Geof's Waste of Bandwidth Blog

The carpet was installed Wednesday and looks great. The color scheme is awesome. Thanks to Ro at McSwain for the suggestions on paint color, tile and carpet choices. As can be seen from the pictures below, the basement is very near completion. The lighting is installed, electrical outlets are now powered. All that really remains is the plumbing in the bathroom and installation of the countertop. The plumber is waiting until the countertop comes in - hopefully this next week. In a week the screen and projector get mounted. I purchased my receiver yesterday. I ended up choosing the Denon 3806 - just came on the market - HDMI switching and lots of other bells and whistles. I really wanted the HDMI switching - that was the key motivation. I am also going to buy some type of power protection device for the system - either Belkin, Monster Cable or APC. Now I need to purchase furniture and buy the whirlpool refrigerator at Lowe's. My hope is that by October 22 - the entire basement will be finished - possibly even the new soda fountain system. Time will tell, time will tell....

Here are the latest pictures

The railing was redone again - much nicer this time and it meets code - last time the spaces were too big - a child could get trapped and choke on the spindles.

A view towards the cabinets - the shelves should look very nice holding my Jack Daniels and Bourbon collection.

This is the other end of the poker/bar area. The enclosure over the sump pump looks great. The other enclosure covers the water supply valve and meter.

This is a view of the front corner of the home theater area. A subwoofer will be placed in this corner. Hopefully the grey paint color will be good for movie viewing.

Here is a view of the hallway and it shows some of the great angles included in the basement. Looks like the bathroom door needs painted as it isn't the same color. Another item for the growing punch list.

Here is a view down the back of the basement connecting the bar/poker area to the home theater. the divide includes the media center cabinets

The shadowbox is now finished. All that remains is the hanging of the Jack Daniels Barrel and some OSU stuff.

Thats it for now - next pictures when the bathroom is finished or the screen installed - whichever is first.

Take care!! Go Bucks!!

Geof's iTunes currently playing Homeward Bound from the album "The Essential Simon & Garfunkel" by Simon & Garfunkel