Basement--Before and After

Two weeks ago I undertook the project of building a beautiful new home for Rebekah out of my old one. You see, we're going to live in my current apartment, but in order to avoid the feeling that she just moved in with me, we decided to do a pretty major renovation. As soon as my summer teaching ended, I began work; she was pretty busy with her own job at the time, so I had the help of some of my most fantastic friends to pull it off. Over the next few posts, we will highlight the changes.

In this post, it is the basement we are concerned with. The original basement was in all off-white, which made for a pretty dreary look. The plan was to convert it into a home theater, with a ceiling mounted projector.


In this picture, you can see where we are planning to put the screen for the home theater:


We chose a charcoal gray for the walls to absorb light (which would make the picture from the projector brighter), while leaving all the trim white to break up the monotony (just adding a fresh coat):


We painted the screen on using a specially formulated paint, then added velvet tape around the edges to complete it:


We are very pleased with the results!