The Room Layout and Framing Begins
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After the removal of the old oil tank, the staircase, and widening an opening into the bathroom/storage space area, teh room is taking shape. The rough layout of this half of the basement looks something like this:
The area is roughly 20′ x 30′. The closet/bathroom area in the lower left is an exisiting closet (door into main room) and full bath (door facing storage area).
The area between the left brick column and the corner of the closet was widened from a 30″ doorway to about a 7′ walkway. The storage area will be closed off and a Middle Atlantic slide out rack is being installed there, immediately to the left of the brick column, along with a door to the left of it.
View toward screen wall with 11" build-out underway
Between the left column and the stairs will be a cutout for kids alcove and/or toy storage under the steps along with some built-in shelving. On the right of the floorplan picture, or straight forward in the above picture is the “screen wall” which is being built out about 11″ for a section. This will allow the plasma screen to be recessed into the wall along with the Speakercraft Cinema in-wall speakers.
Closer view of framing for the panasonic 58 inch.
On the long wall at the bottom of the basement floorplan picture I found a nice brick two-column support for the large soapstone fireplace that sits above it. This was a suprise since the old drywall just enclosed it as one section. I will install wooden shelving between the columns to make a nice built in section. The brick in this section will remain exposed.
AS you can see the old popcorn ceiling is torn down and the recessed lights are already installed. I used 14 4″ air tight/IC cans with 50w halogens.
Corner near the bottom of the new staircase
Here is the view from the screen side back toward the storage area were the Middle Atlantic equiptment rack will reside.
View toward back corner
I know, the room is a mess. The kids are still playing down there. Once the drywall starts that will all end. You can’t imagine how many times I’ve stepped on and tripped over toys.