Sunken Living Area Test

I had been considering doing some sort of built-in sectional in the sunken part of the living room. I realized that with the ugly black sectional I now had as surplus, I could us that to experiment with the fit and livability of the idea.

So, here is the sunken area before

Here I've removed the carpet, exposing the built out area. There is a slight dip to it, so I knew I'd need to rebuild that section anyway before doing the hardwood floor, so there really wasn't anything to loose by doing this.

Now the steps are cut out. You can also see the useless door to the back yard. I've always planned to remove it and make it look like the remaining glass sections, so loosing that landing area and railing is no loss.

All done. I like the look. It does seem a little cluttered, but some furniture selection and removal might take care of that. Long term, the plan is for the upper area to be hardwood flooring, while the sunken area will have carpeting of some sort. This should set it apart even more.

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Basement Painting

We're set to close on the 15th of October, so I'm getting a little braver with my fixes and updates. I realize I want a little experience with the new airless sprayers before I tackle painting the exterior of the house. I also know that once I pull down the ceiling tiles in the basement, I'll want something to make it look decent while I'm working on the wiring and rearranging the upstairs. I thought I'd do a dark paint on the exposed wood. I'd seen pictures of that done in basements before and liked the look. The basements in this house are about 8" tall, a little lower than that when duct work or plumbing is a factor, so while not low, it can't hurt to have a dark look to improve the height of the ceiling. So, I figured I'd start by painting the ceiling in the unfinished part of the basement. Here are some before pictures: The paint I used was the same dark flat Olive Green I'd used on the lighting plate in the bathroom. It...

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