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Basement

We started from a plain concrete unfinished basement in ???? and even if it is taking a long time, it is all our own work.

Then of course, is the fact that it cost us only a fraction of what a contractor would charge.
This is how it used to look - all concrete. We taught our friend Manfred to roller bladed down there!
This is how it used to look - all concrete. We taught our friend Manfred to roller bladed down there!		 July 2009 and Pete is hard at work
July 2009 and Pete is hard at work		 The basement is coming along, slowly but surely
The basement is coming along, slowly but surely		 Inside the bedroom towards closet and through to TV room
Inside the bedroom towards closet and through to TV room
Looking down towards bedroom
Looking down towards bedroom		 Pete checking the ceiling outside the furnace room
Pete checking the ceiling outside the furnace room		 The first bit of ceiling goes up
The first bit of ceiling goes up		 Look, all my own work!
Look, all my own work!
This is how you cut out the pot lights without the right tool!
This is how you cut out the pot lights without the right tool!		 Locked and loaded!
Locked and loaded!		 Bedroom ceiling coming along
Bedroom ceiling coming along		 Computer nook under stairs...
Computer nook under stairs...
... or is that chop saw nook?
... or is that chop saw nook?		 23/8/09 - A bit more bedroom ceiling
23/8/09 - A bit more bedroom ceiling		 3/10/09 - taping the corners of the window frame
3/10/09 - taping the corners of the window frame		 Ooh nice stippling Peter
Ooh nice stippling Peter
10/8/09 - Just need a closet door
10/8/09 - Just need a closet door		 A ceiling outside the bedroom coming along
A ceiling outside the bedroom coming along		 1/11/09 - making a fashion statement with the shower cap eh?
1/11/09 - making a fashion statement with the shower cap eh?		 6/11/09 - most of the drywall up now
6/11/09 - most of the drywall up now
16/1/10 - Start at the corner, and no lying down on the job Pete, even though it is a bedroom!
16/1/10 - Start at the corner, and no lying down on the job Pete, even though it is a bedroom!		 Almost finished the bedroom floor before dinner.
Almost finished the bedroom floor before dinner.		 Lovely new floor in the bedroom.
Lovely new floor in the bedroom.		 Treadmill, bike trainer, bowflex, elliptical, static bike and sit up bench all in place.
Treadmill, bike trainer, bowflex, elliptical, static bike and sit up bench all in place.
17/1/10 and the gym is almost complete
17/1/10 and the gym is almost complete		 I wonder if we can get some mirrors?
I wonder if we can get some mirrors?		 14 February 2010 framing the new closet
14 February 2010 framing the new closet		 now the drywall lining
now the drywall lining
Computer nook under the stairs
Computer nook under the stairs		 Peter working on the new kitchenette
Peter working on the new kitchenette		 closet at the bottom of the stairs will have mirrored sliding doors
closet at the bottom of the stairs will have mirrored sliding doors		 wall cabinets on their way too now
wall cabinets on their way too now
9/10/10 - tiles on the kitchen floor
9/10/10 - tiles on the kitchen floor		 Working hard in the basement
Working hard in the basement		 Hungry Pete?
Hungry Pete?		 28 Sept 2010 and we have kitchen cabinets
28 Sept 2010 and we have kitchen cabinets
Looking back towards the cool room
Looking back towards the cool room		 Can't you just picture a big screen TV on this end wall?
Can't you just picture a big screen TV on this end wall?		 27 Aug - now the foam and the first few boards
27 Aug - now the foam and the first few boards		 27 Aug - All tuck taped up
27 Aug - All tuck taped up
27 Aug - Putting down the vapour barrier
27 Aug - Putting down the vapour barrier		 27 Aug - Coffee break? well deserved dear
27 Aug - Coffee break? well deserved dear		 And this is the little computer nook
And this is the little computer nook		 August 21st 2011 and the walls are almost done
August 21st 2011 and the walls are almost done
Not a bad sized TV room eh?
Not a bad sized TV room eh?		 29th August 2011 and its coming along well
29th August 2011 and its coming along well		 What a lot of cherry wood!
What a lot of cherry wood!		 The very last piece going down
The very last piece going down
First we put the top cupboard up
First we put the top cupboard up		 Putting a temporary stop so the doors don't come off the end
Putting a temporary stop so the doors don't come off the end		 Fastening down the bottom runners
Fastening down the bottom runners		 Good looking doors Pete
Good looking doors Pete

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