Basement Furniture and Layout

The very first post to this blog covered the basement family room - as the space was finished, finite, and the changes were to be cosmetic.  (See link Planning - color scheme and layout - the basement ....)  That is still the case (excepting the "finished" bit) several months later - you'll have seen recent posts regarding sump pumps, cement pours, etc., as well as the final selections for the bathroom down here (Update: The Basement Bathroom Final Selections/Con...s.)  The furniture layout has now been modified - see below - but the family room downstairs remains in the original footprint and will still:

• have a pale grey floor covering (wool/blend carpet)
• have pale walls 
• house my favorite framed & matted travel posters and prints - mostly matted in red with black frames
• have a "fun" color scheme - blues, whites, a bit of red - against the paler backdrop
• utilizing all existing furniture I've owned for some time, excepting the "new to me" Lane and Thonet refurbished vintage pieces from 2013 posts
• house the future treadmill & "owned" TV

The basement family room layout now includes doors (top of frame, below) that lead to the laundry room (Planning: The Laundry Room) and basement bedroom/bath/closets.  The stairs are on the left hand side of the pic:

I have stored boxes of books that couldn't make it in London - NY - London homes for the last several years - they will find a place (finally) in this room via the use of an inexpensive suspended book shelf around the perimeter of the room - similar to that found here in this Houzz photo - houzz.com. 

Color scheme remains unchanged, but the fabric at center will be minimal given the $200/yd cost.  The white leather is on the Thonet chairs; the grey/white circles are on the ottoman/coffee table (Lane refurb) and the herringbone is found on a tablecloth/console for the TV:

The furnishings:   What I own (e.g. this Room and Board sofa) coupled with the new "cheap and cheerful" refurbished vintage as featured in Update: Found Treasure - Thonet & Lane before and...

but…no pink down here!

Thonet - redux

the new "old Lane" thanks to Comfort Upholstery

a subset of the "red matted" artwork

It should be a comfy/cozy place for movies and gatherings for the children of my friends - and a great adjacent space to the basement guest suite (next post)!