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Traditionally, basements are simply designed to serve as storage spaces for some of the home's essential appliances. However, more and more people have begun converting them into functional living spaces - and the walkout basement tends to be the style that lends itself best to such purposes.

Your basement can be a simple place to store extra household items and to do your laundry, or it can be a totally functional extra living space. The main thing that separates these two concepts is whether there's a bathroom.

If you’re considering a home remodel, the bathroom is a great place to start. While a bathroom remodel is moderately expensive, your return on investment is substantial. In fact, the bathroom is one of the best rooms to remodel from a financial standpoint.

The basement is probably the most common catch-all storage space in a home, right after the garage. Even in finished basements, storage is still a priority - everything from holiday decorations to workshop tools and items for next spring's garage sale.

Everyone loves a shower - it's a great place to get clean quickly or just relax away the stress of the day. Unfortunately, a lot of bathrooms are only equipped with tubs, leaving the homeowner thinking they can't install a shower without a complete remodel.

Moving into a forever home is as pure an example of putting down roots as it gets. “Forever” is a powerful word, so buying or building the place you plan to live in for the rest of your life is one of the biggest decisions anyone will ever make.

In any family home, free space tends to quickly fill up. Looking outside the main structure of the home can help you expand your living space without the need for expensive and complicated additions. The garage is a great place to start.

Do you need someplace to spend time away from the kids and in-laws? Sounds like you need a man cave! Basements make the perfect retreat where you can spend time with friends or just on your own, relaxing and enjoying yourself.  Making a man cave is easy!

Basements make the perfect place for a home office! Why? Because they're private, sheltered from outside noise, and set away from the activity in the house upstairs.

Most bathrooms need to be updated every twenty years or so, to keep them looking and functioning their best. If it's been a long time since your bathroom was remodeled, you don't need to perform a full remodel to get an all-new look.