Better than Ty Pennington

Q: Dear 'Your the best big brother' 100 Hour Board

How do you frame and remodel a basement?

Critchlow

A: Dear 'You'll grow up like me someday' little brother Critchlow,

Having a tough time with the basement? Moved into the mini-mansion and can't stand it not being finished? I offer you perfect advice.

1. Take a photo of your current basement as is
2. Develop the photos at the local 1 hour photo - or print it out yourself
3. Buy an inexpensive photo frame
4. Place the photo behind the glass, line up the mat
5. Put the frame back together - viola - framed basement

If you want to remodel it, you have several options:

• Buy it a sensible dress from J Crew and lay it on the floor
• Apply for Next Top Model and let Tyra do her work
• Ultimate help - Queer Eye for the Straight Basement
• Apply for While you were out

Now if these are sufficiently helpful for you, the 100 Hour Board asks, why finish the basement? There are plenty of activities suitable for use in an unfinished basement:

• Use it for roller hockey
• Fill it with water and open windows and use it for ice hockey
• If you're doing that, you can add curling and figure skating
• Set up a giant train track
• Roller derby
• Use all 4 walls and floor for chalk drawings
• Run a shoot house for the local SWAT team
• Two Utah words: Meth Lab
• Hydroponic tomatoes
• Start a business to bury mob hits
• Pour dirt on the floor and tell people you live in a home with dirt floors
• Fill it with ball pit balls - and have fun
• Glue foam on the walls and build a recording studio
• Mount trampolines on every surface and go nuts
• Use it to paint murals or graffiti
• Paint the floor and walls like you are looking down from Sky City in Star wars
• Build a miniature city and be your own king
• Dig a swimming pool down there
• Recreate Jabba's palace

If this still doesn't do it for you, try this.

Hope it helps.

HRB