Basement Update

Taigen has been hard at work on the basement. He recently tore out all of the insulation that was in the ceiling. I hate to say it, but he found a lot of unfavorable things: mouse remnants, a mouse nest and an enormous ant hotel (no wonder we always had ants in the basement!). Everything has been cleaned up now. It looks like a blank slate. Next step: painting the ceilings!

Why are we painting our ceilings, not re-insulating them & putting in a drop ceiling, or drywall? Well, first of all, our basement has to be finished in stages. We've saved for quite a while in order to do anything down there. Secondly, if we finish the ceiling AND put in carpet, the city considers this to be "finished space" thus raising our property taxes. We'd love to keep things as they are. So, for now, our basement is going to be finished just enough so we can use it comfortably. It will not be featured on HGTV, Martha Stewart, or in any Pottery Barn catalogs, but it will be clean & useable. I'm looking forward to it's completion.