Basement Pictures - Miciah's room

Miciah's Room

Before, Miciah's room was part of the large laundry area.  But part of it was a food storage nook with lots of shelves.  We loved it for that and it worked really well.  But to create enough space for 2 bedrooms and a bathroom, it had to go.  We don't have any real Before pictures (I don't think).  Though I wish I did, cause we put a shower curtain up as a divider/door into the storage room.  A ducky shower curtain.  I loved it.

During the tear-out phase:

 You can tell from these two pictures that it wasn't a very wide space.  Maybe like a large closet. Initially I thought it might work as a closet space for a bedroom, but ... nope.

This is looking into the same space, but with the walls gone.  And if the wall looks bowed to you, it is.  No camera trick.  That's why we water-proofed our basement.  We weren't a fan of that wall eventually caving in.  After this picture was taken, they came back and installed 3 I-beams to brace the wall.  I don't know why we didn't take pictures of that.  Though the beams do show up in a later picture of the boys' room during construction, so you'll be able to see them.

During construction:

Miciah's room had a window in it, but a tiny one.  This one is big enough that she can crawl out of it if there was a fire.  Window well and window size are all according to code, so these could be counted as actual bedrooms if they weren't, you know, in the basement where no one cares.  :)  Rob insisted on the windows, which were about $1,000 a pop (one in Miciah's room and one in Elijah's room).  He was right, they really make the space livable, nice, and safe.

Now:

Not sure if you can tell from this picture how crazy the slope is.  I mean, *I* think it looks like it slopes up in the back corner, but maybe that's because I already know it does.  Anyways, Miciah also is now the lucky one who gets to sleep on a queen sized bed.  We bought it this year so when a couple comes to stay, we can kick Miciah up to the office and the couple can sleep on her queen.  It's worked pretty well so far.

 The closet door had fallen off and it's tucked away by the entrance to her room.  It's now fixed - thanks, Rob!  Her closet also has a nice storage system inside it.  It's pretty nifty.

This is Miciah's sewing/craft area.  When I post pictures of the family room, you'll see her old room and the intense amounts of crafting space she used to have.  This is a MASSIVE downsize for her.  But it's reasonable now and she's happy with the amount of space she has.

Also, soon I'll be working with Miciah on her room.  She has too much stuff in it.  Too much furniture.  A filing cabinet, a dresser, a sewing table, a small bookshelf and a large bookshelf...  Some of it's gotta go.  She agrees, we just haven't tackled it yet.