Basement Ideas for a split level house

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My wife and I just bought a split level home. It has 4 floors in total and is all redone on the top 2 floors. When you walk into the house you immediately enter the living room then in the kitchen directly ahead of you there is a set of stairs going down to a sub basement where the garage is located then you go down one more set of stairs to the actual basement of the house under the living room. The sub basement with the garage entry will be my first improvement but I cannot come up with or find any ideas of what to do with it. Has anyone on here finished that part of there house and if so what have you done with it? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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Jill Feigelman · Answer

You can see the suggestions this Hometalker got when she asked about fixing up her garage basement: http://www.hometalk.com/diy/staircases/q-requesting-suggestions-our-step-down-needs-a-facelift-converted-garage-into-other-863891 If you posted a picture of the space, I am sure other Hometalkers would have great suggestions!

Liz · Answer

We wanted to finish our basement inexpensively,so the cinderblock walls were done in a textured paint. (first fill in the 'lines' with quickcrete and make it 'even'--then stucco the walls with white. We closed in our 'heater room' with studs and white paneled beadboard, and put shelving in that room. We had a drop ceiling installed (hard to do when you don't know what you are doing! or never done it before) with ceiling 'spot' lights. At the far end of the basement, we had 4 cabinets built in the lower part for toys, games, etc. and for the upper we had two closed cabinets and 2 open bookshelves. I painted the metal supporting poles black--very nice contemporary feel-- and I had a 'booth' from a garage sale that I painted the same but left the table top and bench tops natural. We have a conversation area with sofa and two chairs (sectional would be best) and a TV on one side of the supports and the other side is a foos ball table. At the laundry end, I had four cabinets built over the washer and dryer and laundry tub--very helpful! and I tiled that area of the floor. We carpeted the remaining areas with a 'Berber' type of carpet with a variegated pattern (to camouflage) any droppings -- kind of a tweed look on the floor. It is a very serviceable and fun area for kids...or .anyone.

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