Before and After

Before I show you the "Before" pictures of my basement I need to make a couple disclaimers:

1.  The red carpet was here when we moved in and it was brand new.
2. I'm a very thoughtful person who likes to make people feel better about their own decorating skills, so please don't laugh at the ugliness we've lived with for the past 9 years. 
  


BEFORE:  The front corner of the rec room and fireplace with exposed brick wall.  Notice the water stains.  

AFTER:  Waterproofed from inside and outside (3 years ago), new gutters (to take care of the water issues), drywall over brick, paint fireplace and walls, and new carpet.

BEFORE--This corner used to be the home of way TOO much stuff and I'm too embarrassed to post the BEFORE before picture, but you can see well how ugly it was.

AFTER--Got closets built, sanded the wood paneling,  painted, and got rid of the old red carpet!!!!

BEFORE: This used to be a very ugly old wet bar. 

AFTER:  Now it is built in closets with new paint and carpet. 

Now we just need to get rid of 3/4 of the remaining stuff and figure out how to decorate it.

Any and all suggestions and offers of help are welcome.