Q The kids are grown now, and we are renovating a basement room to suit our lifestyle. The toys, beanbag chairs and table hockey have been cleared out. We’d even like the TV to be hidden. What can you ...

A ‘forever beach house’ is what a couple with three adult children were looking to achieve when they built their home in Belmar, New Jersey, a small and lively beach town. The tight-knit family needed ...

Renovations to this Cape Cod include a second full bathroom and an updated kitchen, plus finished space within the basement. Listed for $249,900 by RE/MAX Victory and Affiliates, the brick house at ...

Can anyone point me in the direction of easy-to-understand requirements for a staircase leading from a first floor apartment to a basement rec room. We live on the first floor of a 4-family building ...

Including a convenient kitchen area in a refinished basement rec room is one thing. Going with a high-end kitchen design is another. After all, the basement kitchen of the Canale household in ...

Elana and David have three twenty-something kids with very different needs. Their eldest, Laurence, is in a wheelchair, and he needs space and special consideration when it comes to interior design.

Della and her family live in a sprawling 1960s split-level home. They are a close-knit family who love to “play together,” and their large basement is where they convene to hold their hockey ...

The gift of a pool table last fall gave me the excuse I’ve been needing to remodel my basement rec room. (Such spaces were all the rage out here in Rancho del Fifties, and I’m told every house on the ...

Dear Dr. Gott: After 14 years of using our finished basement rec room on a daily basis, I have discovered the presence of radon gas. The level ranges between 6 and 7. To disassemble the room is far ...

Hidden from curbside is a second wing to this brick ranch home, expanding the original floor plan to add a main bedroom suite, recreation room and a partial basement. Listed for $325,000 by Irongate ...

In the 1960s, homes had formal, polished living rooms — but the real living was done in the basement rec room. The aesthetic was simple: inexpensive rug atop cement floor, old living room sofa, maybe ...