13 Clever Basement Remodeling and Storage Ideas
Take inspiration from these inventive basement decorating ideas.
Need more storage space? Not sure how to best utilize your finished basement? Take inspiration from these inventive basement decorating ideas.
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A Space to Entertain
Turn an unused area of your basement into a kitchenette-slash-bar for an alternative spot to entertain guests. Blogger Alex of Northstory created a welcoming, vintage vibe with an antique wall clock, wooden crates, and pipe shelving.
See more of this project at HomeTalk.
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Before: Cluttered Laundry Room
This messy laundry room felt bare and stark.
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After: Bright and Airy Laundry Room
With a few coats of paint and a bright rug for color, the basement, featured on Maggie May's Gifts, becomes a much more welcoming place to do laundry.
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Creative Kid-Friendly Space
Worried about your kids drawing on your living room walls? Turn your basement into a massive chalkboard for anxiety-free fun, like Heather of The Heathered Nest did.
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Get Your Tools Organized
This DIY tool caddy by Mom 4 Real, built out of pegboard, is great for storage. Plus it's convenient: It can roll wherever you need it to go.
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Organize With Baskets
Store junk in matching baskets for a more uniform and organized look. Amy of Stow & Tell U updated plain wicker baskets with chalkboard spray paint.
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Before: Junk Room
This empty and unfinished basement was anything but functional.
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After: Basement Suite
Colleen of Lemon Thistle transformed the basement space into a suite outfitted with a kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, and living space—perfect for guests, or even renters.
See more of this project at HomeTalk.
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Before: Semi-Finished
This empty basement was spacious, but since it was only semi-finished, it wasn't getting used.
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After: Functional Family Room
Installing bright-white Ikea built-ins took this basement from stark to sleek, adding even more living space to the home of the blogger behind No. 29 Design.
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Before: Spacious But Outdated
The owner of this carpeted basement wasn't making the most out of the space.
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After: Stylish Retreat
Renovation 1500 added dark furniture, and textured, wood-like tile to transform this basement into a modern den with rustic appeal.
See more at HomeTalk.
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Indoor Seed Starting Rack
Bring gardening indoors during the winter months with a seed-starting rack that you can set up in a corner of your basement, as seen on Old World Garden Farms.
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Organize With Colorful Lockers
Blogger Karen of Dogs Don't Eat Pizza transformed drab old lockers into a bright and fun storage unit using only paint.
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DIY Stacked Shelving Units
Design DIY Fanatic created this quick and easy shelving unit using two-by-fours.
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Closet Door Turned Bookshelf
Need some extra storage but don't want to fuss with built-ins? The blogger behind Ginger & The HUTH turned an old closet into a bookshelf.
See more of this project at HomeTalk.
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Create a Mini Mudroom
With some pipe shelves and a small bench, you can turn a corner of your basement into a mudroom for out-of-the-way coat and shoe storage, like blogger Jill of Junky Vagabond.
See more of this project at HomeTalk.
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