It was three years ago that we started the basement project. 
In the end of 2008 John sealed the walls and framed the basement.

In January 2009 he painted the floor.

We didn’t take photos for a while.  In 2009 and into 2010 John did the behind the scenes stuff.  Lots of electric.  Boxed in windows.  Put in doors.

In October 2010 we hired someone to hang the dry wall

and in December I primed it.

In 2011 John did more electric partly for the basement and partly for the pool outside… but basically we didn’t do much.  We did vacations and a ton of gardening and yard work.

John finished what he needed to do in December by boxing in the supports and wiring the ceiling.
I painted the basement.  Nigel painted the stair trim.  We hired someone to hang the ceiling.
John did more electric.  [We changed our minds on some things along the way.]

We hope to hang trim wood in the next few weeks and then buy carpeting when we get our income tax return. 

I am so excited!  It is going to be a family room.  A fun room.  A place for gathering with friends.  As our family grows even having another family over for dinner takes up space.  It will be so lovely to have some more room for playing and conversations.

I am so bad about before/after pictures.  I have so few.  It is about 600 square feet in size.