down the stairs you are greeted with a picture of a duck and a hand written quote by moi that says "Duck or you'll quack your head!"  :]  I unfortunately can't take credit, I ran across it online somewhere.

At the bottom of the stairs, turn left and you will see Puppy Palace.

After the remodel, the furnace (behind the plywood to the left) will be nicely closeted in and this will serve as a mudroom.  I want to try my hands at refinishing the concrete which when stained correctly, can make a beautiful floor!

If you walk through the door you see in the above picture, you will enter the laundry room. Future plans will have this large room remain a bathroom, but it will be much nicer AND include a full bathroom :]

The Laundry Room came with these lovely built ins which we MAY try and salvage, but I think they're a waste of space and they're pretty gross... I'm thinking buh-bye.

Back out the door and enter the other door, you will come into our storage space/home gym.

Once our upstairs is finished, much of this space will be cleared out, but until then we put all our "stuff" here.  This also where the hubs pumps iron.  He's so strong and handsome :]

Down the road, we would LOOOOVE a media room.  I picture a nice flat screen TV and comfy sectional all with a mid-century, feel. 

This side of the media room is still under consideration. 

We could A. open this wall up to the next room (pictured below).  If we did that, this would house a very nice bar and table area.  Option B would be to leave it a room but widen the opening and attached some cool sliding screens or vintage doors to create privacy or hiding of gym equipment when needed.  We would also push the opening further back to make the room a bit smaller, giving our media room more space to add a wet bar.



So there you have it. The Dobson basement.  When we get here we will keep you posted on every little detail! Until then, more current house tour coming up!