When I asked Ethan what he wanted for his birthday he came up with a good idea of finishing off some space in the basement as a "hang out" place for when his friends come over. We had ping pong down there, but with the unfunishedness of the basement we never really went down there. So he suggested it and we decided we would do a 24 hour room makeover for his birthday! We invited our family member to help with ideas and support and then kicked Ethan out of the house for 24 hours to get it done. It was really fun!
Here's the before shot (actually we cleared out some thing before this, but it's pretty much the before shot!)
Dave and I worked late into the night building and measureing and priming and painting and moving stuff. The next day I still had the decorating and final touch ups to do. It was a long night and a crazy day...we kind of felt like we were on an HGTV special and were going right down to the wire! But we got it done and brought Ethan over for the big reveal.
TADAA!!:
We think it turned out really nice. He loves having a hangout place already and plans to have friends over on Friday to test it out! We weren't able to get the carpet installation scheduled in time, so carpet and baseboards are TBT still. Behind the camera is the ping pong table and 6 person high table to eat at in that part of the room the same size as this one with a second window. So he's got a big "man cave" space to be in. Well, it's also our second family room and we're allowed to be in there too. ;)
After the big reveal we had some of the family over for cake! They enjoyed celebrating with Ethan and seeing his new space. He also got a few other presents that made him all smiles! I think he had a great birthday. Happy Birthday Ethan!
