Finding extra living space without adding on might be only a flight of stairs away. Homeowners with a basement have the unique opportunity to turn unused space into a great living space--all without adding on extra square footage to their home. In fact, finishing a basement is one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways to increase living space in a home.
| ||||||||||||
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Peter Jeswald has 32 years of experience as a builder and designer. His work includes residential projects, as well as medical facilities, a school renovation, retail stores, and restaurants. Peter is the author of How to Build Paths, Steps, and Footbridges, 2005, Storey Press, and Homework: Ten Steps to Foolproof Planning Before Building, 1995. He lives in Massachusetts.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent for basement ideas,
By
This review is from: Basement Ideas That Work: Creative Design Solutions for Your Home (Paperback)
This is very useful if you are finishing your basement yourself. This is not a how-to-manual though. (If you are looking for a how-to I suggest TAunton's Build Like a Pro.) This book is for the planning process. Great photos and ideas on what kinds of rooms you can create with all of that basement space. In addition, each section highlights the major planning considerations for creating that space. From traditional to modern, this book was the best and most current for basement ideas.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Uninspiring,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Basement Ideas That Work: Creative Design Solutions for Your Home (Paperback)
This book provided no interesting or unique ideas for how to finish my basement. Nor did it provide any useful information about how to initiate or implement a basement finishing/remodeling project. In short, the book provided me no value and did not live up to my expectations given the glowing reviews.
Here is a summary of the entire book: you can use your basement as a family room, a children's playroom, a workout room, a bedroom, a home office, a pub, or some combination of these rooms. It provides numerous pictures of all these options; most of which it appears they took in the 80's or early 90's. Clearly, everyone else found this to be a wealth of information. I recommend reviewing the book in a library or bookstore before spending your money to determine if the ideas inspire you.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent,
This review is from: Basement Ideas That Work: Creative Design Solutions for Your Home (Paperback)
The book has great ideas for helping plan my bsaement. I did not model my basement from just a picture but I drew ideas from several different styles and thoughts of from the author. After having an idea what I wanting I planned it accordingly.
It was an easy to read book, gave great ideas, and help plan my basement. This book is a must have to plan the perfect living space for my family and I.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
(learn more)
remodeled basement, seating group, carrying beam, cove lighting, hung ceiling Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Galhering Spaces, Living Space, Licing Space, Ianningluur Finished, Pricale Spaces, Galherinn Spaces, Planninnlóur Finished, Galhcrinn Spaces Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
remodeled basement, seating group, carrying beam, cove lighting, hung ceiling Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Galhering Spaces, Living Space, Licing Space, Ianningluur Finished, Pricale Spaces, Galherinn Spaces, Planninnlóur Finished, Galhcrinn Spaces Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
