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Final touches to your basement also means making it look lived in. No, that doesn’t mean spreading dirty clothes over a teen’s bedroom floor. It means adding favorite decorations in various rooms so residents feel “at home.” Here are some ideas. * Move some of the knick-knacks and decorations from the main part of your house to the basement to make it feel more like home. * If a child is moving to his or her new basement bedroom, ask what paint colors are preferred and let the child help do some of the painting and decorating. * If an elderly parent is moving in to a basement apartment, find and place decorative keepsakes in the room so that the transition is easier. * Make sure there is adequate lighting, especially in darker basement rooms, by adding lamps and other illuminations. * If there is an outside entrance, make it secure and attractive. * Add real and artificial plants (depending on available light) throughout living spaces. * If you’ve installed a new laundry room, make sure it’s easy for everyone to remember where it is—not just mom. * If you’ve set up a home theater, add movie posters and memorabilia to enhance the ambiance. A candy counter would be nice! * If you don’t have room for a TV in your finished basement, consider hanging one from a wall. * If one room is for music, put up decorations that set the mood for enjoyable practice and creative jams. Finished rooms are decorated in three stages. The first stage is the larger components depending on the room’s function (bed, sofa, dining table). The second stage is supporting components (tables, rugs, chairs) that support the first stage. The final stage is adding items that complement the first two stages by function or design (lamps, pictures). Think of decorating a room from big to small.
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