We’re finishing a room in our basement as part of a Fall In Love room makeover collaboration with a bunch of other fabulous bloggers. Read more about it and find links to all the other bloggers here.
We have ONE more weekend before I’m supposed to show you all my amazing finished basement.
I would like to be completely honest with you: I’m pretty much certain at this point that I will, instead, be showing you a “finished” basement.
I’m just glad the before picture looks so awful that it’s not hard for the transformation to seem dramatic.
The painting is taking us approximately 400 times as long as anticipated. Here’s the preview I posted on Instagram; with any luck I’ll be able to show you the whole thing before the end of the week (and then descend into radio silence re: the basement until the BIG REVEAL):
What we’ve done so far:
cleaned out room
painted floor
hung doors
put up plank wall
patched walls
painted trim and doors
What we’re still hoping to do by next week:
finish painting
install baseboards
move futon in
Ikea run for a few things
DIY projector screen and have projector set up
a surprise or two
What we’re abandoning all hope of doing by next week, though we had originally hoped to:
table and chairs for games
refinishing campaign chest for down here
shelves for games
And, so that you have more than one picture to look at in this post, here’s our newest foster dog, Ears. I mean Fergus. He was hanging out outside a friend’s house, and no one was coming forward to claim him, so she posted him on Facebook and tagged me, “doesn’t this look like a dog you would like to foster?” So, umm, now we have him. He’s super sweet, and….EARS:
Can’t wait to see the reveal! And I really really am so obsessed with Fergus but I’ve told you that several times already.
:). I think he might be the most photogenic dog ever. I should have more pics of him up tomorrow…just for you 😉
This. This is why you pick your already good enough laundry room. 😛
Just think about the amount of work you all have done and how much more you accomplished with the extra push (or some other positive mumbo-jumbo like that).
Ears is so squishy cute. I hope he enjoys his stay!
And after all of this work I’m doing in my basement, my laundry room is STILL going to look like crap. That’s the kicker 😉
we should be like “hey kidding reveal week is DECEMBER 3 week- you thought we said november…. ha ha.”
and i went to ikea yesterday to get all the last minute things i needed. and all were out of stock. so plan d is coming to life.
I’m excited about this big December 3 instead announcement, Cassie! Please go make it right now 😉
Hahaha – those ears! Fergus is so adorable that I’m sure if you include him in the “reveal” post he will stand in for anything that’s missing 😉
You’ve gotten a crazy amount of work done so far – I am beyond impressed!
LOL! Anything that’s unfinished I can strategically hide in the photos behind his giant ears!
ooooh Ears, it’s a good thing I don’t live near you or I’d have 900 dogs by now! also, you’ve gotten A LOT done on that basement and somethings just require the time it takes to shop around and collect a few more paychecks. 🙂
Thanks, Stephanie! It’s not even paychecks with this as much as lack of time! Everything’s coming in under budget so far, which is pretty much unheard of around here. So that’s good anyway 🙂
Love the door color you picked. Finished or not… you knocked off a ton on your list. I haven’t even started. 🙂
Well…you’ve had quite a bit else going on 😉
Fergus is too cute! We’ve been painting too this week and I know I won’t be done in time. We found out over the weekend that the machine that’s supposed to cut our shelf is broken again. More delays! I think you’ve got a lot done in a short period of time!
Thanks, Anu! Ugh–delays that are completely out of your control are the worst!
You have done soooo much! The room progress is a win in and of itself!!
But will it make pretty enough pictures?! That’s the real question 😉
Look at that sweet new addition!!! What a cutie! You are rocking it friend! Now I have to go see how big Abe has gotten!!! Nicole xo
Thanks, Nicole! I’m convinced Abe is never going to actually get big….he still fits in clothes he wore last winter! It’s a big change after my first three….
You are such a kind soul to foster all the little sweeties that come your way! The basement is looking great and ears looks like a Stellaluna to me.;)
Ha! They do! Thanks for stopping by 🙂