Bright and Beautiful Basement Play Space by Bryan Baeumler

Click through to see this amazing basement transformation, from a dingy, dark space to a dazzling rumpus room, complete with climbing wall!

The couple’s boys love to wrestle in the basement on a piece of carpet but the tile floor underneath is hard and cold.

Leave it to Bryan‘s Bryan Beaumler installs a DRI core subfloor underneath the new laminate. This provides insulation and keeps moisture underneath the floor. Added benefit: it gives the kids extra cushioning when they wrestle.Watch this episode online.Shop this look!

David and Daniela really want their children to enjoy going down into their new playspace and ask Bryan to make it a safe and inviting area for them to enjoy for years to come.

Bryan gets David to help install new stair treads and decides to install a glass plate under the railing to keep the area bright and open. The mouse house for the kids under the stairs can also be accessed by a grown-up sized door.

Bryan gets David to help install new stair treads and decides to install a glass plate under the railing to keep the area bright and open. The mouse house for the kids under the stairs can also be accessed by a grown-up sized door.

Daniela tells Bryan the storage in the activity area is old and the children can’t even open the drawers themselves because they’re so heavy. She would love a child-friendly storage system in the new space.

The new storage is super child-friendly. Large doors conceal floor to ceiling shelves that can be easily accessed. The activity centre table is great for little ones.

While the storage area will help Daniela keep everything organized, it’s also easily accessible for the boys to take out toys and supplies to use on their activity table.

Bryan adds cute display shelves on the walls for toys that are most-frequently used.

Walls storage that’s functional but fun.Watch this episode online.Shop this look!

Before Bryan starts demolition of walls, he is concerned about the textured wall he sees. Tests confirm there is no asbestos but he finds it’s a concrete wall, which can’t come down. So he comes up with the next-best thing…

What family of three little boys wouldn’t want a climbing wall of their own? Bryan makes sure to place the footholds low down for little bodies and makes easy climbing paths for the kids to try.

The footholds and fingerholds are easily screwed into the wall. Bryan starts off with the footholds low to the ground but can be moved higher as the boys grow.

The shock-absorbing mat laid on top of the new floor minimizes any bumps the boys might get while playing on the climbing wall, tire swing, or hanging trapeze.Watch this episode online.Shop this look!

The dark and dreary basement was large but wasn’t exactly an inviting area for kids or adults to hang out. David and Daniela really want it to become a space their family can use for years to come.

The finished space is a bright and safe playspace for the kids to enjoy as they grow, complete with climbing wall and tire swing.Watch this episode online.Shop this look!

Bryan adds a long, narrow desk attached to the wall for a separate private space for activities, art, reading, even homework as the boys get older.

What better addition for a family with three little boys than their very own tire swing? Thanks to the new floor, no worries about bumped heads!Watch this episode online.Shop this look!

The homeowners decide to stretch their budget a bit so Bryan can paint and extend the new floor into their beyond-boring TV room (seen at right in above picture]. Watch this episode online.Shop this look!