One of our more interesting projects is to knock down a wall in the back hallway, cover the basement stairs with a folding hatch, and turn it into a mudroom.

So far:

• Build a hatch
  
• Take down plaster in back hallway
  
• Insulate under floor of back hall (COLD!)
  
• Knock down wall between basement and hall
  
• Install hatch
  
• Install lighting in mudroom, new lighting on back porch
  
• Drywall/finish walls
  
• Install window(s) in exterior wall and between mudroom and kitchen