Basement Makeover

Okay so Kevin was in England for a whole week. Sucks for me that I couldn't go with, but it gave me a perfect opportunity to do something for my hubby. I don't know if it was the lack of sleep, but after dropping him off at the airport at 4 something in the morning, I got the bright idea to redo the basement for him while he was gone. So I went home and started cleaning and moving things out of the room. Once it was a decent hour, I called my mom for advice (she is the home improvement queen you know) and some of his friends for decorating input. So on Sat I got the entire room emptied except for the freezer (too big), the 2 sofas (too big and heavy), and his video game cabinet (way too big and heavy). I washed the walls, swept the floor, and primed the walls. Sunday - I started painting the walls, picked up and installed new drop ceiling tiles, and picked out the fabric for custom cushions for this huge built in bench in the room. Monday and Tues were spent finishing the painting and cleaning. It took too days because at this point I actually had to go back to work during the day. Wed was spent looking for Giants gear for the room and doing touch up work. Thurs and Fri- Mom and I laid a new vinyl floor and made Giants bar stools to go with his video game cabinet as well as a curtain to match the fabric from the custom cushions. Sat - I cleaned up the room again, hung the curtains, found more giants stuff, got rained on walking to get a picture frame for the Lawrence Taylor pic I found for him, and took a nap. Whew! The room is painted linen (off white with cool tones) and the ceiling is bright white. The bench has full size cushions and matching throw pillows. All of his fav posters are framed and hung on the walls. I installed shelving to display his varied collection of do dads. His 3 foot Millenium Falcon finally has a home we can both live with. And his 2 TV set up is back in full effect. I put a bow on the door and closed it up before I went to pick him up from the airport. I wish I had a camera to capture the look on him face when he saw it. He was shocked that I got it done in a week. And he loves it, which was my main goal.