Finished Basement Remodel in Seattle, WA

This Seattle basement in an older home was already partly finished when the owner called us in late 2023. It still lacked closets and a proper floor, and the goal was a lower level the household could really live in. Completed in July 2024, it now has new closets, one light oak-look plank floor from the stairs to the back wall, white walls and trim, and room for a wet bar, an office corner and the laundry under the stairs. Behind glass-paned French doors, the bedroom side is now a main bedroom suite with a clothes closet and a storage closet.

City: Seattle, WA
Service: Basement remodel
Year: Contract late 2023, completed July 2024
Scope: Clothes and storage closets added, new plank flooring through the level, finishes to make the basement a usable main bedroom level
Materials: Light oak-look plank floor, white baseboards and trim, sliding and bifold closet doors, glass-paned French doors, recessed lights
Contractor: Volcano Builders, WA license VOLCABI792C6
Approximate investment: About $120,000

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Long basement hallway with white walls, closets and a runner rug on the plank floor — The basement hallway between the rooms

After

The finished basement and bedroom suite

Open finished basement room with a light oak-look plank floor, white walls, recessed lights and a desk by the window — The finished Seattle basement, main open room

Basement wet bar with wood cabinets, a sink and a stainless refrigerator on the new plank floor — The wet bar corner with its sink and refrigerator

Basement hall with white closet doors and a dark wood exterior door at the end — Closets along the hall to the outside door

Basement office corner with a desk, a monitor and a rug under a small window — An office corner set up on the new floor

Basement room with a wood bookshelf and a desk on a blue rug by a small window — The office side, with shelving and a work desk

White-trimmed basement window looking out to ferns and a lattice fence — A basement window with white trim, looking out to the garden

Light plank floor meeting the bottom of the basement stairs with a white riser — The plank floor at the stair landing

Close view of a new white baseboard meeting a light oak-look plank floor — Close up: white baseboard and the oak-look plank

Basement bedroom with a metal bed, white sliding closet doors and a light oak-look plank floor — The finished Seattle basement bedroom, closets on the left

Basement bedroom with a bed and a patterned rug under two high windows — The bedroom under its two high windows

Corner of the basement bedroom with a tripod floor lamp beside the bed — A bedroom corner with a floor lamp

Metal bed frame on a red rug beneath a small basement window — The bed set under a basement window

White bifold closet doors on the bedroom wall beside a floor lamp — A bifold closet on the bedroom wall

White sliding closet doors in a short basement hall with a light plank floor — Sliding closet doors in the hall outside the bedroom

View through open glass-paned French doors into the basement bedroom — Looking through the French doors into the bedroom

Glass French doors closed at the end of a room with a rug on the plank floor — The French doors that close the suite off from the rest of the level

Basement window with white trim set into a white wall — A basement window trimmed in white

Close view of the light oak-look plank floor meeting a white glass-paned door — Close up: the plank floor at the French door

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Video

Video of the finished basement

The project

How this Seattle basement came together

The goal

The owners had recently moved into an older Seattle home whose basement had been finished by a previous owner, all but the closets and the floor. They wanted to use it as a main bedroom level, which meant real closets for clothes and storage and a floor that made the whole level feel finished.

The challenge

A basement shared by sleeping, working, laundry and a wet bar has to work for all of them at once. Storage had to be added without shrinking the rooms, and one floor had to run through every space, up to the stairs and around the bar and laundry.

The solution

The contract was signed in November 2023 and the job ran into the following summer. Closets went in along the hall and in the bedroom, with sliding and bifold doors that keep the walkways clear. A light oak-look plank floor was laid through the whole level, from the bottom stair to the back wall, finished with white baseboards. Glass-paned French doors close off the bedroom side, and the open room keeps the wet bar, an office corner and the laundry beside the stairs.

The result

The basement was completed at the end of July 2024. The level now reads as one bright, finished floor of the house, and the bedroom suite on the other side of the French doors is a real main bedroom: closets on both sides, a bed under two high windows and its own doors.

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Questions

Questions about this project

Can you finish a basement someone else started?

Yes. This basement had been finished by a previous owner except for the closets and the floor. We added the closets and laid one new floor through the whole level, so the old and new work now read as one.

Can a basement be a main bedroom level?

It can, when it has the storage and finishes to match the rest of the house. Here that meant new clothes and storage closets, a continuous floor and a bedroom side that closes off behind glass French doors.

How do you separate a basement bedroom from the rest of the level?

Here, glass-paned French doors close the bedroom side off from the open room with the wet bar and laundry. They give privacy and quiet while still letting daylight from the bedroom windows through.

How much did this project cost?

About $120,000. Every project is priced in writing, line by line, for your home.

How do I get a price for a basement remodel like this one?

Book a consultation. We walk the basement with you, note what is already finished and what is not, and send a written, itemized price before work starts. For what moves the price, read Remodeling Pricing Guide for the Greater Seattle Area.

Next steps

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