If you have recently finished a basement renovation or you are thinking about one, have you thought about how you will brighten it up once it’s finished? Many basements have few windows or natural light sources and can leave it feeling ‘cave like’. Sure, the renovation will make it feel better, but without bringing in natural light, light color palettes or creative artificial light sources, you won’t want to spend too much time in your basement! Here are tips to brighten you basement renovation project.

Depending on what type of basement you have, will warrant if natural light is even an option. “Walk out’ basements are one’s in which are built inside of a hill on one side, and there is access to walk out onto land from the basement. For these type basements, incorporating windows in your renovation is a must. For basements that are completely underground on all sides, consider having window wells built at the ground level that will access the high end of the interior wall.