My wife and I just purchased our home here in Wisconsin and its been project after project to update it. The house was built in 1947 and was owned by a rental company renting it out to college students. We have a really large basement that I currently keep all of my reptiles in. The room I keep them in is 130sqft. I originally was just going to build some a new cage system to house my three ball pythons but as I was designing the new cage I thought to myself... I can't build this beautiful new enclosure and stick it in this ugly ass room. I was kinda tired of being separated from all of my reptiles anyway so I decided to move my office down there and turn the current upstairs office into an art studio for my wife. I went to the drawing board and started designing a new reptile / personal office space for myself. I started with ripping down all the 80s wood paneling, pulling down the drywall, which I was a little bummed out that it was all nailed up so I couldn't save much of it. After I got all the drywall torn down I moved the electrical outlets and updated the wiring to 12-2 on 20 amp breakers and outlets to better serve the electrical needs of the room. Once I got all the electrical wiring done and repaired all the damaged insulation and started working on the new floor. For the floor I laid down a layer of weed block, then DMX underlayment then I used 3/4" t&g plywood for the subfloor. I am going to use 1/2" birch veneer plywood cut into 6" wide planks for the finished floor. I have been working on the project for about a week now and its really making progress. Once I get the drywall finished and the walls plastered I will finish the floor and once the floor is completed I will then start on the cage construction. Anyway, I thought this would be a fun thing to share with people and I will include all my costs at the end. I'm doing all the work myself because I can't afford to pay someone to do it lol. I included a link to the Photobucket slideshow of the room so far.

93.photobucket.com/user/spookychief/slideshow/Reptile%20Room