View from corner looking towards the stairs that lead upstairs. We bought a couch and a loveseat, and we have a chair coming next week to go against the wall where the picture was taken.
Now for comparison, the before pictures:
View from the tv room to the bar area. Where the card table is in this picture will be a bar that Brian is building himself (and is taking up my garage space-first I couldn't get into the garage for a year because of the sheet rock, now a bar is taking my space!). As you can see in this picture, the ceiling is stained bead board. To the left of the card table is a door to a storage area for now. In the future if we decide to put a bathroom downstairs, it will be there.
View from corner near where the bar will go. I still need to paint the door to the outside (the previous owners' dogs made a mess of that door). The door to the right of the picture is to my main storage area. Lots of room including all the room under the stairs going up.
Now for comparison, the before pictures:
(Note: We completed the framing ourselves, so these aren't true before pictures. When we moved in, the basement was completely empty, with cement walls-some half walls, some whole, and the insulation. But you can get the idea.)