If you take $1,500/1150SF= $1.30 Per SF. I don't know what flooring you can buy today for $1.30 per SF and I don't know who will install flooring for less than $1.50-2.50 per SF. unless you will be doing the installation yourself... Not to mention you have to remove/dispose existing flooring, get underlayment, trim, etc. Windows depend on what you be replacing them with, size, type, opening prep, etc you looking anywhere $700-1000 per window if you are lucky unless you be doing the install yourself. That said, what anyone paid here that price is useless to you. If you really want to see if doing everything is within your budget, get a few estimates and compare apples to apples unless you can work with the related cost being anywhere "between $5-10k" Good luck

Jessica, if you have 3 rowdy boys with a wild imagination paint the foundation walls and concrete floor and leave the ceiling out, add a few ceiling lights with protective grids... It will save you money and they can get lose and have some fun down there :-) If they more or less like playing video games, etc more on the calm side ask them what they like in their room it's more fun this way. When I was building my house one was 12 the other one 8, my wife was also going crazy picking blinds, nice paint for the room, etc ( I told her to leave bare sheetrock lol) the minute they moved in, they had pictures and stickers, etc all over the place you couldn't see the paint, the blinds had to be replaced with curtains because they ripped the strings, etc... The rooms have been redone twice already so don't go crazy. Good luck.

Hi RL Relocation LLC - I am really bummed I did not post my project prior to installing the ceiling, but it is what it is now. I am actually still considering having recessed lighting put in after the fact - I'm talking to my contractor about it when he comes tomorrow. When I texted him about it he said it wouldn't be easy, but certainly not impossible to install now. However, I'm wondering, barring that option - do you have any other suggestions for lighting? And you're really making me consider carpet - it would definitely make the cozy, comfortable feel I want. I'm a bit concern due to it being in the basement - there's a bit of a humidity issue down there, but not significant and I'm working to mitigate that. That was so cool how you sent a picture of my room with carpet and paint. So you definitely gave me the idea, but I would want it to use warmer colors for a cozier feel. I am curious how the wood lvp would look tho as well - any chance you could throw up a pix of that? (i'm looking at these 2 in particular - https://www.flooranddecor.com/rigid-core-luxury-vinyl-plank-and-tile/coffee-oak-rigid-core-luxury-vinyl-plank---cork-back-100378876.html and https://www.flooranddecor.com/eco-forest/dayton-wire-brushed-locking-stranded-engineered-bamboo-100898949.html)

Thank you all for the feedback! I like the ideas. Picked up a vinyl plank floor a few days ago that was a mixture of light and dark woods but I think as many of you indicated, it clearly did not look right with the pine walls at all. Appreciate the tips and suggestions. I think I'm kind of leaning with the idea of perhaps a darker slate or tile floor or perhaps a paint over the pine to allow for some vinyl wood floor. That does help narrow things down a little better I think though.