The Basement -- Before, during, and after

Before:

Part 1: Frame in the walls and put in insulation

Part 2: Drywall is hung

Part 3: Drywall is mudded, sanded, mudded, sanded, mudded, and sanded

Part 4: Paint on the ceiling (black) and the walls (grayish blue)

Part 5: The final product -- Carpet was installed and furniture was put back down there. We plan on getting a couple recliners down there and not everything is organized yet either, but it works for now...

(This is their little play area for now. Their real play area is on the opposite side of the basement, but they won't use that for a while)

(My soon-to-be craft area)

The rest of the basement is pretty much empty right now until we figure out what to put there. I thought I'd spare some empty room pictures (and pardon my crooked pictures -- I had Ellis in my hand at the time).