Decorating a Sports Themed Basement
Turning your basement into a sports themed wonderland is an excellent
idea to add to the overall appeal of your home and can be a lot of fun
as well! There's no better place in the house for the gang to gather to
share good times and catch-up on all of the best sporting events. Here
are some ideas for decorating a sports themed basement that are easy
and simple, as well as fun!
First, you must obviously decide on which team or which sport you're
going to base decorating the basement on. For a lot of people this is a
no-brainer, but in some families there are two or even three different
teams, players or sports that are the favorites. In this case,
compromise would be a great way to give everyone a way to worship their
own team in their own way. Each wall could be done to represent
different teams or sport, and don't think this can't be complementary
and end up looking fantastic, there's always a way of tying everything
in together!
Invest in or borrow a light projector to help paint specific details
onto the walls. Virtually any image can be enlarged and drawn, and then
hand-painted onto a wall. Based on the amount of space you have to work
with, you can choose from a logo, a football, helmet, goalposts or even
as far as painting an entire wall to resemble a football field.
For a baseball theme, "pennants" could be painted directly onto walls
along with a baseball diamond, a logo or balls and catcher's mitts. If
there are avid golfers in the house, the entire basement could be
painted to resemble the greens, complete with blue skies and "fluffy"
white clouds. There are a variety of sponges, tools and techniques to
use in creating faux finishes and illusions such as clouds and grass
with just paint. Don't be afraid to experiment since anything can be
re-done or painted over again and again!
Curtains in your team's colors or fabrics decorated with the team logo
can be hung on windows and over doorways in lots of festive, creative
ways. They can even be used as a sort of "wallpaper" to decorate entire
walls. Fabric on the walls also helps basements with the poor acoustics
that most of them have, not to mention helping to retain more heat in
the winter.
If you really can't afford to replace the flooring, consider
plain-colored, outdoor-type carpeting with contrasting throw rugs in
team colors. Or simply use throw rugs over the existing carpet. And
colorful or creatively shaped pillows can lend both comfort and
interest to your sports themed basement as well.
Throw a basement decorating party during a sporting event; provided
that everyone is willing to work and not just watch the game of course,
and all can be involved in choosing the theme or colors and designs.
Extra pairs of hands are always needed and you are really only limited
by your imagination when it comes to decorating a sports themed
basement.
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