Before and After: What's Old is New Again

“Found” Room in Basemnt

By LMorg, member

Unfinished half of basment 1873 House. Boarded up for years. Opened to fix sagging floor.

Ten months later. New electric. Custom seating covering sewer pipe. Driveway pavers. Shelves for 2,500 beer bottles.

Log in or create an account to post a comment.

Become a member and get full access to FineHomebuilding.com

Ranch Transformed, Efficiency Achieved

View All

Up Next

Video Shorts

Featured Story

Podcast Episode 659: Home Shops, Building Science Study, and a Big Basement Hole

Listeners write in about continuing education, minisplit heat pumps, compact home shops, and building science.

Featured Video

Builder’s Advocate: An Interview With Viewrail

Learn more about affordable, modern floating stairs, from design to manufacturing to installation.

Discussion Forum

Highlights

Plus, get an extra 20% off with code GIFT20

"I have learned so much thanks to the searchable articles on the FHB website. I can confidently say that I expect to be a life-long subscriber." - M.K.

Get home building tips, offers, and expert advice in your inbox

View All

Fine Homebuilding Magazine

Fine Homebuilding

Follow

Get home building tips, offers, and expert advice in your inbox

Membership & Magazine

Fine Homebuilding receives a commission for items purchased through links on this site, including Amazon Associates and other affiliate advertising programs.

This is a dialog window which overlays the main content of the page. The modal window is a 'site map' of the most critical areas of the site. Pressing the Escape (ESC) button will close the modal and bring you back to where you were on the page.

We hope you’ve enjoyed your free articles. To keep reading, become a member today.

Get complete site access to expert advice, how-to videos, Code Check, and more, plus the print magazine.

“Found” Room in Basemnt

Log in or create an account to post a comment.

Become a member and get full access to FineHomebuilding.com

More Before and After: What's Old is New Again

Up Next