Basement Special Edition
April 2019
Editor-in-Chief Marc Atiyolil
“The possibilities
are endless!”
www.MarcAndMandy.com
National Design Editor Glen Peloso
Design & Event Editor Evelyn Eshun
Style Editor Jo Alcorn
Copy Chief Lorraine Jolicoeur
We all remember the classic Home Alone movie when Kevin
McCallister was afraid of his basement. The weird sounds and the
dark and dingy surroundings were enough to make him run up the
stairs and shut the door. We've all felt this way when looking at the
concrete floors and bare walls of our unfinished basement. This is
why I'm so excited to be launching our first issue dedicated entire-
ly to basements!
These underground spaces are real estate gold and offer the op-
portunity for many of us to double our square footage of livable
space. The possibilities are endless for configuring a space that
works for you and your family.
When we renovated our basement, Mandy and I devised a plan to
create a space that each member of our family could call their own.
The kids were allocated a play room, Mandy set a aside a home
office and I claimed a room as my man cave. The remainder of the
space was used as a common entertaining space with a home the-
atre and bar area. We knew that with two toddlers running around,
our days of catching a movie in theatres on Friday night were long
gone so we opted for a home theatre where we could settle in and
enjoy a movie after the kids had gone to bed.
Whatever your vision for your basement, I hope this issue inspires
you to transform it into a space that you can enjoy with friends
and family.
Online Media Crystal Williams
Art Director Micheline Gosselin
Contributors
J. Alcorn, Y. Whelan, K. Bartley,
S. Lackey, A. Strickland, S. Maxwell,
M. Taylor, B. Baeumler, V. McKenney,
S. Kneeland, J. Straky, E. Evelyn,
J. Banfield, C. Da Costa, J. Little,
G. Pizzale, L. Sutherland Burns and
S. Nash
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