Designer Décor – So Beautiful, So Many Choices

You want your basement to be as attractive as the rest of your home. Making a beautiful home is about pride and pleasure. It’s your personal expression of good taste. It’s creating a special place that’s warm and inviting for your family and friends. That’s the beauty of Designer Basements. Designer Basements brings a professional decorator’s style to your new space with an incredible selection of color and style options that have never before been available and aren’t available anywhere else. Choose from the hottest décor trends for today’s home. Choose your favorite color or pattern for your walls – and your floor. Have fun mixing and matching. Everything looks fantastic together.

Basement-Safe Engineering – The Brains Behind the Beauty

The challenge: How do you get “upstairs comfort” in a downstairs space? Your basement is non-insulated space that can be cool or moist. Standard building materials and finishing methods are not appropriate. They can even expose your family to unhealthy risks. (See why this is so in Our Story)

The solution: Designer Basements uses an exclusive thermal panel construction for superior year-round comfort and energy savings. Our panels and installation method are designed with non-organic, moisture-resistant and mold-inhibiting materials that also do not retain allergens or odors for a HealthSmart space that protects your family – and your investment.

HealthSmart Panel Design

1. TemGuard F.R.A. solid-panel surface

• Class-A fire rated, code-approved
• Paperless, 100% non-organic, moisture & mold resistant
• 100% non-porous – allergen & odor resistant
• Superior strength
• Seamless panel connection
• “Nail anywhere” advantage
• Allows pre-finished décor convenience

2. Thermal panel core

• Our thick Expanded Polystyrene core provides exterior wall panels with superior thermal rating
• Expanded Polystyrene is recommended by the US Department of Energy for basement use
• Keeps interior conditioned air (heated/cooled) inside room for year-round comfort and energy savings
• Blocks air and cold from the foundation wall from reaching the interior room space
• Blocks warm or moist room air from reaching the cold foundation wall reducing the conditions that can produce mold
• 100 % non-organic
• 100% moisture resistant
• 100% non-porous
• Self-extinguishing in case of fire

3. Panel back with built-in Microban® protection

Our exclusive panel backer with Microban® protection faces the foundation wall to resist mold growth on the panel
The Microban® brand is the leader in the built-in antimicrobial product protection in the industry
Panel back is 100% non-organic, moisture resistant and non-porous

Attachment System

4. Self-adjusting hanging bracket

100% non-organic, moisture resistant, mold resistant
Provides easy panel installation & removal
Ensures level walls for continuous smooth-wall finish
5. Raised base channel & electrical raceway

100% non-organic, moisture-resistant, mold resistant
Integrated electrical, front-access
Protects panels & electrical from accidental water exposure
Removable trim molding for future electrical
6. Air circulation thermal chamber

Allows evaporation of naturally occurring moisture from foundation wall to reduce potential for mold growth
Provides additional thermal space for increased thermal protection

Be informed! Before you finish your basement, please visit Our Story. Learn more about why the right materials and design matter.