If you love to entertain, renovating your Vancouver basement to include a wine cellar and bar will give you the room you need to invite the whole neighbourhood over for an evening in. High end basement bars created with granite and stone and wine cellars offering temperature controlled areas for a wide variety of your favorite bottles compliment your bar beautifully and are functional too. Complete your bar with leather trimmed seats, ambiance lighting, a couple of comfortable couches and perhaps a pool table to make your home the most popular hangout in the neighbourhood.A multi-use room is the ideal solution if you are looking for a space that the whole family can enjoy. Renovate your basement to add a play area for the children with plenty of storage thanks to floor to ceiling cubbies and plush carpeting that is comfortable for little feet to run on. Right next door, add an exercise room with a Pilates machine, weight bench, ballet bar, treadmill or elliptical machine. Keeping the rooms open to each other allows parents to work out while their children safely play.If your older children need a place to hang out, creating a rec room in your Vancouver basement will give it to them. Section the space off to allow for a game room area complete with a ping pong table, dart board and air hockey table as well as a lounging space with a mini kitchen, television area and comfortable sofas. The final section might include a large custom built laptop bar for homework and study time. Your teenagers will appreciate the privacy, and you just might find yourself hanging out in the space too.

Finally, one of the most popular Vancouver basement renovation ideas is to add a media room for the entire family to enjoy. Basements are often preferred spaces for enjoying a movie or the big game because they often offer a darker environment that mimics a theater. Some essentials for your media room might include surround sound, a projector, a large viewing screen and abundant comfortable seating. To make the atmosphere complete, cover the screen with red velvet curtains that can be pulled back when it is time to enjoy a movie, and add an old fashioned popcorn machine for fresh popped snacks that everyone is sure to enjoy.Whatever your Vancouver basement renovation plans might include, remember that working in this space requires special planning and thoughtful execution if you hope to achieve a professionally finished, safe and beautiful room. Working with a skilled, knowledgeable Vancouver general contractor is essential to overcome concerns like dampness, ceiling height, ducts and beams. The experts at Alair Homes Vancouver have completed countless basement renovations in this community. We put our homeowners in charge and handle all of the minute details involved in a home renovation while leveraging our award-winning, national reputation to save homeowners money on high-end finishes. Renovate with a team that cares about your vision. Call Alair Homes today and schedule your free, no obligation consultation.