Addie Merrick Phang
Small transitional walk-out basement in DC Metro with grey walls, vinyl floors, no fireplace and grey floor.

Basement remodel with living room, bedroom, bathroom, and storage closets
This is an example of an expansive transitional look-out basement in Other with blue walls, vinyl floors and brown floor.

Great under the stairs space idea
This is an example of a mid-sized transitional walk-out basement in DC Metro with vinyl floors, no fireplace and brown floor.

Speakeasy entrance.
Inspiration for a mid-sized transitional fully buried basement in Chicago with a home bar, grey walls, vinyl floors, a wood fireplace surround and grey floor.

Design ideas for a mid-sized midcentury walk-out basement in Toronto with white walls, vinyl floors, brown floor and panelled walls.

Design ideas for a large transitional walk-out basement in Chicago with grey walls, vinyl floors, a ribbon fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and grey floor.

Design ideas for a large country walk-out basement in Chicago with beige walls, vinyl floors and brown floor.

Large transitional fully buried basement in Columbus with beige walls, vinyl floors and brown floor.

Multi-Purpose Basement By removing the drop-ceiling, creating a large cased opening between rooms, and adding lots of recessed lighting this basement once over run by kids has become an adult haven for weekend parties and family get togethers. Quartz Countertops Subway Tile Backsplash LVP Flooring 205 Photography

Edmunds Studios Photography
Photo of a mid-sized beach style walk-out basement in Milwaukee with beige walls, vinyl floors, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and brown floor.

These are photos of a basement we finished in an existing home. We had storage custom built to hide and easily access water/electric lines.
Inspiration for a mid-sized traditional fully buried basement in Other with vinyl floors and brown floor.

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.

Our client was looking for a light, bright basement in her 1940's home. She wanted a space to retreat on hot summer days as well as a multi-purpose space for working out, guests to sleep and watch movies with friends. The basement had never been finished and was previously a dark and dingy space to do laundry or to store items. The contractor cut out much of the existing slab to lower the basement by 5" in the entertainment area so that it felt more comfortable. We wanted to make sure that light from the small window and ceiling lighting would travel throughout the space via frosted glass doors, open stairway, light toned floors and enameled wood work. Photography by Spacecrafting Photography Inc.

Sarah Timmer
Inspiration for a large country fully buried basement in Milwaukee with beige walls, vinyl floors, a hanging fireplace, a tile fireplace surround and brown floor.

Flooring: Encore Longview Pine Cabinets: Riverwood Bryant Maple Countertop: Concrete Countertop
Mid-sized country fully buried basement in Detroit with grey walls, vinyl floors, brown floor and a ribbon fireplace.

Nelson Salivia
Design ideas for a mid-sized industrial walk-out basement in Atlanta with white walls, vinyl floors and no fireplace.

Originally the client wanted to put the TV on one wall and the awesome fireplace on another AND have lots of seating for guests. We made the TV/Fireplace a focal point and put the biggest sectional we could in there. Photo: Matt Kocourek

©Finished Basement Company
Inspiration for a large traditional walk-out basement in Denver with green walls, vinyl floors and brown floor.

Photo of a contemporary look-out basement in Toronto with grey walls, vinyl floors, a standard fireplace, a wood fireplace surround, brown floor and wallpaper.