Westminster Basement Finish
A retirement ranch with room to grow
When the owners retired and moved into their ranch home in Westminster, they fell for it — and for the potential sitting right underneath them: an expansive, unfinished basement waiting to become part of their lives. They pictured a home that could hold all of retirement’s best parts: puppies underfoot, grandbabies visiting, and room for the hobbies there’d finally be time for.
We’ve helped them get there in two phases, years apart — first finishing the home for the active years ahead, then future-proofing it for the long haul.
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Phase one: a whole second level of living
The first phase, completed in 2018–2019, transformed the raw basement into a true second living level. We added two large guest bedrooms and a roomy hall bath for visiting family, a generous den for play and downtime, and the storage and mechanical space the home needed.
The centerpiece was a kitchenette and wet bar built nearly to the scale of a full kitchen — everything but a stove — so the lower level could host, feed, and entertain on its own. The result is a space that genuinely reflects their retired life: somewhere grandkids and puppies can roam, hobbies have a home, and the whole family has room to gather.
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Phase two: designing to stay
Years later, in 2025, we returned for the next chapter: remodeling the master bathroom with the future in mind. The goal was to let the owners age comfortably in the home they love.
At the heart of the design is a curbless shower — a clean, step-free entry that’s as elegant as it is forward-thinking. We took the opportunity to resolve a few longstanding quirks in the existing layout, and finished the room in the large-format tile the owners had fallen for, running it across both walls and floors for a calm, seamless feel. It’s aging-in-place design that never reads as such: it simply looks like a beautiful, modern bathroom.
