Hello,
I have recently purchased a new house, and with it came a nice finished basement that works great for entertainment. My problem is that I dont really have the "Designer" eye (as my wife calls it). I have purchased the main attraction stuff, like the 80" tv, tv stand, surround sound system, coffee table and the Sectional sofa. But after all was installed, it just seem rather plain. I was fine with that, to be honest, but some areas around the walls look like crap from the previous owners tried to patch paint some repairs.
So, in my mind, if I have to repaint then I might as well spruce everything up a bit.
I will include the pictures and a pano photo. I want to keep the minibar, but have a few things i can/cant' do.
Stuff I have thought of changing..
Getting nice wood blinds (or curtains?) to go with the new paint
paint the walls all around, no idea how yet
I could mount my tv, but I have a lot of entertainment stuff below it (including an Xbox 1 Knetic that needs to be placed somewhere above or below the tv along with a large center channel speaker)
I could probably add some custom lights, would be pain but doable.
I want to add 4 movie posters near the windows. Two in middle, one on each side. (Back to Future I, Scarface, Star Trek I, Ghostbusters)
I have thought about expanding my 1/18th die-cast cars to fill up the void on the wall shelf thing.
New/different coffee table
Really want to add a 6 person texas holdem poker table in the unused area in front of the minibar
I collect shotglasses...
Stuff I can't do..
The carpet stays.
Can't re-do any part of the minibar.
Can't change the existing lights in the ceiling too much.
I'm not rich so I can't go balls deep remodeling.
For the optimal surround sound experience, the rear speakers must stay in the general location that they are in now.
List might change a bit but that is the idea of it.
Here is the floor plan
And here is the Panoramic photo
And more photos for reference
About the feel or my preferences...
I like the black furniture, not because of some goth thing, but because it gives the feeling of modern or executive. I think I would consider my overall preference to be modern/contemporary and simple. I don't like red but okay with the browns. I hate green to no end. I could also be just fine with shades of gray, but I don't want it to look bad. I just don't know how to make it all work right.
Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Jason