Basement Framing Finished (almost)

"All we need is paint!"  That is what CP exclaimed when we were putting all of the tools away Saturday night.  We had finished for the day and he was excited that we were that much closer to finishing the house.  Unfortunately, it is going to take a little more than paint to finish!

CP's Bedroom

He'll only get sunlight in the morning with this being a northeast bedroom. We are OK with that.

Hallway with Linen Closet

So I have a question for anyone who reads this: Should we make all of the door heights in the basement the same?  The doors to the left side of the hall are lower because of the beam needed for the load bearing wall.  The doors to the right are about 6 inches higher.  Should we worry about the difference in height? Would it look funny to have doors in the same hall different heights?  What about closets in the bedrooms?  Should they have the same heights?

Storage Room

One of the three storage rooms.  This will be a toy storage, for now, to keep the toys out of the family room (yah right - like THAT will happen).

Fmaily Room Looking at Hall and Bedrooms

I like the angled bedroom wall - it opens the hall a little bit and gives it more character.

The reason that the framing isn't complete is because we have yet to find out what we need to do to support the fireplace on the main floor.  It is going to go in between the two kids' bedrooms in the last photo.  So until we have the calculations and drawings from our engineer on what we need to do, this will have to suffice.