We Did It!

We finally finished our basement reno! After alot of time, late nights with a contractor who preferred to start at 6pm most days, and a few heated ... discussions about the budget we finished our basement playroom. I will admit that it is a bit much for a two year old with no siblings, but I love it and had decided that if we were going to do it we just needed to do it and be done with it.

I think it was the absolute best choice. I'd love to know your thoughts!

 We solved our dangerous ledge problem by adding a row of shelving down the walls. It allows for awesome storage and a pretty nice way to hide the 2 feet of cinder block before the dry wall starts. In the corner you can see the awesome play kitchen our neighbors gave our daughter when their kids outgrew it.

This is a full look at the room. I'll post more detailed pics and a tour of the ceiling soon!

A Basment Playroom

The playroom is underway and I can really see now that this is going to be a LONG process. While we want this to be one of the three spaces we use for our projects (upstairs - office, basement - craft room, garage - workshop), we don't want to spend tons of money on our playroom/craft area. Honestly, I don't even know what to do with this space yet. I keep hoping that once the walls are up and we finish our DIY sticky tile floor project that I'll have more vision.

So here is where we are now. This is a before pic of the basement. That silver paper stuff was supposed to protect the house or something if there was a fire. I'm glad we never had to test that theory!

Here is the after, We only paid to have the drywall guy come and put up the walls. We say that one day we will paint it ourselves.

In the corner you can see where we started to put down (gasp!) peel and stick tiles. Now I know some people hate this stuff and laugh at it, but it was a mere fraction of any other option and we can change it out in the future if needed. It looks awesome (well the part we have done so far) and we know that we are going to put down a huge shag rug there anyway to make a fun safe place for our little one to play.

Here is where our real issue lies. That cement block is dangerous! Hi! There is my foot!

It sticks out almost two inches away from the wall and I'm terrified our little one is going to bump her head on it. I've considered options from covering it with a border to putting shelves in front of it, but I just haven't had the time/energy/finances to devote to a solution since we haven't started to use the space yet. I'll figure out something though as soon as we finish the floors.

More to come on that marriage testing project soon!

Love,
The Budget Home Blogger

This Chair Right Here

Is my favorite project.

And I know you aren't supposed to have favorites, but I do, and this is one of them ...

It's a papasan that I got a yard sale for FOUR DOLLARS.

That's right kids. Four dollars. Buying one in the store now would set you back at least $250. And while I did spend more than I may have wanted to on getting it back in shape, the investment was well worth it.

This is what it looked like when I purchased it from an older gentleman who just wanted it out of his way.

Yeah, so not my style. I asked my mother for her thoughts on it and she followed the "some things should be left classic" route. It's one of the few times I disagreed with her.

So after some soul searching I decided to go for mint green with a white cushion. I have been so into mint and ice green lately. Not really sure why though.

So for this project I went a different route and decided on the spray primer. This was way above my hand painting skill set. So after a few light coats of primer and Valspar spray paint I ended up with this little beauty.

I have to say I'm kind of in love with how it turned out. I'm going to have to update it with some daylight pictures as I am just not feeling the view right now. 

I need some photography lessons!

I hope you love it as much as I do!

Love,

The Budget Home Blogger