Basement Makeover

Before John and I moved into this house, we had a lot of painting to do.  Every room was a different color, and we wanted a neutral palette.  Well, with all the work we did, we decided just to skip the basement.... Until now!

First, a look at the paint that needed doing:

The walls were this periwinkle color and a royal blue, with painter's tape that had been left on for who knows how long.  Pulling off the tape took some of the drywall with it!

Then, I spackled the portions of the wall that the tape destroyed...

And finally primed the whole room.

 Here are the shocking before and after pictures :)

Before: Clearly, this room was one we didn't enjoy spending time in.  It was ugly and an absolute mess!

After: Clean, crisp walls and a treadmill!  Talk about new motivation to use the room!

And I added a bulletin board for workouts and motivation :)

Before: This was also the room where arts and crafts went to die.  Don't judge ;)

After: A place to store our rock climbing gear!

It was a lot of work, but well worth it!  I love using the room now for my morning workouts. :)  Have a great weekend!!