I gotta say…it’s tough doing a basement renovation when you have as much “stuff” as we do. All sorts of baby things (in case we decide to have a third), sports equipment, gardening stuff (since we don’t have a garage), off-season clothes, books (since we haven’t had a bookshelf until now), etc…etc…

All of this “stuff” has been moved around the basement 3 or 4 times which has been a real pain. Now that the storage room has been framed, insulated, and dry walled we finally were able to put it away. It gave us a truer indication of what the basement will look like when it’s done.

Funny story - our new basement windows were installed this past week. 4 brand new windows that look fantastic (Spencer did them for us since he had done the rest of the house previously). We came home to look at them on the day they were installed. I was walking around the house and noticed that one of them had not been changed. That seemed odd. Then it dawned on me that it had been covered on the inside because it was the old tenant’s bedroom. Because we had measured them from the inside we never even knew about it! Although we’ll have to wait another 3 weeks to replace this new one (and pay another $450), we’re thrilled to have the extra natural light in the basement.

Here’s how the basement is looking now (not great shots, but hopefully they give you an idea):