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After almost 4 years, my wife agreed to letting me finish the basement so the collection could be displayed nicely.

Just finished it last week.

Here are the before and after shots.





Now, the fun task begins of hauling all the machines that were tucked away upstairs and in the unfinished area to their appropriate spot in the basement.

OK Dave, This must be the 'Before' shot, as I do not see wood floors, paneled walls, tin ceiling, and disco balls.

Look at all that space hope to see that some day.

Nice!, however, I distinctly do not see the workshop. Did it get relocated to the garage?

SLOT DYNASTY wrote:OK Dave, This must be the 'Before' shot, as I do not see wood floors, paneled walls, tin ceiling, and disco balls.

The photo of the finished product can be seen if you click on the 2nd picture. It is a wide angle photo and the software I have for the forum has issues with wide angles.

Regarding tin ceilings. I actually wanted those but my wife said no

The closest things I could get to disco balls were the lighted tray ceilings and the backlit TV

atac wrote:Nice!, however, I distinctly do not see the workshop. Did it get relocated to the garage?

I actually have two workshops in the basement.

The "clean" workshop is behind the closed double doors. This is where I will work on drones, have a 3D printer and do other stuff that does not make a huge mess. Off of that workshop is my "dirty" workshop which has the bead blaster, grinder, and stuff that makes a mess.

The "dirty" work shop is where a ton of stuff was stored while the basement was being finished and it is still not all that accessible.

Dave wrote:

SLOT DYNASTY wrote:OK Dave, This must be the 'Before' shot, as I do not see wood floors, paneled walls, tin ceiling, and disco balls.

The photo of the finished product can be seen if you click on the 2nd picture. It is a wide angle photo and the software I have for the forum has issues with wide angles.

Regarding tin ceilings. I actually wanted those but my wife said no

The closest things I could get to disco balls were the lighted tray ceilings and the backlit TV

OK Dave, now I see it. No wood floor, paneled walls, tin ceiling, and disco balls.
But I do like those cubby-holes for the Victorian Uprights. Nice job.
Can't wait to see it when it is full-o-stuff!

OK, what variety of exotic pet goes into the "Show Terrarium" between the alcoves?

It's either a very spacious terrarium or a very highly-positioned, glass-fronted fireplace, which wouldn't be too damn logical... and if there's one thing we know about our host it's that he's damn logical.

[Late Added Note: OOPS! ]

Dave, I'm doing the same thing with my basement right now. I blacked out the ceilings with 24 gallons of black paint (so far) and adding a bedroom and bath room. I have an escelara so since we're neighbors, if you need it, just ask. It will come in very handy when moving machines up or down stairs.

Keep the pictures coming.

marsonion wrote:OK, what variety of exotic pet goes into the "Show Terrarium" between the alcoves?

It's either a very spacious terrarium or a very highly-positioned, glass-fronted fireplace, which wouldn't be too damn logical... and if there's one thing we know about our host it's that he's damn logical.

Hmm, never thought of putting in a terrarium. It is, in fact, a 47" linear fireplace.