Basement Updates

Brian and I spent most of last weekend finishing up our basement. It's hard to sometimes find the balance between what I think looks good and what he does. Most of the time, he will side with me but sometimes it can cause a little bit of tension. Brian likes to rush into things and do them right then and now while I like to think about it a little more and change my mind 5 times before I settle on it.

We have this nice wall in the basement that the previous owners had shelves scattered about it making the hallway feel small. When we gave the basement a fresh coat of paint, we had the painters take down the shelves and never put them back up. My dad had given my brother the Amstel Light mirror and my brother gave it to Brian. In the past I would have put the mirror in the middle and scattered items around it, but this time I wanted to give it that whole "photo wall" feel.

Brian realized that he didn't have any Michigan items (hmm I wonder why) so he went on Amazon and got a few things. This week he also purchased two large Red Wings frames that we're going to hang above the couch. At that point, his room will be finished. I would like to find a "manly pillow" cause right now they are just our old ones from our apartment days.

We also put together my workout room. Up until Saturday it was a storage/work out room. We finally went through everything, clearing out what we didn't want and storing what we did. We have a small closet in this room that I put a shelving unit in to help be work organized.

We bought a TV mount at Ikea the last time we were there. Although I hate that the cords are visible, I keep telling myself that it's in the basement and my home won't be on MTV cribs.

One of the only good things the previous owners left was this mirror. It was in the furnace room, caked in dust and slightly chipped in the corners, but it works for it's purpose.

My sister-in-law and brother-in-law gave us this unit from when we moved into our very first apartment. If I get bored with life and want things to do, I might sand it down and paint it. Currently it houses my work out books, DVDs, weights and bands

Here is a close up of the Ikea mount; $15 for this which is pretty cheap for mounts.

We hung a new canvas I bought at Home Goods the other day. Although my walls aren't as gray as I would of liked them, it makes it easy to have color in the room. Magenta, lime green, yellow and blues make up our living room.