Lines and Color Insert Orientation
A picture-frame motif repeats in the board insets on the walls and carpet squares on the floor in this basement living room. The geometry is emphasized with a colour scheme. The artificial wall panels are created from picture-frame molding. Painting the walls a hot reddish above the seat rail and khaki below gives the area a feeling of intimacy. Applying the exact same red creates pattern in the wainscoting, and the combination pop is made by white molding.
Mask Block Wall with Paint
If your concrete-block basement walls are dry and free of efflorescence or mold, you can seal them with a masonry sealer or all-purpose water-base primer-sealer and paint using a high-quality latex paint. Paint is an easy approach to make the basement feel warmer, brighter, and more welcoming. Be sure to test paint colors you may find you can use brighter colours than you'd upstairs, Due to reduced light levels.
Maximize with Molding and Paint
Arts and Crafts-style wainscoting isn't hard to create with plywood, crown molding, and 1x3 boards. Here the trimwork and ceiling are painted hot white and the drywall is painted bright white. The combination makes this region of the basement feel open and light and makes the most of natural light coming in throughout the window that is above-grade.
Shape and Style the Space
Define a cellar room with curved walls and intriguing artwork. The wall here started with a framework of studs. It is covered with veneer panels combined with molding and increased wood blocks to create the wainscoting. Over the seat rail, a hand-painted mural depicts a scene of puppies playing with billiards.
Create Brick Interest
Basement walls take on handsome Art Deco-style using ordinary lumber--4x8 plywood sheets of rotary-sawn walnut wood and solid poplar 2x3 battens. The poplar is stained dark walnut and attached across the joints between the plywood sheets. Boost your home's energy efficiency by insulating walls before applying the finishing therapy. Foam panels offer insulating value and are impervious to moisture.
Focus Attention with Colour
Produce a focal point wall from the cellar with bright colour. In an underground area with no natural light, choose colours, such as yellow-green yellow, or orange.
Cover the Wall with Pegboard
Panels of white-painted pegboard add funky feel into the wall of this retro-style basement. With the support of hanging hardware you can decorate the wall with baskets photos as well as for magazines and DVDs. Centering the tv under the little basement window plays down the awkward dimensions and placement of the window. Covered with a sheer organza shade adorned with alloy washers, it appears like a bit of art.
Leave Brick Exposed for an Urban Appearance
If your house's foundation walls are brick instead of the more common poured concrete or concrete block, leave them exposed for a posh loft look in the basement. This basement office will get light out of windows that are above-grade. In their natural state the brick walls are for hip urban design and the timber flooring joists are vulnerable.
