Basement renovation 2010, part 3

Back in March, I did two entries on our basement renovation. I'm finally ready to post some pictures of the finished product!

That's the view from the landing at the bottom of the steps. Future Big Ass TV area is currently filled with a Small Ass TV and an awkward shelf of PS2 / GameCube / DS games. The silver slimline PS2 is hooked up as a DVD player. That tube TV there is old enough that it doesn't even have RCA inputs. I had to dig up one of my old RF connectors. One of my.

In the far corner is a desk for Rhonda, and beside that a smaller desk for Clark.

The other side has my desk and what's left of my awesome bachelor shelves. I had twice as much shelf space in my old den, so I really had to figure out what was important enough to remain. As you can tell, it's some card games, a few board games, my manga, and some books. My book collection really took a hit, but who reads.

That desk and I are going to have a problem someday when I buy a newer Mac, because I don't imagine a new monitor will fit into a space that was designed for a 17" PC monitor.

That Lord of the Rings poster is old enough that it lists an America Online Keyword at the bottom.

Mappy lives by the stairs. I should have turned it on before I took this picture. I just don't see any way that Mappy could ever get up and out of this basement, aside from pulling one of those Thousand Pound Man tricks. Its very presence sort of depresses me now. Should show you how high the ceiling is, though.

Here's half of the unfinished side, which is now a phrase that Clark always uses. Cat door (I have not yet trained them on that; it was just put in this weekend), mini-fridge, plenty of well-organized storage. That under-the-stair area on the other side of the water heater is entirely holiday stuff.

The other half... pretty much the rest of my stuff. Comic longboxes on the right, other cool junk on the left. More boxes and shelves are in the back.

I eliminated a lot of boxes during the renovation, but I know there's plenty more I could pick through. Particularly in the sub-category of fifteen-year-old magazines. Some day!