Don't even know where to begin with this room...as you can see, wall to wall (and UP wall) shag. The original, thick, multi-colored, worm-like stuff. It smelt awful of moth balls. We think they simply closed off the room (it's off the garage) and used it for storage.
We ripped out the shag and kilzed the subfloor (concrete but we kilzed it anyway) and the ceiling. I've scrubbed down the lovely faux stone paneling and the just-as-lovely faux wood paneling, so they are at least bearable until Jake can rip it all off and put up new drywall.
And here is the beast again; Jake's wrestling mat, which we almost had sold before we moved and then decided to keep intending to use it for this room. It serves it's purpose; a (mostly) clean and soft place for the girls to play. For now, this space will be used as a toy room. The girls love it; while it's not in the basement, it is a level below the family room. Some day Jake and I would like to transfigure the space into a master suite. We have more pressing projects to attend to first, so for now it's on the backburner.
One of the first things we needed- a place to hang coats and sweatshirts for 4 children and 2 adults. Jake will be adding a bench the length of this closet to sit on and store shoes under and a shelf above to stash hats and gloves and such.
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