Q: We just learned that the county tax assessor is counting our basement as an additional bedroom. This increases the appraised value of our home and requires us to pay higher taxes. We've never ...

Candice Tells All: Interior decorator Candice Olson takes a basement that was used as a dumping ground for old furnishings and turns it into a teenager's rad bedroom.

Q. This week: We have our bedroom in the basement. This works well for most of the year, but in summer it's quite damp. There a musty odor and the drawers in our dresser stick and won't open easily.

There are fabulous architectural features in this 1830s home’s basement bedroom, like the staircase and a fireplace, but the homeowner had to work to make it feel a little less basement-like.

A Drab Tulsa Basement Got a Double Role as a Half-Bedroom, ... A 1960s Space Age Floor Lamp from Fog + Mørup occupies the corner near ... and seven-foot vintage plaster floor lamps flank the bed.