Just finished a basement off in this foreclosure I purchased. When I bought the house, the copper rough in was already done, but I had to redue the existing soil line under the floor as they forgot the back water valve. That's about $1,000 if the plumber does it and has to rip it all out and install all new soil line including the shower drain and toilet line. Make sure they are license. Then the shower unit,valve, toilet, vanity, medicine cabinet, faucet, fan/light for shower, and so forth ran about $1,000. I choose a Auquaglass three piece 5 foot wide- similar to a legth of a bath tub. I have one if you need one, but the pan is cracked just a bit, about 4 inches and you can repair that. The walls are new. Plumber fees cost $750. Electrical fees cost around 650. The greenboard, sanding, priming and painting cost does add up. Think I used 13 sheets of green board and 12 sheets of drywall for the outside walls, use atleast 3 cans of mud. I say if you can get it done for 5 grand, your lucky. Try adding 15% to the cost for the unexpected for good measure.

Hi Mnsportsgeek, From the sounds of it you would like a functional living and viewing space without involving to much construction. Here is my suggestion: 1. Wall mount your 50" TV with a Chief TS525TU Thinstall Articulating wall mount just to the left of the fire place. This has a approx. extension of 24" with wide range of movement to allow you to center the TV on your couches viewing are when in use and put in back out of the way when not. 2. Power is located in the wall below to allow for an easy fish of power cords to conceal wires in the wall. Or leave them run externally if so desired. 3. Entertainment center and equipment can be placed below TV leaving plenty of room to walk through. 4. For internet: If signal throughout house is not strong enough look into the "eero" in Home Wifi System (link https://eero.com/shop). Extremely easy to setup and very affordable for the DIYer. Got to have that Netflix! 5. Set up couches and coffee table in the 90 degree layout with the focal point being the fire place. The TV swivel out and angled to the same center point of the couch layout. I believe this will give you a great space saving setup with a great viewing area of the TV and Fire place. Couches can be placed in view of the fire place and TV. All without to much construction till your ready for the "big upgrade". Hope this helps!

The marble may look a bit more traditional than contemporary. I would suggest a solid white quartz if you want to go white. I do not think it will look bad with white cabinets. OR you can go in the opposite direction and use a darker granite. A leathered black might be cool and have more of the industrial look you are going for.

Very fun stencil :) Of your options, I like blue note best. I would lean towards a toned down blue with your wall paint color or a neutral like a charcoal gray or almost black like Sherwin iron ore. GL!