Saturday, March 10, 2012

DIY Basement Project

Well, it actually started the day we got home from the hospital when I had Jude back in May. Q had a week of paternity leave off of work so he started digging right away and we got the egress window done in no time. After all, we had added a 4th baby to our already packed out 3 bedroom house. We've decided to finish the basement complete with a bedroom and bathroom and then move the girls down there to share so Jude can have his own room. You can see from the pictures that Q has also started on the walls...and that's kinda where it ended. Between work and school (finishing his MBA) and coaching the kids' sports and everything that comes with a wife and 4 kids, there's not a lot of extra time for construction work in the basement. So, needless to say, Jude is 9 1/2 months old and still in a crib in the corner of our room. We are hoping to move him out sometime between now and when he goes off to college. We'll see! For now, I thought I would post some pictures of the progress. Oh, and our storage area is a bit of a joke. I want to post "after" pictures eventually though so I thought it would be much more appreciated if you've seen the "before".












Is that the storage room or a garbage dump?

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