7 Designing Ideas to Utilize the Basement Area in a Perfect Way

Shruti Sodhi
4 min readSep 23, 2017

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Often homeowners believe designing basement space to be a tricky ordeal. It might be because of the odd shape or the sprawling design of the basement. However, with a little help and guidance from any of the well established and experienced interior design firms in Delhi or elsewhere, you can easily transform the dingy neglected basement into a family fun zone, a man-cave, or a functional guest room. To help you utilize the basement area in a perfect way, here are some intuitive decor ideas from Shruti Sodhi Interior Designs. Take a look below-

1. Supper Club

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Want to host your colleagues or friends for supper, but feel out of space? Don’t worry, you can easily turn your basement space into a luxe supper club. All you need is a small wine refrigerator or a special bar area, a dining table, and some wall art. This swanky space would also be great for holding wine-tasting or cocktail parties.

2. Movie Screening Room

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If you feel that your living room isn’t spacious enough to fit the entire family on movie nights, you can transform your basement into a chic movie screening room. You can place a large, comfortable sectional sofa, some beanbags, and a giant TV or projector screen. You can also consider adding a small refrigerator and a popcorn maker to store drinks and dispense snacks during movie time.

3. Home Office

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Basement spaces offer the perfect environment to get into your creative headspace. You could set up your crafting space, research lab, or an art studio in your basement. The cement floors, exposed beams, or wall murals could well suit the nature of your creativity, so it seems logically correct to utilize your basement as such.

4. Multipurpose Family Space

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In case, you don’t want to dedicate the entire basement space to one theme or usage, you can create an open, multipurpose space for the entire family. For example, you can include a mini-bar area for the adults, a small playhouse for the kids, and a couch for everyone to gather, all together into the available space to create one great family recreation spot.

5. Music Studio

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If you are an aspiring DJ or simply passionate about music, an at-home basement studio could very well be your sanctum. This, however, means that you’ll have to soundproof all the walls and the floor for the best sound experience, and ensure that the electrical panels and wiring are configured to handle the studio setup.

6. Game Room

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Who doesn’t love the old arcade games of Super Mario, Pacman, or Mortal Kombat? With an unused basement space at your disposal, you can set up your very own at-home game room. And if the vintage arcade games seem too high an investment, you could go with a football, a pool table, or a simply, a large screen for an XBox or PlayStation. Clearly, a man cave seems to be a great idea for unutilized basement spaces.

7. Home Gym

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If you are an ardent fitness enthusiast or a gymaholic, you could set up your personal luxe home gym in the basement, instead of stacking up just dumbbells and a couple of benches. Not only this, you could also set up a mini yoga studio, or a spinning class; all you would require is a yoga mat and a large mirror to the wall facing your spinning bike. Thinking about setting up a full gym in your basement? Well, why not!

Wrapping Up

Having unused basement space? Well, no need to panic. You could easily transform this uninspired area into a stylish and comfortable room by combining modern furnishings and fixtures with rustic elements. In case, you need contemporary decor ideas or any advice on the accessories, you could rope in any nearby well established interior design companies in Delhi or elsewhere.

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Shruti Sodhi

Interior designer & decorator for luxury hotels, homes, villas and corporate offices in India. Founder of Shruti Sodhi Interior Designs. More at bit.ly/2Tbn3s3