Basement – Making it Lovely

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I know, I know. I never really showed the basement after I finished it. You’re already seen the laundry room and half-bathroom. The storage area has these shelves built, but since we decided (a...

https://makingitlovely.com/2013/06/07/the-finished-basement-studio-and-play-room/

Remember this floor plan sketch for the basement, with the storage units labeled GORM (which is either a really unfortunate name or an IKEA product)? Right. Well, I went out to IKEA last week wit...

https://makingitlovely.com/2013/04/01/ivar/

A few updates on some things that you may or may not have been waiting for me to resolve. (Probably not, but here we go.) My Office! The Kitchen! I returned the floral curtains I tried in my offi...

https://makingitlovely.com/2013/03/26/brief-random-updates-2/

(And a Big Goal) I was thinking some more about lighting, and the plan for finishing the kitchen’s minor update. OK, really what I was doing was fixating on getting a new fridge in addition to ...

https://makingitlovely.com/2013/03/06/a-colorful-door-colorful-appliances/

All right, I’ve decided on a rug. I had to turn to my good friend Photoshop to help me figure out which would be the best in the space, and this pink and white one looked best. I found it thank...

https://makingitlovely.com/2012/05/22/the-basement-studio-and-playroom-plan/

Our cats are jerks. They’ve destroyed the black and white striped rugs in the basement. Violet pees on them, Mabel poops, and Kili throws up. It’s quite the trio we have! (Jerks.) Mercifully,...

https://makingitlovely.com/2012/05/14/possible-rugs-for-the-basement/

The stairs to the basement are looking cute. Finally. The stairway is right next to the back door in the kitchen, which is the entrance we use most often. We used to have hooks and a shelf there ...

https://makingitlovely.com/2011/10/24/hang-it-all-up/

I bought an Eames Hang-It-All from one of those invitation-only group shopping sites. You know… the ones I don’t typically like to shop at? And oops, I bought a knock-off. The tag listed it a...

https://makingitlovely.com/2011/10/19/hanging-it-all/

Furniture provided in part by IKEA I’ve made more progress on the basement studio! I picked up another Expedit (I call them my “cubes”), and a couple of freestanding kitchen counters from I...

https://makingitlovely.com/2011/07/28/basement-studio-progress/