|

Painting and Organizing the Basement (In Progress)

When we bought our house 3 years ago we were thrilled with the large basement. Our previous house did not have one, and we vowed we would never buy another house without one. So we love having all that storage and open space for a weight lifting area and kids play area. However it isn’t finished, and up till now most of it has been unpainted and was very dark and dingy.  Here is before we started painting.

, Painting and Organizing the Basement (In Progress), Joyful Homemaking

Here is the “gorgeous” gray cement block.

, Painting and Organizing the Basement (In Progress), Joyful Homemaking
, Painting and Organizing the Basement (In Progress), Joyful Homemaking

Half and half shot….

, Painting and Organizing the Basement (In Progress), Joyful Homemaking

and after fresh paint!

, Painting and Organizing the Basement (In Progress), Joyful Homemaking

This is my grocery stockpile area after we painted it.

, Painting and Organizing the Basement (In Progress), Joyful Homemaking

and after I organized it!

, Painting and Organizing the Basement (In Progress), Joyful Homemaking

This is the area for the kids’ toys after some cheery paint!
It’s not finished off, and we still have lots we want to do down here, but it still amazes me how much lightness a creamy yellow paint can bring to a dingy basement

Blessings, Margo

12 Comments

  1. Ooh I am jealous of all that space to store food! I think I coupon shop just like you. It did cause me though to try a new salad dressing that has become our favorite. Ken’s Balsalmic Vinegette, I would have never tried but with a B1G1 and two $1.00 coupns I paid 49 cents a bottle.

  2. it looks great, I do not have a basement, or garage. but I have a huge attic, that I can use for storing but I wanted to look nice and organized not cluttered and piles of bags everywhere like it is now. Your room inspires me to keep working my way to fulfill my dream.

  3. i just wanted to stop back over and thank you for linking up to my tip-toe thru thursday party! i can’t wait to see what you’ve got in store for us next week!!
    andiejaye@ crayonfreckles.blogspot.com

  4. Good job! Paint can do such amazing things.. even in a basement. Great job on your storage shelves. I came by earlier in the week, but something was going on with blogger and I couldn’t leave you a comment. Thanks for linking this up to my Organizing Mission link party!

  5. Hi there! I could have sworn I’ve been to this website before but after browsing through some of the post I realized it’s
    new to me. Anyways, I’m definitely delighted I found it and I’ll
    be book-marking and checking back often!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.