Decided to upgrade my basement gym during my summer holiday

I decided to upgrade my basement gym and figured I could spend the mornings of my summer holiday carrying it out, as always it ended up taking more time than first anticipated, oops... The first picture shows the gym prior to the upgrade. Here are some of the activities carried out (a lot of my decisions were based on making sure that the basement would remain 'healthy'): * Stripped all the failing paint back to firm render (one of the most annoying tasks) * Patched the walls with lime mortar (NHL 3.5) instead of regular filler, the walls are old masonry and I wanted to make sure that they could breathe * Repainted everything in silicate (mineral) paint: \~3 walls in charcoal, the rest white * Wire-brushed the rusty beam and painted it matte black * New white ceiling * Rubber tiles over the floor * Improved the cable management throughout I'm really happy with the upgrades and the 'feel' of the gym, definitely see myself adding another piece or two to it, but I also want to keep it somewhat spacious. Finances: I am based in Denmark and I ended up spending about **$1,835** USD on the basement renovation (includes everything, including minor expenses like masks, paint brushes etc). Spent an additional **$350** on additional matts and around the same for the back extension machine from ATX. All the other equipment I already had.

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