From 3 to 4.

Ever since we found out that we were having another baby, we knew that doing something with the extra space we have in the basement needed to become a priority. We have quite a few of overnight guests on Clarence and for the past 18 months, they have used the green room (or 3rd bedroom upstairs). That green room will soon be inhabited by a very small little person, therefore creating a couple of rooms (#4 and #5) in the basement was going to be necessary. It was always our plan to section off the basement into a work room, 2 bedrooms, bathroom and large play/TV area, however knew that the finished product will not be possible for a number of years. For now, we have opted instead to frame the basement rooms off and drywall as much as we can. We already have the drywall needed (left over from our initial house building), therefore it was a fairly inexpensive job and has made the world of difference down there (I say fairly as is there ever an inexpensive house job?).

Here is the drywall waiting to be moved...half the joy was just seeing the pile deplete. I was sick of looking at it and it takes up a lot of space down there.


The first bedroom getting built


Sorting through what we will soon need...


A look from the bedroom end of the basement into the play/TV area...


The one bedroom (#4) ready for a few more vacuums to get the dust up, then some beds, then some guests...


For now, we will just leave the drywall as is as it really cleans everything up and provides so much separation and privacy between the work area and the sleep area - which was exactly what we wanted. So far, we only have one room built and drywalled, however it has room for both our queen beds so I am sure guests will be able to tolerate it for now until the room is fully complete. Next on the list will be the continual of the drywalling process, the construction of the 2nd basement bedroom and bathroom, more sorting and putting away, some carpet pieces to lay (second hand from others who are renovating - thanks!), and the gradual completion of the second 1672 square feet of this home. We always knew that the basement would be a big part of this house and built it the way we did for just that reason. We do envision kids bedrooms down there one day and know that it will be a VERY well used space in the future.

I didn't even notice until now that the title of this post could be misinterpreted to mean that our family will be going from 3 to 4, however that is also around the corner for us. It is hard to believe that I am only 5 weeks away from my due date, however the back and hip pain do a good job of reminding me :). This week marks the first of starting weekly doctors appointments which can only mean one thing. The green room is coming together and we are as "ready" as we are ever going to be to start this next stage!