Our basement build plan

With the mounds of toys piling up around the house.  Kim and I figured it was time to add some more living space to the house.  The most logical thing to do is finish the basement to add about 400 SF.  The following is our plan.  After researching lots of different basement designs we have borrowed ideas from many of them:

The layout:
Click here to see a sketch of the planned layout.  You may have to turn your head because I couldn't figure out how to rotate the sketch.

Here are a few pics we are using for inspiration:

Stair nook - it will be a nice little place for Macie to hang out.

Since the ceiling height in the basement is less that 8 ft we are not going to finish the ceiling with drywall instead we are going for the loft look as shown here:

These bunk beds would be pretty cool too but we don't have the room:

Here are the before pictures of our basement:

The goal is to have this build done by Christmas so family members can stay here.  I plan to update the build blog each week.  Week one consists of installing rigid insulation on the exterior walls.

Thanks for reading