Photo of a large contemporary look-out basement in Chicago with grey walls, vinyl floors, no fireplace and red floor.

Design ideas for a large modern look-out basement with black walls, vinyl floors, no fireplace and brown floor.

Design ideas for a large transitional walk-out basement in Atlanta with grey walls, light hardwood floors and brown floor.

Design ideas for a traditional fully buried basement in Columbus with grey walls, dark hardwood floors, no fireplace and brown floor.

David Frechette
This is an example of a transitional fully buried basement in Detroit with grey walls, vinyl floors, a two-sided fireplace, a wood fireplace surround and brown floor.

Renovated basement in Calvert County, Maryland, featuring rustic and industrials fixtures and finishes for a playful, yet sophisticated recreation room. Photography Credit: Virgil Stephens Photography

A dark and dingy basement is now the most popular area of this family’s home. The new basement enhances and expands their living area, giving them a relaxing space for watching movies together and a separate, swanky bar area for watching sports games. The design creatively uses reclaimed barnwood throughout the space, including ceiling beams, the staircase, the face of the bar, the TV wall in the seating area, open shelving and a sliding barn door. The client wanted a masculine bar area for hosting friends/family. It’s the perfect space for watching games and serving drinks. The bar area features hickory cabinets with a granite stain, quartz countertops and an undermount sink. There is plenty of cabinet storage, floating shelves for displaying bottles/glassware, a wine shelf and beverage cooler. The most notable feature of the bar is the color changing LED strip lighting under the shelves. The lights illuminate the bottles on the shelves and the cream city brick wall. The lighting makes the space feel upscale and creates a great atmosphere when the homeowners are entertaining. We sourced all the barnwood from the same torn down barn to make sure all the wood matched. We custom milled the wood for the stairs, newel posts, railings, ceiling beams, bar face, wood accent wall behind the TV, floating bar shelves and sliding barn door. Our team designed, constructed and installed the sliding barn door that separated the finished space from the laundry/storage area. The staircase leading to the basement now matches the style of the other staircase in the house, with white risers and wood treads. Lighting is an important component of this space, as this basement is dark with no windows or natural light. Recessed lights throughout the room are on dimmers and can be adjusted accordingly. The living room is lit with an overhead light fixture and there are pendant lights over the bar.

This farmhouse style basement features a craft/homework room, entertainment space with projector & screen, storage shelving and more. Accents include barn door, farmhouse style sconces, wide-plank wood flooring & custom glass with black inlay.

Small modern basement in Atlanta with a home bar, grey walls, light hardwood floors and brown floor.

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Inspiration for a large transitional fully buried basement in New York with grey walls, dark hardwood floors and brown floor.

Design ideas for a small traditional look-out basement in Denver with blue walls, cork floors, no fireplace and brown floor.

Casual seating to the right of the bar contrasts the bold colors of the adjoining space with washed out blues and warm creams. Slabs of Italian Sequoia Brown marble were carefully book matched on the monolith to create perfect mirror images of each other, and are as much a piece of art as the local pieces showcased elsewhere. On the ceiling, hand blown glass by a local artist will never leave the guests without conversation. Scott Bergmann Photography Painting by Zachary Lobdell

We refinished the old kitchen cabinets and installed in them in basement bar area. The countertops are poured concrete.
Photo of a mid-sized traditional fully buried basement in Indianapolis with grey walls, vinyl floors and brown floor.

This is an example of a mid-sized modern basement in San Francisco with white walls, medium hardwood floors and brown floor.

©Finished Basement Company
Design ideas for a mid-sized transitional look-out basement in Denver with beige walls, vinyl floors, no fireplace and brown floor.

Custom built sports bar with glass shelves.
Photo of a mid-sized transitional fully buried basement in Ottawa with grey walls, brown floor and dark hardwood floors.

Catherine "Cie" Stroud Photography
This is an example of a mid-sized contemporary walk-out basement in New York with white walls, no fireplace, porcelain floors and brown floor.

Traditional fully buried basement in Portland Maine with beige walls, dark hardwood floors, no fireplace and brown floor.

Troy Thies Photography
Inspiration for a traditional fully buried basement in Minneapolis with yellow walls, no fireplace, carpet and brown floor.