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The Basement: Final Countdown!

The Basement: Final Countdown!

This post was most recently updated on September 22nd, 2019

It’s paint week!

I’m FINALLY going to see some colour on the basement walls over the next few days!

The flooring will be installed by the end of the month. So I’m finally seeing an end in sight to this basement development project which we started last November. I can’t wait to move all the kiddie stuff down there and give us some breathing room on our main floor. Not to mention that I’ll have 5 new rooms to decorate! So exciting.

There was a bit of a delay in the painting over the past few weeks (partly because of some extra trim work I requested  – don’t tell my husband!), which allowed me some more time to (re)consider my colour choices.  Not sure if that’s a good or bad thing!  Those colour chips were just about everywhere with me last week!

Here’s what I’m going with:

  • Benjamin Moore “Ashley Gray” above white beadboard
  • Benjamin Moore “Rapture” (a deep red) on a feature wall that runs through the entire space
  • Benjamin Moore “Blue Bonnet” (a really whispy shade of light turquoise)

Here are a few shots of our progress over the past couple of weeks!

Beadboard installed on the staircase.  Love it.
Can’t wait to paint that frosted door a shade of turquoise!
Fireplace and flat screen to be installed here 🙂

Be sure to come back again soon to see how it comes together!

About Kerri

Kerri Roche is the voice behind A Pop of Pretty, a Canadian-based home decorating blog, where she shares her love of modern cottage and coastal style, from the island of Newfoundland. Kerri is a lifelong interiors lover and an avid home enthusiast. She holds an MBA and Bachelor degree in Commerce (Marketing). Her blog is a creative outlet where she loves to inspire other style seeking home lovers with design and renovation ideas, DIY home decor tutorials, and shopping tips as she decorates her suburban family home and coastal cottage - all while juggling a busy young family, including a globe-trotting husband, 3 busy kids (including twins), and two energetic dogs named Finny and Winnie.

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  1. Mike Lane says

    We had hardwood stairs installed with beadboard trim, but no baseboards. It looks like you did the same. We are about to have the final finishing done on our steps. Do you have any pictures on your basement staircase after it was finished? I would like to get an idea of how ours will look without baseboards.
    Thank you, Mike Lane

    • Kerri says

      Hi Mike. We actually carpeted our stairs. There’s a picture of that in a more recent post. There’s a box on my left sidebar called ‘Basement Reno’. If you click it, it will show a pic or two of the finished staircase. If I had my time back, I think I would have added baseboard to give it a more finished look. But c’est la vie! We are still very pleased overall. Good luck!