Here’s a daunting question for homeowners from Doug Cornwell, Alure Home Improvements’ chief operating officer: “Did you ever walk down into your dark and dingy basement?” Cornwell asks. If the answer ...

Flickr user Benjamin Chan's basement remodel included a hiding place under the stairs and a built-in bookcase. Click the before-and-after images to go to his remodel photo set on Flickr. (Flickr) Do ...

How unfinished your basement is will determine how large a paint job the area will need. "Finished basements with drywall and carpeting can be painted as any other room within the home," says Joe ...

This article describes a low cost method of building insulated basement walls without concrete, using geotextiles. Typical basement walls are expensive and use large amounts of concrete, a major ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. The first thing Katherine ...

Every day I get home improvement questions by email from people across Canada, and I do my best to answer as many as I can. Below you’ll find a Q&A exchange I had with JM, a homeowner looking to ...

Your basement is quite possibly your least favorite room in the house. Like Kevin from Home Alone, you might even be a little afraid of what waits down in those dark depths. This is hardly surprising ...