We had girls and our family/tv room was in the basement. Hubby wanted a weight machine, girls wanted to dance. So he finished up 2 rooms about 12x16 feet each for exercise. Ballet bars and mirrors for the girls and his weight lifting area with mirrors and padded walls for karate/feet chops.
When the girls got married, they were gone for a while. They both got divorced about the same time and moved back home with their kids—also girls.
So we redesigned the Family Room which was huge great space into a kitchen, bathroom, dining area, small bedroom and Combo TV /sleeping area—think studio apartment style with a screen for that. That combo area is about 24 x 13 ft. It is now the family room and computer/office area.
I do my canning downstairs, which is why we added the storage/pantry to the weight room. The Ballet room has bedroom furniture, an easy chair for reading, and a TV/computer also for the grand kids to play on when they visit—I used to babysit them daily.
Only one left now and she’s a Jr. in high school. We still have an unfinished storage area in the basement of 9 x 24 ft. When hubby finishes the new storage/2-car garage area he’s building on our empty lot, all that stuff gets taken out so it can be finished into a better space.
Haven’t decided yet exactly what it will be other than one corner re-inforced for tornado shelter in comfort-maybe or maybe I’ll just make half of it for my clothes closet.
Can’t even hardly get to my clothes for all hubby’s crap he keeps sticking into it—he does have his own closet and took over one of the girls closets-so why does he have to steal mine???? sigh
Sounds like you have made wonderful use of your basement! We still have one upstairs bedroom to remodel and then we’ll start on the basement. I can’t wait to get my food storage room all organized.
What kind of things does he store in the closets? Usually it’s us women that take over closets, with clothing. I admit to doing that. When we moved here I went from a new style house and a walk in closet to a 70s house with puny closets. So I have to rotate my summer and winter clothing, in and out of boxes.