Here are some budget-friendly unfinished basement ideas for DIYers who want to update their basement but don’t want to involve permits or licensed contractors. Creating a more usable unfinished ...

Transform your basement with these stylish basement stair ideas. With a basement space like this one by ...

Paint doesn’t last forever, and keeping old cans around can be both a safety hazard and a waste of space. Take a photo of the label, file it away for reference (in case you ever do need some for touch ...

We’re always up for weird,” says Jeanne Barber of Camden Grace Interiors in West Hartford, Connecticut. Barber and her team converted a ship-themed finished basement, which was originally built as a ...

We have had projects where two carefully placed sump pumps that discharge to the outside have kept a basement from flooding.

There may be more permit requirements depending on where you live, but here are the basics of the permitting process and some significant projects that usually require a permit. Building permits ...