When we walked through the house for the first (and only) time before deciding to put an offer in, we had walked the main floor and came down to the basement. The space was completely finished, the owners had underpinned it - allowing us tall folk a bunch of extra head space, the bathroom was beautifully finished in white marble and there was a huge furnace room for storing all of our stuff. As we were walking back up stairs to continue the tour, I whispered to D, "you're in trouble".. and well, the rest is history. We owned the house less then 24 hours later.
The basement is a wonderful second living space and looks very similar to a mini version of our old apartment. We often will curl up for movies and its great for extra storage with a second fridge and storage room. There's no powder room on the main floor, so guests come downstairs to use the washroom.
D's Grandad built this table top and a friend found an antique rod iron base for it. We had it in our old apartment for a while but it was too close to the radiator and the heat started to warp it. We are so happy to have it on display again.
The built in bookcases create such a pretty symmetry on the focus wall. Styling the shelves was right up my alley and we have a bunch of little travel treasures on display.
D scored a dart board at a garage sale that we had hung at our old apartment and we were thrilled when the old owners left theirs behind for us. We usually play with friends after dinner parties - cocktail in hand of course.
The downstairs bathroom is a full three piece and has the second shower in the house - so guests shower in this bathroom. I keep a basket stocked with fresh towels and shampoo and conditioner, so all the essentials are easily accessible.
This sailboat print used to hang over our bed - I took the photo when I traveled to France with my parents. The coloring of the engineered print matched so well with the paint in the bathroom, I'm glad it found a new home.
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In case you wondered what it looked like before...
This was the only room we didn't paint and the fireplace and built ins were great, so no work needed there! We just installed handles on the built in cabinet doors and capped the photo ledge. Still on the to-do list - we'd like to re-paint the bathroom - maybe do a cool wallpaper or decal!
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