Believe me ,you won't be sorry.I can do most things but I know when I'm licked.

We went with a rough, knock-down texture. Skim coat, then randomly whacked it with the trowel. When dry, knocked off any excess and rough spots. My contractor suggested. I think looks pretty good in my basement.

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If I was in your area I would come do the drywall in trade for a pin!

Andy, are you going to need a beer fridge? I have one from the old house?

My new house came with a full sized garage fridge that I won't be needing. It's works, but it's dirty and needs to be cleaned up. If you want it, you can have it for cheap.

What Pin?

drywall does suck

but here is a tip don't let your wife do work on the walls no matter how minimal.

I learned the hard way and had to fix the mistakes when we bought a house last year.

Can't do drywall, but I'll help set up your games when it's time

You have lots of pot lights there. Most of them can come apart to give you access above. Looks like you could easily refit some long runs.

There are stores that sell only drywall stuff. Go there and ask for references to local contractors and guys that do side jobs. Promise them some cash if there reference pays off. A few years ago I gutted my kitchen and laundry. The guy I found this way just wanted $300 which amounted to $50+ per hour for him. I did have to hang the board but he did sand when he was done. He was good enough that it barely needed sanding...

Games are all up, but no decorations. Waiting on electrician to change out 2 prong 15 amp circuit for two 20 amp circuits. My games and beer supply need testing. No cleaning needed.

Don't think you'll be able to hear any music with all the bells and chimes going off.

You shouldn't have the sheetrock meet at 4 corners .It's supposed to be staggered. Just a suggestion I was told by sheetrock workers.

Yeah your suppose to stagger the spacing

looking good, what a great space

You'll be alright. When you start your taping job just do your base coat with fiber tape and durabond, you'll improve your odds on cracks not developing.

Everything looks great, I just did my basement about a year and a half ago really glad I did. Do you know what u are doing for floors? if u get a chance do you think u could sketch a blue print it's a little hard to tell layout from pics.

Damn how big is this basement!!?!?!?!?!?!

Make sure there's room to pull the glass on those games!

They put some in my house when they put on an addition. It is a circular, flexible duct like you would see exposed in a restaurant.

Go to your local HVAC supply house and they will have just about anything you will need. They could also make it if you can't.

Quick note - that "duck" tape will likely fail over time. You'll get better long term performance using a foil tape.

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Drywall and mudding is not hard. Tip with drywall is to make sure you line up your joints nicely. Tip with mudding is to mix it to the consistency of sour cream. Put it on thick then scrape it off. Use a very wide knife, I prefer a 12 inch for what I have been doing lately. Go slow with the project. Start with just down the center of the seam. After that dries put mud above it and then after that dries below it. Then sand with 150 after completely dry. Will look great.
Also do not cross mud. If you are not a professional I cannot stress this enough. Just wait and let it dry. I am currently doing my office and am about 3/4 done with the mudding. Down to 2 more painful butt joints and a little more sanding. Let me know if you need tips.

I’m a bit late jumping in with this post, so just my two cents…..for others going to do a basement remodel, here are a few ideas and my personal thoughts.

Why do so many think they have to box in the venting and duct work with 2 x 4’s and to then drywall and/or wood panel the four inch round/vertical support posts the same way, thus making these obstructions so large? …There is not a support issue with any of these objects at all, so make the boxing as small as possible is what I do, and I think is best.

I make the most of all space regarding all existing basement obstacles by just wrapping the post/s with vertical wood strips, there really is no need to make a 1 foot by 1 foot box around a stable steel post, and I kept my steel support beams as small as possible by mitering wood to fit…. I even panned my return round pipes/air return venting, (using sheet metal fastened to “just” 2x2’s) to eliminate those obstacles. Shit I would glue ¼ inch drywall to the square supply venting if I could figure out how to do that without it looking uneven or bad…..

Just my personal experience from doing a few basement builds/remodels and hopefully just some important input for others…

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I understand....plus you do have a lot of room down there and I can see some potential for hanging "stuff" on the wall areas around the bar....

Great work....

I was going to say the same thing. Danger Will Robinson.

When you get there shoot me a PM and I can help explain it. Or even do a call. What ever. A lot of people acrew up mudding and it just makes a sanding nightmare.

Have you looked into Amazon's Echo? You can use it to control switches using your voice. "Alexa, turn on the pinball machines please" Boom. They all light up, like straight out of a science fiction movie.