Basement...2nd house

We've been remodeling our basement (a few years earlier than intended, so some of my outdoor projects are put on hold until next year). We had to do this at our last house since the basement flooded. This basement also had water issues, in addition to a crawlspace that was dirt and had some water mold issues (dryer used to be vented to it), and in May last year, we had a drainage system with sump pumps and dehumidifier put in to take care of water issues in the crawlspace and basement part.

We've been working on the basement since then. And had various basement things scattered around our house and my parents house.

Today, drywall is going up! We did the layout, framing and electrical ourselves, but are hiring a company to do the drywall and texturing. Got to admit, I was really nervous last night, thinking that we'd missed something and weren't ready for the guys to come today. They come a little later than they were going to originally since we got a snow storm.

They've got the ceiling up and are working on the walls now, so in the coming weeks, we'll have painting, electrical to finish, flooring, doors and trim. Not to mention a few new pieces of furniture.

It's going to be a multi-purpose room as there will be an elliptical, our old wood kitchen table, probably a small tv area and a place for a rice box for D to play in.

It's quite a change from what the previous owner had. We had to tear the base cupboards when we moved in as they had molded. We also decided to take out the upper cabinets and aren't going to put them back.

Basement when previous owner lived here

Basement when previous owner lived here

D loved to help clean up the floors!

New layout, with two rooms and a closet, compared to the original layout with one big room.