Basement Remodeling Consider These Basement Finishing Tips | Page 8

Selecting the Furniture for
Your Basement
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Sofas and sectionals are a great choice if you will be entertaining
friends and loved ones in the basement space. This type of furniture
provides lots of comfortable places for everyone to sit, especially if
you purchase a sectional with seats that recline. You can also
decorate the sofas with throw pillows and blankets that coordinate
with the main living room. Of course, if you’re going with a
completely different color scheme for the basement, your sofa
accents can coordinate with your new decorations.
Rocking chairs and antique sitting chairs make great additions to
your basement if you’re turning the area into a library or guest
bedroom. If you’ve added certain elements like the windows or
flooring to the basement yourself, you may want to take on the task
of finishing or repurposing the chairs. Sanding a rocking chair that is
made from wood or repainting the chair to match the colors that
you’re using to decorate the basement adds a customized element to
the space. You can also finish the rocking chair or borders of a chaise
or reading chair to match the color of the engineered wood or
hardwood floors in the basement. Adding the same finishing
products or sealant to the furniture that you used for the floors can
also make the space more coordinated.