Basement of the Week: Amenities Aplenty in Minnesota
Whatever you could want in a finished basement, this transitional-style stunner has it: a bar, billiards, an office, a guest room and more
Seeking some extra space where he could both work and unwind after a long day, this business executive and his family had a long list of desires for their unfinished basement. The full order for the space included a billiards area, a walk-up wet bar, a theater and family room, a wine cellar, an office, a guest room, an exercise area, a fireplace and a homework area. In other words, your basic teen and adult dream space.
After several preliminary designs, Jenny Jorgensen of Finished Basement Company produced a relaxing design that amazingly incorporated everything on the wish list, done in a clean and comfortable transitional style.
Basement at a Glance
Who lives here: A couple and their teenage children
Location: Lakeville, Minnesota
Size: About 1,400 square feet, including guest room
After several preliminary designs, Jenny Jorgensen of Finished Basement Company produced a relaxing design that amazingly incorporated everything on the wish list, done in a clean and comfortable transitional style.
Basement at a Glance
Who lives here: A couple and their teenage children
Location: Lakeville, Minnesota
Size: About 1,400 square feet, including guest room
Though they have a traditional-style house, the homeowners lean toward contemporary. So Jorgensen added accents like dark moldings to the coffered ceiling to accentuate its strongly modern grid pattern.
Clean lines continue through the sleek wet bar, with dark Shaker cabinetry and a gridded backsplash tile pattern. Jorgensen smartly placed the bar between the family room and game room for convenience.
The family room does double duty as a movie-watching area, while a bar provides extra seating and a good spot for the kids to do their homework.
Jorgensen framed the TV to keep the screen from being a floating black square on the white wall. The frame mirrors the moldings used in the ceiling coffers.
Jorgensen framed the TV to keep the screen from being a floating black square on the white wall. The frame mirrors the moldings used in the ceiling coffers.
The trimmed coffers also connect the media space to the larger billiards area.
An elongated arch swoops over the entryway to the office and a cool firebox, which is surrounded by an innovative concrete microtopping that adds texture and warm color.
The curves continue in this hallway as a counterpoint to the added clean lines. Maple molding and trimwork also create connections between the spaces.
While engineered wood covers most of the basement floor, carpet is used in the theater room and office, since the floors tend to get cold in the Minnesota climate.
While engineered wood covers most of the basement floor, carpet is used in the theater room and office, since the floors tend to get cold in the Minnesota climate.
More subtle arches turn up above the floating vanity and along the top of the mirror in the full bathroom, creating a pleasant contrast to the straight lines of the countertop, cantilevered vanity and tiles.
Porcelain tile and Cambria counters add interesting patterns to the texture palette.
Porcelain tile and Cambria counters add interesting patterns to the texture palette.
A full bath with a steam shower services the main space as well as the guest room.