BASEMENT

When we bought our Chicago home last spring, I wasn’t super excited about the unfinished basement. Although it is an ample size, it currently doesn’t provide extra useable living space.

But when the time comes, I can’t wait to add eco-friendly insulation (it’s freezing cold down there), update the flooring (cement, be gone!), and adorn the walls with fresh no-VOC paint (and some of our framed concert posters). Our cold, gloomy underground space will soon be a comfortable haven for the kids to play and adults to have adult time.