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How to Brighten Your Basement If you are considering finishing your basement or a basement remodel, you should first think about how you’d like the space to look and feel overall. While many homeowners choose to create a cave-like basement for movie viewing or...
Basements, Home Makeovers, Kitchens, Outdoor Living, Personal Spaces, Remodeling, Trends
Fall is almost here, and many St. Louisans are gearing up for chili cookoffs, outdoor bonfires, and all the pumpkin-filled porch decor imaginable. This time of year, many homeowners begin making a wishlist of things that would make their home that much cozier in the...
Basements, Basements, Design & Remodeling, Personal Spaces
Recently, many of us have had the opportunity to be home more than ever. This has us all thinking about improvements we could make around the house. Many of our clients are interested in expanding their living space either outside the home via patios and porches, or...
Basements, Basements, Designer Talk, Personal Spaces, Remodeling
Our basements are a wonderland of possibilities, with all that space waiting to take care of our basic needs like storage or our fondest dreams of an arts and crafts studio, media room, home theater or teenage escape. It can be anything you desire, and this is why...
Basements, Miscellaneous
The options are endless for homeowners when remodeling a lower level. Most often homeowners are creating brand new spaces from a blank slate. A lot of thought goes into space planning, and specific material and design options. One important decision to be made is what...
Basements, Miscellaneous
This 1950’s home needed a basement remodel; our clients wanted a nice cozy space for their kids and grandkids to stay when they come into town. The home had a partially finished basement with paneling walls and tile flooring. There was a nice fireplace area that they...
Basements
Tip off the basketball tournament season in a winning space. From home theaters, all season rooms to cool basements and room additions, these are great spaces to watch March Madness. Cheering for Your Team with Your College Crew A finished basement is a perfect place...
Basements
Beat the winter blues and enjoy your finished basement Basements and lower levels are the ideal place to bring larger ideas to life. What is your ideal space? A game room, wine cellar, home movie theater… whatever your ideal basement is, Our architects can...
Accessible Design, Basements, Remodeling
The children leaving home is an emotional milestone. After adjusting to the sea change of an empty nest, take a look around and ask yourself: “What have I always wanted in my house but couldn’t have because of the kids?” Here are some of the ways Mosby Building Arts...
Basements, Mosby Tour, Remodeling
When a Wentzville, MO family built a brand new home they purposely left the walk-out basement unfinished so they could learn what they wanted from that space. Two years later they knew the basement should serve as a multi-tasking lower level. Mosby Building Arts...
Basements, Before & After
The basement is an opportunity to have the spaces you want along with the spaces you need upstairs. But before crafting lower level dream spaces there are crucial steps of basement remodeling that must be addressed. Build it to Code Local building codes can vary, but...
Basements, Before & After, Garages & Driveways, Remodeling
A split-level mid-century modern home in Webster Groves, MO had a basement that multi-tasked as a one-car garage, recreation area and laundry room, with access to the backyard. The family wanted this high-traffic space to be a more functional and beautiful lower...
Basements, Design & Remodeling, Kitchens, Personal Spaces, Remodeling
Back-To-School is the annual whirlwind that spins parents and children into activity hyper drive. Life can become temporarily chaotic as everyone adjusts to new schedules and tasks, but there are ways to maintain a sense of calm. Here are 7 St. Louis remodeling...
Basements, Design & Remodeling, Kitchens, Personal Spaces, Remodeling, Room Additions
Those who really love books tend to have a lot of them. Ask a book lover what they desire most and chances are they reply “more bookcases!” Here are a few storage solutions Mosby Building Arts designed for St. Louis bookworms. A dining room that was seldom used...
Basements, Design & Remodeling, Personal Spaces
We love playing games at home, and instinctively create spaces to recreate. For example, a certain chair across from a certain TV that’s regularly used to play video games is a dedicated recreation space. As the games get bigger, like pinball or table tennis, it...
