More can be made of your basement. Sure, it’s a windowless space where you do the bare minimum of self-improvement by washing your clothes but think about its potential. All it will take is a clear out and a few changes. What those changes are is up to you. It’s a room. It can be almost anything you can think of.
Read on for our top picks on ideas for rooms you can convert your basement into.
Home cinema
The fact that there isn’t likely to be any windows in your basement will really help you here, saving you the trouble of installing one. If you’re like us, you’ll be the one keeping the cinema industry alive with your need for total darkness to watch a movie.
TVs are already competing well with the big screen in terms of size, and greatly passed it in terms of quality years ago. If you are looking for something bigger, however, there is the option of getting a projector. You will have the wall space for it where elsewhere in the house will be taken up with artwork and photos.
And that’s not to mention the seat quality. Imagine transporting your comfiest seat to the cinema. Now you won’t have to. It’ll just be a matter of walking downstairs to your home cinema and sitting in your VIP seat. You can even add some style by having a red carpet run down the stairs and set up a red home theater seating.
Bar
Cellars are already only one word away from storing wine, and basements are just cellars with a different name. Why not go the extra step and make your basement an at-home bar?
You can install a breakfast bar, add a few stools and you’re halfway to the best function on your street. Add a collection of squishy chairs, and of course a lot of bottles and you’ll have everyone visiting.
From there it’s a matter of deciding what style you want to go for. For a twinkling classy venue, you can buy these stemless red wine glasses and light a lot of candles for mood lighting. Or if you’d prefer more of a mancave vibe, you can buy a pool table, a juke box, and a dart board just for good measure. Then add a tap so that you can serve the perfect beer straight from the keg strategically positioned behind the bar area – perfection assured.
Game room
If you like the idea of a home cinema, you’re already close to getting a games room. You need only add a console or three to make it the place to crush your pals at COD – or Mario Kart.
You will need to add some obligatory LED colored lights, because no gamer is a gamer without them, but there can be a lot more to it.
The best game rooms would have an arcade game, or even better, a pinball machine, but you can also add a table game if you have space to use up. This can be whatever you are into: foosball, ping pong, poker, Monopoly, chess, pool, and more.
