Tucked away beneath the house is a room that may not get the same stylistic attention as spaces like bedrooms and living rooms, but certainly deserves it. Basements are often neglected spaces where ...

If utilized to their greatest potential, basements can add ample space to your home. While most are below ground level and sometimes are windowless, dark and dingy, there are ways to lighten and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Finished Basement Finished basements can serve all sorts of purposes, whether you’re in need of an extra den or a playroom or you ...

Decorators face plenty of uphill battles, but one of the trickiest spaces to work with is actually downhill: the basement. How do you make a subterranean space that’s often associated with root ...

Dear Ken: I’ve got some dark and dreary paneling in the basement that I want to paint. Getting the paint to stick is a problem. I don’t want to use a solvent-based primer, because of all the fumes — ...

We’re looking to paint our basement walls and floors to seal the ancient concrete. Is it totally silly to use a roller? There are no aesthetic considerations here at all. We’ve never used a sprayer ...