So I finally got around to getting my basement plans on paper. We have about 1100 sf of unused space that we are hoping to have finished some time this fall for use during the long winter months in Wisconsin. Anyway, I thought I'd share what we finally came up with. <br> <br>You can see photos of the basement in its current state on my blog by following the link in my signature. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

nice! I am, once again, envious!! <br> <br>Even the house we are looking at pretty hard won't have a basement, or a good place for my treadmill. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/frown.gif[/img]

Because of the lack of headroom, my eliptical trainer will have to stay on the main floor in the office [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/frown.gif[/img] I was hoping to be able to have it in the "game room" area but it's going to be too tall once a drop ceiling is installed. (It will fit but I wouldn't be able to stand on top of it.)

We had mrstimber (and Mr. Timber too) over last weekend to give us an estimate on finishing the basement. After looking at our floorplan they made a couple of suggestions to help reduce cost. I thought I'd share what the new plan looks like! [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img] <br> <br> <br> <br>If you read the About the Basement part 2 entry on my blog it will give an reason for the changes we made. <br> <br>Love to know what you all think...or any other suggestions you might have. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

Nice, I like it. Much better access for the electronics, too.

Oh, and if you need anything to go with your soda fountain...contact my Greg...he has pinball machines, soda dispensers, coke coolers (upright and ones you can make into a bar....I could just see them in there! Oh, and I have some coca-cola dishes... [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

Hi - just stumbled upon your post. We just finished the basement of our 1919 bungalow outside Franklin, TN. It was only 700 sqft b/c the front half of our basement is a crawlspace and it was too expensive to dig it out. We have 7 ft ceilings to the joists and elected to leave them exposed (sprayed flat black paint on them) so we could put our treadmill downtairs). It turned out great - we put the treadmill so my head fits between the joists! We left our brick and limestone foundation exposed (painted the stone and stained/poly'ed the brick) and it looks great. Good luck with your project we LOVE our basement. <br>