Use Home Additions To Create A Game Room For The Whole Family

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Use Home Additions To Create A Game Room For The Whole Family

10 July 2015
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Remodeling your home with the help of professionals can be an exciting endeavor, partly due to the value it can add to your home and also because of the ability to make your home feel more customized. Whether you enjoy spending time at home with family or you love throwing parties with friends and neighbors, adding a game room can be a fantastic idea.

To make sure that the addition best fits your home and gives you the finished look and function you want, consider the following tips.

Make Sure the Addition Will Be in the Ideal Location

One of the best parts of a home addition is being able to pick where the new square footage is added. The placement of the home addition should be in favor of the layout, allowing you to reach the new room without any trouble. Along with the right layout, you'll want to make sure that no bedrooms share walls with the addition if it's going to be used as a game room.

Ensure That the Addition Fits in Seamlessly

Home additions can add great value to a home, but only if the remodeling is done in a way that blends the new addition in seamlessly. This means matching the wall colors, adding molding near the floors and ceiling, and otherwise fitting the addition in with the rest of your home.

Look Into Ways to Improve Soundproofing

Soundproofing is vital for keeping your home looking its best and to avoid keeping your children up when watching moves or playing games in the new addition. Soundproofing can be done in a number of ways, from using carpeting for the flooring to adding extra drywall to stop sound from traveling outside of the room.

Acoustic panels are another smart idea for improving the sound absorption in your home and even helping to improve the sound quality for the game room.

Use Built-In Storage for a New Home Addition

The easiest way to make the addition to your home functional and look great is by adding built-in storage. This extra feature can be valuable in any room of your home, but especially in the game room due to the amount of media you'll need to store safely.

Home additions can be a smart way to add more square footage to your home, giving you extra space to use as you please. If a game room is in your future plans for the home addition, take care to set up the new room with the right features for the best sound absorption. Consult with a local remodeling contractor, like Alleva Construction, to begin designing your game room.

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Nothing is more frustrating than deciding on a construction project, only to be bombarded by a long list of problems during the construction phase. Unfortunately, if you work with the wrong person, you might become pretty familiar with issues. About five years ago, I hired one of my neighbors to renovate my bathroom. Although the mere idea sounds ridiculous now, at the time it seemed like a natural solution to a real problem. Unfortunately, as soon as he got started, I knew that he didn't know what he was doing. This blog is all about communicating effectively with your general contractor—before he or she starts work.

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