Basement lighting ideas must be well planned because of the below grade location of this part of a home. With few windows – or none at all – the lighting needs to provide excellent overall ...

Basements have a rep as dark, dreary, damp dens—and for good reason. They’re the least lit spaces in the home. But even if your lowest level has few or no windows, you can still create a room with a ...

Basement's are usually defined by low ceilings and a lack of natural light, so carefully considering your basement ceiling ideas is vital for a welcoming, comfortable and of course, stylish design.

The first step in getting the most out of your property is not to swing a hammer, but to make a plan and, most importantly, ...

We use our large basement mainly for storage and are now considering transforming it into a fully equipped media room. At the same time, we’d like to create the look of a family room, though not as a ...

"The irony is, I go downstairs for light," says Molly Littlejohn, standing in the recently renovated basement of her 1914 house in Laurelhurst. The light flows into the below-grade space through ...

A hard rain a few weeks ago exposed a weakness in our basement waterproofing system, just the third time this has happened since we had the house built in 1992. One entire end of the basement flooded, ...