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comfy house july 2024 home about contact house gardens dedication to phil friday july 12 2024 time for some small changes in my home in my last post i know it s been awhile i was explaining how we lived in a ranch style house and that we basically lived on the main level that we have a family room in the basement but we re never down there i also explained how we re at the age where retirement is looming and that we need to decide if we re staying or moving we started looking at other housing options by looking at homes in a nearby over 55 community for various reasons we have decided this particular housing development is not the right place for us in the meantime i decided why not take advantage of the basement family room while we still didn t have any problem with the stairs besides our living room is small and the wall by the fireplace is the only space we have for our tv not that this is a bad thing but we don t have a foyer so when you walk into the front door of our house you re immediately in the living room you re staring right at the tv this was the only current ish photo i could find of the living room that shows the tv from last fall another negative thing about having the tv in this space the glare from the windows we purchased a big rug from homegoods to anchor the living space the floors are painted cement long ago we had carpet but had a basement flood the contractor said at the time that even if we put down laminate if we ever had a basement flood again that the water would go under the laminate and ruin it so he suggested just having the floors painted then we moved the tv and media stand downstairs ta da a usuable space once again we re not big tv watchers but sometimes on the evenings where brian has the next day off we ve been enjoying our time watching tv downstairs we re currently watching season 3 of the bear tucked in back of the living area is a little alcove where tim used to have his drum set it now holds the treadmill and some other exercise equipment to the right of this alcove is a small hallway with a door that leads into the unfinished part of the basement same with that bi fold white door that you see you can see in this wider angle of the room that behind the couch are bookcases and a l shaped bar that bar area came in handy when our boys were little and we d have birthday parties in the basement it was a great area to spread out all the food same for when the boys were teens and they d have their friends over a great space for kids to hang out and use the bar top for pizzas pop and snacks the bar has cabinets built in behind it so that s where i store all my large kitchen appliances and big serving pieces and platters a view of the bar not a very attractive area but at this point in our lives we don t have any desire to change it it s good enough for our use right now the wall with the staircase behind it used to have an assortment of metal faux vintage signs on it but i recently took them all down was tired of looking at it back upstairs i moved the console table from brian s office to the space where the tv and media console were it s a weird place to put anything with this wall being right next to the angled fireplace and needing enough room to walk into the kitchen or hallway i don t think builders think about furniture placement or design challenges thanks for still being here and leaving such nice comments even though i ve been posting sporadically created by melanie at 5 24 pm 16 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels area rug basement console table family room homegoods living room newer posts older posts home subscribe to comments atom stay updated subscribe indicates required email address first name follow comfy house on bloglovin search this blog popular posts the yin and yang of days if you re a regular reader of this blog you know that one of my passions is healthy cooking and eating i m also a strong belie bad storms and the appreciation of electricity we ve been deluged with rain and thunderstorms here in northern illinois for the past two weeks while it s been more of a n nifty thrifty finds and getting rid of stuff i ve been working hard at purging a lot of stuff from my home i went through my closet and took down the tops and sweaters that i tis the season blog tour i m up if you ve been following jemma s tis the season blog tour and visiting the lineup of wonderful blogger s homes each da blog archive 2024 10 december 1 november 1 july 1 time for some small changes in my home june 1 may 1 march 1 february 3 january 1 2023 20 december 2 november 1 september 2 july 3 june 2 may 2 april 3 march 2 february 1 january 2 2022 29 december 4 november 1 october 1 september 3 august 3 july 1 june 1 may 3 april 2 march 4 february 3 january 3 2021 18 december 4 november 1 october 1 september 1 july 1 may 1 april 1 march 2 february 3 january 3 2020 42 december 5 november 1 october 5 september 2 august 3 july 4 june 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