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in DIYing· Painting· Renovating

Our first DIY project – laminate flooring in Ben’s basement office

In addition to moving in, buying new furniture, and unpacking, we got CRAZY and decided to completely overhaul Ben’s office before he moved anything into it.

Here is the BEFORE picture:

So this room is in the basement, and has no windows. The dark brown wall color was just not working at all. It felt like a cave. Also, the carpet was old and gross, so it had to go as well.

I started by painting the entire room, walls and ceiling, with Sherwin William’s Stucco in a satin finish. Aren’t my painting clothes so sexy?

Ah, so much better! Look how much brighter the room already looks! In addition to the paint I also swapped out the can light bulbs for some “daylight” bulbs to make the room less yellow and more bright. (If you are curious what that big wooden square on the wall is, it’s a door to the crawl space.)

Once the walls were painted, we replaced the floor. It was a busy day to say the least.

We opted to do a laminate floor instead of carpet because Ben likes to be able to roll his office chair around with ease. Once we pulled up the carpet and pad, I sat on the floor pulling up tiny staples. After that we swept and vacuumed the room really well.

Believe it or not, neither of us has ever laid a laminate floor. Shocking, I know! We just haven’t had a reason to ever install one. After reading the instructions on the box of laminate flooring I realized we would need a moisture barrier. We picked up this one at our local hardware store.

We bought all our laminate at Costco.

Installation was straight forward enough, but getting the first few rows started was a little tricky because the walls aren’t perfectly square.

Instead of walking up the stairs and out to the front yard about twenty thousand times to cut each plank to fit, we set up the saw in the basement storage room. It made the job so much easier.

Almost done! Looking pretty good if I do say so.

As soon as we were finished with the floor we were so excited and immediately started moving furniture and boxes into the room before taking any “AFTER” photos. Doh! Now the room is a mess so I will show you the updated floor with the furniture as soon as we are done unpacking in there.

Filed Under: DIYing, Painting, Renovating Tagged With: basement, Ben's office, Cohouse1, Costco, flooring, laminate floors, office, renovating the basement, wood floors

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Comments

  1. Susan says

    09/15/2015 at 12:20 pm

    It’s so nice to get a whole room done so quickly! I love that style of laminate.

    Reply
  2. Tracey says

    09/15/2015 at 12:42 pm

    Looks great! Can’t wait to see the pictures of it all set up!

    Reply
  3. Wendy says

    09/16/2015 at 8:20 am

    What a difference! The wall color and flooring really complement each other. Great job!

    Reply
  4. Laurence says

    09/17/2015 at 12:41 am

    Sans fenêtre, il est évident qu’une peinture claire, rendra cette pièce beaucoup plus agréable!!
    Joli travail 😉

    Reply
    • Allison says

      09/17/2015 at 12:00 pm

      Here’s an English translation for all my English speaking friends.

      “No windows , it is evident that a clear paint , make this room much more enjoyable !!
      nice work”

      Reply
      • maria says

        04/06/2016 at 1:25 pm

        Actually the translation for “claire” is a light. So, it would read “it is evident that a light paint …”
        And, I completely agree! What a great job.

        Reply
  5. Ashley says

    09/18/2015 at 1:12 pm

    It looks completely different! Nice work! Your pictures remind me of us. I paint and hubby laid the floor. 🙂

    Reply
  6. Austin Taylor says

    09/30/2015 at 1:12 am

    You did wonderful job and makes the stylish office room by doing painting on wall and laminated on floor..

    Reply
  7. Cathie says

    03/07/2017 at 9:46 am

    How is the laminate holding up in the basement? any issues? Thanks

    Reply
  8. Papo says

    08/02/2017 at 8:46 pm

    The worst thing you cold do!

    Reply
    • Allison says

      08/04/2017 at 2:04 pm

      Thanks?

      Reply
  9. Kay says

    11/11/2017 at 8:42 am

    Did you not take the baseboards off before doing the floors? What is the reasoning behind that?

    Reply
  10. Rebecca says

    07/04/2019 at 6:33 pm

    The transformation is stunning. Great job for your first time.

    Reply

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