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Basement Apartment Progress

SimpleDecoratingTips.com Basement Apartment Progress

UPDATE! Check the end of this post for updates on this now finished whole house renovation!

Yes, the basement apartment progress is coming along nicely. I wish it were done so that we could move into it and have a kitchen again, but in a few weeks everything should be ready for that. Until then, we’ll just continue camping in a torn up main level. (If you are reading this and have no idea what I’m talking about, you can get filled in by first reading this post: Introducing Our New House, and then see the surprise we found in the basement apartment here: Renovating the Basement Apartment)

The apartment was totally covered with this dark wood paneling… (and had a nasty musty odor).

SimpleDecoratingTips.com Basement Apartment Progress

We ripped everything out and in came the sheetrockers. What a difference!

SimpleDecoratingTips.com Basement Apartment Progress

Even in the night with only my flash on my camera, the room shows so much lighter.

This was the bedroom before:

SimpleDecoratingTips.com Basement Apartment Progress

And now with sheetrock:

SimpleDecoratingTips.com Basement Apartment Progress

The ceiling of the entire apartment will be getting special sound proofing insulation, foam insulation on the outside walls and then a surface mounted suspended ceiling. I’ve never used that before, (a surface mounted suspended ceiling) but was excited to find it. I’ll let you know how the installation goes!

Here was the kitchen before:

SimpleDecoratingTips.com Basement Apartment Progress

After we ripped out the walls and old cupboards, we installed freshly painted cabinets from the main house kitchen:

SimpleDecoratingTips.com Basement Apartment Progress

It was a fun puzzle to reconfigure the kitchen cabinets from upstairs to a new floor plan for this basement apartment. For the end piece, instead of cutting down a cabinet, we decided a quick custom open shelf finished that space off beautifully.

(Yes, the dehumidifier is in the sink! During and after I painted, it was so humid in the apartment, plus the weather outside was crazy hot and humid, so we were using both dehumidifiers to combat the humidity. We had worked so hard to get the musty smell out, I wasn’t about to let more start right up again. Oh the reason that one is in the sink… something was goofy with it draining… wouldn’t drain in the bucket properly and kept leaking out the bottom… no time to spend fixing it right now, so plop in the sink, let it drain right down the drain!)

Anyway, here’s a closer view of the custom built open shelf end my carpenter whipped up quick.

SimpleDecoratingTips.com Basement Apartment Progress

I like a few open shelves in a kitchen, for display and for cookbooks etc. This will be a handy piece.

Quick before the carpenter put up the upper cabinets, I installed some beadboard wallpaper for the backsplash:

SimpleDecoratingTips.com Basement Apartment Progress

This is the same product (and treatment) I did in the cottage in Maine. It is the easiest way to get a beadboard look, and cheap too. For more details on how to install this treatment, check out this post I did last summer from the cottage in Maine.

This was the dark hallway when it was covered in the paneling:

SimpleDecoratingTips.com Basement Apartment Progress

Now the hallway is sheetrocked, and taped and painted and here’s even a sneak peak of the flooring we’re putting in:

SimpleDecoratingTips.com Basement Apartment Progress

I’m so excited about this product! I can’t wait to tell you more about it…

Next time!

One more thing I was going to share with you about this progress.

For the paint on the walls and trim (everything except the cabinets) I used Behr Premium Plus Ultra in an eggshell finish, the color is called ‘ultra-pure white’. (Did you know that Behr paint is now only available at Home Depot?)

I love that the color I chose is premixed, off the shelf, so that if I need more I can easily grab more or have someone grab some for me without getting the color mixed wrong. Plus, if I were to buy too much, I can take back unopened cans for a full refund since it’s not custom mixed too.

I was concerned with how the quality was going to be, and so far so good. (In fact, I’d say so far so great!) It went on beautifully. I did 2 coats because it was on fresh sheetrock.

I love the velvet finish. It doesn’t have too much sheen, which is nice (to me) I’m not a fan of too much sheen in paint. But it isn’t chalky feeling either, I’m not a fan of paint that feels chalky. Just like Goldilocks… it’s just right!

Here’s the link for this line of Behr paint.   I think I am going to continue the same color on the walls and trim throughout the whole house, with a feature color here and there. It sure does relieve a lot of pressure when the walls and trim are the same color! I love that white on white is so popular! What a huge time saver! and I’m loving the look!

Here are all the post on our whole house renovaton:

Barn-Style-Garage
Blue-and-White-Backsplash-Tile
Re-Thinking the Living Room Furniture Plan
Creating a Built-In Faux Fireplace
Antique Inspired Kitchen Island
Wall Mounted Pot Rack
Front Entry Portiere
Repurposing Vintage Screen Door
Simple DIY Curtain
Tiling the 2nd bath floor
Before and After Living Room Renovation
Before and After Front Entry Renovation SimpleDecoratingTips.com
Incorporating Vintage & New Light Fixtures SimpleDecoratingTips.com
Fireplace Renovation SimpleDecoratingTips.com
How to Install an Interior Storm Window SimpleDecoratingTips.com
SimpleDecoratingTips.com How to tips Window Well Installation
Vintage Window Awning Redo SimpleDecoratingTips.com
hall closet into library simpledecoratingtips.com
front porch addition mostly done SimpleDecoratingTips.com
Hang a Group of Pictures with even spacing SimpleDecoratingTips.com
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how to install a vintage ceiling light fixture simpledecoratingtips.com
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Renovating the Basement Apartment
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Cedar Closet Lining
SimpleDecoratingTips.com From a Tub to a Shower
SimpleDecoratingTips.com How I Made Curtains without a Sewing Machine
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Renovating a Whole House is a Lot
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Door & Window Decisions
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Adding a Front Porch
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Basement Apartment Bathroom Renovation Done
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Surface Mounted Suspended Ceiling
SimpleDecoratingTips.com we had to cut down 13 trees
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Repurposing Cabinets
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Progress Report on our Whole House Renovation
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Renovating Update Post
Dining Room Progress SimpleDecoratingTips.com
Main Floor Completion Celebration Giveaway SimpleDecoratingTips.com
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SimpleDecoratingTips.com Basement Apartment Progress

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