Considering that a lot of homes are that size, it should be plenty. Is that the amount of finished space (after the exterior walls are framed out), or is that the footprint of the house? The actual finished space will be smaller. How much of that space has good headroom? However, with basements, it's not simply a question of square footage. There are usually a lot of obstructions to work around. You'll probably need to use some of that space for utilities (boiler or furnace, hot water, water treatment, etc.). You may have one or more chimney bases that you won't be able to move. The stairway will not only take up space, but could limit your floorplan. Do you have, or will you add, a bulkhead or an exterior door? The placement of the support poles (which you probably will have to keep where they are) will also affect your floorplan, and will windows. Also, you'll need to have an egress window in the sleeping den. There are really a lot of issues involved in planning a layout for a finished basement. Unfortunately, none of the books on refinishing basements that I've seen devotes ANY space to this topic.

Everyone's always going on about "moisture on the walls" and "moisture on the ceiling" in bathrooms - doesn't anyone use an exhaust fan??? In our previous house I took hour-long scalding-hot baths and DH took lengthy, steamy showers (he worked out a lot and would be very sore later) and we never had moisture on the walls or the ceilings or the spendy handprinted wallpaper borders because we used our fan religiously! It was an 8x8 room and the window and mirror didn't even fog in the slightest if you turned on the fan. We invested in a very quiet fan so we could run it during a bath/shower without feeling like we were under a jet engine, but it wasn't expensive as these things go. (If you don't need a light, an 80cfm Panasonic WhisperCeiling fan can be had under $100. We had to get up on a stepstool directly underneath our fan to hear it, and we only had 7.5' ceilings there!) We also did not use the "bathroom and kitchen paint" in our main bathroom - I got talked into it for the secondary bathroom and hated the shiny finish. What was the place you were looking at for the "faux tin"? Surfacing Solution has white styrene faux tin panels for $12 each delivered, no minimum order, and by my (admittedly bad and probably wrong LOL) math you only need 8 of them. That's $96. It's more than the $12 but installation looks extremely easy and you can even prefinish them before installing. They can go right over popcorn ceilings once you vacuum off any loose chunks. I ordered samples and while they looked kind of chintzy sitting on the kitchen counter, but when I taped the piece to the ceiling even unfinished it looked surprisingly good. We're considering doing tin ceiling for the entire first floor (because it's far cheaper than having the rather trashed ceilings all replastered or sheetrocked!) and will probably use this product because we're both cheap and lazy. :-) (Thanks to Les for recommending it.)

Hi, I am from Rochester and I visit this place all the time. They do have alot of nice stuff. sometimes things are a bit pricey, however there are some good deals to be had. We just went there last week and bought some picture rail for 1.25 a ft. Not too bad. It was painted. The un-painted stuff was 1.50 a ft. They have alot of stuff that is hard to find so we visit them often. I think they have both new and used tin ceiling. I would recommend buying some new stuff. It is easier to find what you want and it will fit your room. The used stuff is often painted too, which means you have to be concerned about lead paint when fixing it up. -renee

I would definitely choose small tiles. The larger ones will make the room look shorter and suffocating