Basement of the Week: Amenities Aplenty in Minnesota

Seeking some extra space where he could work and unwind after a long day, this company executive and his family had a lengthy list of desires for their unfinished cellar. The full arrangement for your space comprised a billiards area, a walk-up wet bar, a theater and family room, a wine cellar, a workplace, a guest room, an exercise room, a fireplace plus a homework space. To put it differently, your basic adolescent and adult dream space.

After several preliminary layouts, Jenny Jorgensen of Finished Basement Company produced a relaxing layout that incredibly incorporated everything on the wish list, done in a clean and comfortable transitional style.

Basement at a Glance
Who lives here:
A couple and their teenage children
Location: Lakeville, Minnesota
Size: Around 1,400 square feet, such as guest room

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Though they possess a traditional-style home, the homeowners lean toward modern. Thus Jorgensen added accents such as dark moldings to the coffered ceiling to accentuate its own ardently contemporary grid pattern.

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Clean lines continue throughout the slick wet bar, with darkish Shaker cabinetry plus a gridded backsplash tile pattern. Jorgensen smartly put the pub between the family room and game room for convenience.

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The living room does double duty as a movie-watching area, even though a bar offers extra seating and a fantastic place for the kids to do their homework.

Jorgensen framed the TV to keep the display out of a floating black square on the white wall. The frame mirrors the moldings used in the ceiling coffers.

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The trimmed coffers also link the media space to the bigger billiards area.

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An elongated arch swoops on the entryway to the workplace and a trendy firebox, which is surrounded by an innovative concrete microtopping that adds texture and warm color.

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The curves continue in this hallway for a counterpoint to the added blank lines. Maple molding and trimwork also create connections between the spaces.

While engineered timber covers the majority of the cellar floor, carpet is utilized in the theater room and office, since the floors have a tendency to get chilly in the Minnesota climate.

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More subtle arches appear above the vanity and along the surface of the mirror in the full bathroom, creating a nice contrast to the straight lines of this countertop, cantilevered vanity and tiles.

Porcelain tile and Cambria counters include interesting patterns to the feel palette.

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A full bath with a steam shower solutions that the most important space in addition to the guest room.

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