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Basement Bonus Room From HGTV Dream Home 2021

By: Jeannie Matteucci

The bottom floor of HGTV Dream Home 2021 with lively sky-blue walls and good natural light offers the perfect space for casual entertaining, playing games, and enjoying an easy connection with the spectacular property outside.

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Lounge-Worthy Space

This bottom floor of HGTV Dream Home 2021 is a modern rec room space, with lively sky-blue walls and an inviting seating area with off-white modular sectional sofa. This seating area plus tons of good storage and a game area with urban shuffleboard table create a lounge-worthy space that offers something for everyone.

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Entertain with Ease

The modern L-shaped modular sectional sofa with reversible cushions and square arms is paired with a round lightweight concrete coffee table that makes it easy for family and friends to gather and move around this casually stylish lounge space.

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Sail Away

A curated selection of model sailboats on the bottom floor window ledge reflects the big sailing culture of this active Newport, Rhode Island community.

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Open weave navy and white throw pillows with a removable cover and other attractive patterned throw pillows add cozy comfort and texture on top of the spacious sofa.
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Pretty Pillows

Open weave navy and white throw pillows with a removable cover and other attractive patterned throw pillows add cozy comfort and texture on top of the spacious sofa.

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Open and Airy

Large double hung windows and a glass door to an outdoor living space keep this bottom floor from feeling like a traditional basement. “The room is packed with natural light,” says designer Brian Patrick Flynn. “There’s a ton of windows. It’s open and airy.”

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Blue Striped Rug and Round Table
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Stylish Stripes

A handmade flatweave wool area rug that defines the seating area includes blue and light teal stripes. The fashionable rug coordinates with the other tones and shades of blue used for this lower level space.

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A pair of 32-inch high table lamps in the seating area have a seeded translucent turquoise body, with sea salt linen drum shade and polished nickel accents. These coastal-inspired lamps are a perfect fit for this bold maritime retreat.
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Seaside Style

A pair of 32-inch high table lamps in the seating area have a seeded translucent turquoise body, with sea salt linen drum shade and polished nickel accents. These coastal-inspired lamps are a perfect fit for this bold maritime retreat.

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Blue Coastal Sitting Area
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Fun and Games

The bottom floor also includes a game area with urban shuffleboard table, hanging rattan swing chairs, and a pair of armchairs that along with the sofa create a well-designed seating arrangement.

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The two blue and white striped armchairs crafted from solid and manufactured wood have a down and foam filled seat, recessed arms, and solid back. The frame and four legs of the chairs have a mahogany finish and classic look.
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Classic Look Chairs

The two blue and white striped armchairs crafted from solid and manufactured wood have a down and foam filled seat, recessed arms, and solid back. The frame and four legs of the chairs have a mahogany finish and classic look.

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Sit Back and Swing

Hanging white rattan swing chairs offer additional seating in this bottom floor space. The mod chairs create a casual reading corner, but also allow you to sit back, have fun, and swing your worries away.

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Comfortable and Cozy

Open weave navy blue and white throw pillows and white cushions make the hanging swing chairs extra comfortable and cozy.

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Blue Wall With Whales
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Wooden Whales

Fun wooden whales found at a local family-owned home furnishings store decorate the wall of this stylish bottom floor with nautical flair.

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Blue Sitting Room With Fig Leaf Tree
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Classic Beauty

The engineered hardwood floor with wide planks and the look of old-world craftsmanship brings warmth and classic beauty to this bottom level of the home.

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Catch the Latest Entertainment

A 122-inch long distressed sideboard with four interior shelves acts as a console table for the large 65-inch flat panel television above. Tall fiddle-leaf fig trees in woven baskets placed on each side add a touch of greenery to the space.

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Family and friends can also enjoy some friendly competition by playing on this urban shuffleboard table with a wood veneer finish and modern faux concrete legs, located off the bottom floor seating area.
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Friendly Competition

Family and friends can also enjoy some friendly competition by playing on this urban shuffleboard table with a wood veneer finish and modern faux concrete legs, located off the bottom floor seating area.

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The urban shuffleboard table with scratch-resistant coating fits with the contemporary style of this versatile bottom floor, a wonderful casual indoor living space that connects to a covered porch with outdoor kitchen and the lush grounds outside.
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Modern Style Table

The urban shuffleboard table with scratch-resistant coating fits with the contemporary style of this versatile bottom floor, a wonderful casual indoor living space that connects to a covered porch with outdoor kitchen and the lush grounds outside.

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A nautical flag that reflects the Newport, Rhode Island location of this bold maritime retreat decorates one of the walls by the shuffleboard table. The other wall by the table includes a deluxe wall mounted magnetic chalkboard that makes it easy to keep score.
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Local Flavor

A nautical flag that reflects the Newport, Rhode Island location of this bold maritime retreat decorates one of the walls by the shuffleboard table. The other wall by the table includes a deluxe wall mounted magnetic chalkboard that makes it easy to keep score.

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Easy Access

A spacious staircase by the urban shuffleboard table offers easy access to the home’s main level and front entry one floor up. A ledge on the staircase offers space for a display of model sailboats that reinforce the home’s coastal style.

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Bit of Americana

The bottom floor also includes an en suite bathroom that brings the Americana color palette used for the main floor guest suite down to this lower level of the home.

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Coastal Bathroom With Model Boat
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Red, White and Blue

The red, white and blue bathroom includes an Annapolis Blue vanity, a white undermount rectangular sink with chrome widespread faucet, a white toilet with an elongated bowl and chair height for greater comfort, and white walls. A model sailboat adds a touch of red to this patriotic space.

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A storage area open to the bathroom has berry-red walls and white shelves for folded towels and woven baskets that can hold extra rolls of toilet tissues and more. A framed lobster print on the wall coordinates with the home’s other coastal-inspired design details.
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Easy-Access Storage

A storage area open to the bathroom has berry-red walls and white shelves for folded towels and woven baskets that can hold extra rolls of toilet tissues and more. A framed lobster print on the wall coordinates with the home’s other coastal-inspired design details.

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Open and Airy

This view from the urban shuffleboard table highlights the bright, open and airy feel of this bottom floor that offers a modern interpretation of a “basement” space.

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Indoor and Outdoor Flow

The large sliding glass door that connects this bottom floor of the home with the covered porch and outdoor kitchen outside creates nice indoor/outdoor flow for entertaining.

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Easy Coastal Living

This wider view shows the glass door’s location right by the seating area. This appealing bottom floor fits with the easy lifestyle of this coastal Newport, Rhode Island home with complimentary colors and tons of personality.