Decorating A Basement On A Budget In 2018

Present Storage-Use storage area beneath the stairs rather than building new closets.

In Tanya Linton's house, every spare nook is used for additional storage. With two small boys running round, baskets are ideal for concealing toys and knickknacks. In a little corner, a heap of books and magazines doubles as a side table to a painted chair.

Refreshed Laundry Room

If you can't manage to move pipes, maintain the sink and dress it up with a cloth skirt attached with double-sided Velcro. H&H style editor Sarah Hartill gave her basement laundry room a quick and easy makeover by covering a classic sink stand with a pretty floral skirt and including a graphic print rug to heat up the cold floor tile. A countertop built to fit over the laundry machines provides a folding surface, while easy stainless steel shelves shop various materials.

Playful Home Office - Embrace brick walls rather than drywalling over them.

A red accent wall adds the look of depth to the room and feels bold and cheerful in contrast to the cellar 's simple black and white plot. The gallery wall features original drawings from designer Theresa Casey and her husband, Robert Gray.

Hidden Guest Bed

Incorporate a guest mattress into your existing layout rather than putting up new partitions for another bedroom. This Murphy bed uses a suspension system which makes it possible to lift with one finger. On both sides of this queen-size bed, a niche in the wall functions as a side table and is wired using a reading light. When the bed is folded upward, homeowners Barbara and Michael Purdy use the freed-up area as a work out area.

Bright Laundry Room-Pinch pennies with MDF cupboards and add your own trim.

H&H senior editor Meg Crossley turned into this unfinished basement laundry area into a laundry room oasis. Improper venting supposed the washer and dryer needed to be moved into the opposite wall, in which they're now hidden by bi-fold doors. Meg also included a convenient sink using a kitchen-worthy faucet, an upper shelf and lower closets for extra storage. A builder cut door fronts from MDF, and then Meg added Shaker trim for a custom look. To provide the cellar an airy feeling, the space had been painted white. Sico's Light Sugar (4150-11), an obsolete white, makes the ceilings seem higher without feeling cold or sterile. The cupboards were painted robin's egg blue to get a country-inspired look.

Toilet Vanity Makeover-Give a big-box shop find a luxury look with a coat of paint.

Interior's director Meg Crossley altered her dingy basement bathroom with a cheap washstand she found at Canadian Tire. She painted it the same powdery light blue shade as the panel moulding, which was set up to brighten up the little space by covering up the original dark tile. A painted faade for the side of this ugly old bathtub, in the same color of blue, spared Meg the cost of installing a new bathtub. A black framed mirror, flanked with easy black metal and milk glass sconces, adds contrast to all the blue.