You can gain a lot of square footage by finishing a basement, but below-grade concrete walls require special consideration before the space is habitable. To build comfortable living quarters, here ...

It has taken a few decades, but interior wall panels have crawled out of 1970s basements and taken their place among high-end interior décor options. Once exclusively the purview of commerci… ...

The porosity of a concrete floor can make your basement cold and damp robbing you of valuable living space. Today, floating subfloor systems offer homeowners a way to stifle the cold and construct ...

Why is that important? Because the Alure Home Improvement Basement Finishing System makes cleaning your basement panels or gaining access to what’s behind them a snap. Literally and figuratively.

2. Painting Basement Wall Panels If the walls in your basement consist of panels, this will make the job a bit more complicated.

Bob was taken with the EverLast basement wall panels the company uses: 4-foot-by-8-foot sheets of compact foam with a concrete board surface finished in beige vinyl.

These panels form the finished surface and insulation for exterior basement walls. Panels like these resist mold formation much better than outdated wall studs and fiber-based insulation.

An all-in-one design, this basement wall panel combines foam, drywall, tongue-and-groove splines and wiring passages for a system that’s highly mold-resistant and fast to go up. Photo by Photo ...

Learn what to do when finishing basement walls to achieve quality, comfortable conditions.