Are you a homeowner from or around Nashua, New Hampshire?
Are you considering transforming your basement into a cozy home office?
If you answered yes to both those questions, then this article’s for you!
For the past 20+ years, we’ve helped over 7,000 customers make the most out of their homes by renovating their basements. The Owens Corning® Basement Finishing System® is a system that comes with tons of benefits over drywall, and we’ve got decades of know-how that basically guarantee your project will be a success if you choose us.
Below are just three of the tips we learned along the way about what it takes to create a perfect home office in one’s basement.
- Maximize the outcome and think long term
This is just a fancy way of saying that you should probably start your home office project by building a bathroom in your basement before anything else.
how does that maximize the outcome and how does it bring benefits in the long term? Simple.
First of all, a bathroom in your basement will instantly up the value of your home by 10-15-20%. Ask any realtor in your area and you‘ll get the same answer. A more valuable property means that you can either enjoy a better mortgage or that you can get more money in a few years’ time if you decide to sell the property.
Second, a bathroom right next to your home office will do wonders for your productivity in the long term. Instead of having to go to the ground floor and maybe get distracted on your way there by pets, kids, or snacks… you can just go to the bathroom in no time without breaking your focus.
- Always make room for a Murphy bed
Versatility is the winning strategy to maximize the outcome of your basement’s remodel. And you can easily do that if you install a Murphy bed in your home office.
Think about it.
A Murphy or foldable bed will take just a few inches out of your floor plan, it will stay folded up when not in use so you won’t have to work from a room with a huge bed in it, and it can even double down as a bookcase. When you have guests over and you could use an extra bed, though, it takes minutes to set up
Best of all, nowadays you can find great deals on Murphy beds, so they don’t require much of an investment either.
- Make sure there‘s enough light
Since natural sunlight can reach basements easily, they tend to be darker. But you can easily fix that if you plan ahead.
You need to make sure that natural light does reach your basement, even if it’s way less of it than your ground floor gets, for example. Install windows, no matter how small and narrow they are, and opt for see-through doors that lead to the ground floor so even more natural light can sip through.
Then you should add tons of overhead lighting plus at least half a dozen accent lights.
If you want a mold- and mildew-free basement then our Owens Corning® Basement Finishing System® is the optimal solution for your Nashua, New Hampshire basement. Drywall can encourage condensation to build up on the inner part of each panel which then leads to the appearance of unhealthy agents.
Our system also allows for easy access behind each panel and comes with a surprisingly affordable price tag. Don’t believe us?
Just give us a call for a free estimate of your basement’s remodel.