The brief
An unfinished basement and a homeowner who hosts. The ask was a lower level that didn't read as a basement at all, somewhere people would actually want to spend the night.
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Interior Design
Lower-Level Lounge.
A bare-framed basement turned into a moody hosting lounge, a backlit decorative screen wall, a walnut-and-brass bar, and a hand-set hexagonal floor.
- Client
- Private residence, Indianapolis
- Role
- Interior design & buildout
- Year
- 2024
- Type
- Interior Design
The approach
Went dark and deliberate instead of bright and safe. A backlit decorative screen became the wall everyone faces; a walnut bar with a brass rail anchors the room; a hand-set hexagonal floor ties it together. Lighting layered low so it glows instead of glares.
The outcome
The room that was an afterthought is now the one the party ends up in.
The transformation
Before → After
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BeforeAfterThe finished lounge
6 views
The backlit screen wall up close, framed in brass against black.
The bar from the room, walnut top, brass rail, pendant lights.
Lounge seating in the finished lower level.
The hand-set hexagonal floor running the length of the room.
A rendering from the design phase, set beside the built result.
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