There are plenty of reasons to consider renovating your basement. Whether you’re looking to accommodate a growing family or simply trying to grow the value of your home, your basement can be an ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- When Tennille Hayden was approved to buy a Habitat for Humanity house in 2013, she got a list of properties that the organization was about to start renovating. She didn't think ...

My enormous unfinished basement, where I store household supplies, tools, extra winter clothing and the toys I pick up throughout the year for holiday donations, is one of my favorite places in my ...

Dustin and Patti Lavallee's project to remake their unfinished, dank basement into a full-on, mini apartment landed Dustin in the ER only three times. Once he was in a hurry to cut something; twice he ...

Know how much space you are working with. This is particularly important regarding height: Many local regulations on turning a basement into a livable area require that the basement be at least 7 feet ...

My contractor who is renovating basement at the moment has asked me about a steel well. I think he is referring to the trap door on street side which we would like to have a stairs going up into the ...

“Our whole thing is finding small ways to make a big difference,” says architect Marilyn Moedinger, founding principal of Runcible Studios. In analyzing an 1850 Victorian in Jamaica Plain, recently ...