Basement Remodeling Idea: Workout Room

For many homeowners who include a workout as part of their daily routine, options can be limited in terms of where to put equipment in the house. If a spare room isn't available, some might just opt to purchase a gym membership. There is one other way you can get your workout in without leaving the home, and it's the subject of today's remodeling idea post: a basement workout room.

If your basement is unfinished, you can contract with a Minnetonka home remodeling company, such as Dean Johnson Remodeling, to finish your basement and transform it into a home gym. Many basements are large enough to fit a couple of different workout machines, such as weight benches, treadmills, stationary bikes, and more. With this space, you could also have spare weights on weight holders, and other perks like mounted TVs. Mirrors can be installed on the walls to further create the look and feel of a real gym.

Do you like the thought of working out in your basement? If you have all that space available, you can put it to good use by turning it into a workout room. Not only will you bring all the benefits of a gym much closer to your home (in fact... in your home), you could also increase your home's value by finishing your basement.

Ready to get started on your basement remodeling project? Get in touch with Dean Johnson Remodeling today by calling (763) 479-4820.

Remodeling Project: Basement Arcade

Looking for a unique way to remodel that unfinished basement of yours? If you want to make the basement fun and inviting, and don't mind springing a bit for the game cabinets you'll have to buy, you could consider building your very own basement arcade, like game enthusiast Jeff Kinder did. Included below are a few shots from Jeff's finished arcade.







Construction of Kinder's basement arcade was done in seven phases, and led to the great-looking setup you see above. It just goes to show you that, with a lot of hard work and some imagination, you can transform any space into your home into something incredible.

Ready to build something equally great for your home? Get in touch with Dean Johnson remodeling, a company providing Minnetonka home remodeling services, by calling (763) 479-4820.

Home Remodeling: Attic Bedrooms

One of the big remodeling trends these days is the attic bedroom project, a transformation that can turn your dusty old attic into an extra bedroom for a family member or a guest. It's a great way to re-purpose space that is currently being used for storage, or perhaps for nothing at all. While there may be some additional steps that need to be taken to ready the room for an inhabitant -- piping your heating and air conditioning into this room, for example -- this home remodeling project can add to your home's value should you decide to put it on the market later.

Of course, if you're not up for adding a new bedroom, the attic can serve many other purposes, too. You could remodel it into a home office, where you'll have quite a bit of privacy when compared to home offices in other homes. You could also create an art or music studio in the attic, and give yourself a quite place to create, away from the hustle and bustle that other areas in the home might have.

You can make your Minnetonka home remodeling ideas a reality by calling Dean Johnson Remodeling today at (763) 479-4820.