Old basement

The editors of <em>This Old House</em> pick the best basement remodels from this year's annual Search for America's Best Remodel Contest

Priority one in this reno plan: Transform a strictly utilitarian space into the family's favorite room

Whether your house has a basement, a crawl space, or a root cellar, any space below grade is subject to water infiltration and its damaging effects. Let’s look at how to keep the water (and damp) out.

Walkout basements are a great solution for sloping, downhill sites (Something my fellow Floridians don't have to worry about). However, if you plan on finishing out this space, please, do not call it a basement! Call it a terrace level or lower level, just about anything other than “basement”. When people think of basements, they

My basement was in a serious need of TLC. I’m going to show you how to paint old stone basement walls with DRYLOK.

Before tearing out your dark and dirty basement stairs, grab your paint brush. Sometimes all that is needed are some new posts and a healthy coat of paint.

Rochester NY's source for lost history and new ideas. The Rochester Subway may be gone, but these old Rochester photos, maps, images and stories bring back pieces of Rochester history few people know about. Explore Rochester's past and learn what may be in store for its future.

You'll be sleeping with the lights on after this tour...

All of the details on how we are DIY'ing our basement renovation to finish the basement. From what we hired out, to what we DIY'ed.

Think of the last good scary movie you've seen, and more likely than not it included a scene staged in a creepy basement somewhere. What is it about basements that often brand them as ominous? Keep your basement from becoming the set for the next hit thriller by preventing the five horror stories outlined here: