My basement isn’t completely finished yet, but that’s because I work on it at my leisure. Tough to work construction everyday, and then come home and work some more.
Anywho op I think u live close to me, your welcome to come by anytime and check out my setup. Here’s the hub of the man cave(going to build a floating canopy Maybe tomorrow night)
Yeah I'm on the Northshore in Ipswich may have to take you up on that offer at some point but I'm super busy right now and need to get the bathroom done first to stand a chance of making this happen lol...
One thing I did in my basement was paint the ceiling black. From floor to ceiling I had 7’8 to joist. I did not want to lose any ceiling height and the black gives an illusion of a higher ceiling.
In wall fireplace behind my recliners, also added a bar which is currently my work station
7 foot 8 inches you're lucky LOL. I have 78-79 inches to work with which is about 6 1/2 feet I am strongly leaning towards and planning on just painting the rafters and all the pipes/wires a white color to give the illusion of greater height as I'm sure the actual cost of lowering the floors would be way too much.