Another thing we had a tough time deciding was what to do with the floor. We have A LOT of laminate in the house and I was of the mind that if I had to have one more room in which I was forced to hear the click clack of the dog's nails on it I would lose my mind.
We wanted to acid stain it. (You can learn more about acid staining adn how freaking awesome it looks here and here.) But alas, since the previous owner of our house laid down a thick coat of gloppy grey paint all over the whole floor we would have needed to sandblast the top inch or so off to make it work. It was starting to look just a bit pricey. So then we had decided just to paint it with a few coats of basement paint tinted to Sherwin Williams Library Pewter from thier Arts and Crafts collection. (The ceiling color is actually one can of Library Pewter mixed with two cans of regular white ceiling paint.) Then maybe throw down a coat of polyurethane and see what happened.
But the floor is in pretty bad shape... it looks ok b/c of the fresh coat of paint, but as we have been working down there, chunks of floor are crumbling if we drop something on them. There is a big hole from where we had the support pole moved (which you can see on the right top up above.)
So to make a long story even longer, we decided to take our superbowl winnings and get laminate for the floor. (click clacking dog nails be damned!) We chose Kronotex Swiftlock Heritage Pecan, pictured on the bottom right up above. After trips to two stores today to get as much as we need, it is presently resting for 48 hours to acclimate itself to the loveliness that is our basement!
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