How many uses can you find for your basement & garage? Hometalk members have turned their basements & garages into all kinds of fun and functional spaces. Do you need help making the right decisions about your basement remodel or need expert advice about a garage installation? Ask the Hometalk community, and get answers from Hometalk members who have done similar projects. Or share photos of your basement & garage storage solutions. After all...who doesn't love a great basement or garage?
Can you polish a garage floor? Really?
Well, yes and no. It can be done. Yet not all garages are candidates for these solutions. Its best to start with a new., clean surface.
Dropped Ceiling In The Basement Storage Room
A couple of weeks ago I posted about building some inexpensive shelving in our basement storage room. My husband was going to leave the ceiling unfinished in order to have access to the
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Custom Garage Makeover
Here is one way to transform a boring garage into a workshop/ man cave.
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I think this is the best thing that could happen to a woman. It is wonderful.
Clearing the garden to make way for the shed base
This should give you a better idea of how much clearing I've had to do. It's a wonder I didn't get discouraged!
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Thanks Douglas - more coming soon. Looks like good weather today so I'm planning on spending ...»
Basement Reveal
We finished our basement last winter, but with the cold weather settling in, we've been using it a lot more. I love it so much and never shared it much before since I was so new to blogging.
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Looks like a really comfy place to chill.
Basement Playroom
One of my favorite spaces in our house isn't really even mine. Come check out our little girls' basement playroom--complete with a stage and dress-up area, cafe and post office, and
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It is actually landscaping fencing from Lowes! Easy to attach with a few nails. :)
Home Maintenance & Repairs: Basement crawl space odor...eewww!
Hi everyone. OK..so although I do like our "new to us" home, the crawl space is an unfinished area....with a sand/dirt/gravel floor. Here's the problem: It has an odor that seems to permeate the house at times...especially now that the AC is not running and neither is the furnace. It does seem to "travel" through the duct work.
I know if we'd cement the floor that probably would fix it. But that's not really in the plans just yet. Any other ideas on how to help eliminate the odor? ...»
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Yes there is a tiny bit of moisture there in the sand of the floor...but I suspect if there is ...»
When it rains even slightly I have water running into my garage and under the door.
The previous owner tried to caulk the wood molding at the bottom but that gave away a long time ago. This has now gotten to the point that the sheetrock inside the garage on this wall is
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here's what we just did for a condo assoc - your solution's probably still a properly ...»
Dark Basement Becomes A Cozy Family Room
Our basement was dark and bland, and the layout was strange with no where to put the sofa, without closing the room in. It was not fun to play in for our daughter, and it was a hard room
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This is the most beautiful room LOVE the walls!