Wanningers' Basement
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Darrell Hoemann
Jim and Stephanie Sims carry a mattress from the Wanningers' basement.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Darrell Hoemann
Designer Casey Kinyoun chats with Heather Wanninger as they eat before getting work under way.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Darrell Hoemann
Stephanie Sims keeps herself from falling as she and husband Jim carry a mattress from the Wanningers' basement.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Darrell Hoemann
Candles highlight the table.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Darrell Hoemann
The chalkboard in the Wanningers' finished basement.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Robin Scholz
Designer Casey Kinyoun eats her breakfast while surveying the progress.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Darrell Hoemann
Mike Morris and Mike Wanninger carry a hutch from the Sims garage to the Wanningers' house.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Jim Sims uses a level to hang framed photos of one of the Wanninger boys.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Darrell Hoemann
Heather Wanninger and designer Kathi Builta hug.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Darrell Hoemann
Jim and Stephanie Sims get a look at the plans of Kathi Builta.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
A view of the Wanningers' basement before renovation.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Another view of the Wanningers' basement before renovation began.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Heather Wanninger shares the good news about their basement with husband Mike via cell phone as son Jake checks things out.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Darrell Hoemann
With the innovative storage center in the background, designer Kathi Builta sits in the Wanningers' finished basement at 207 Fox Run Drive in Mahomet.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Darrell Hoemann
Kathi Builta and daughter Kara finish a centerpiece.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Designer Kathi Builta takes a call as she puts the finishing touches on the basement with accent pieces.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Darrell Hoemann
Kathi Buita works with Heather and Mike Wanninger on ideas. Xchange designers and families meet for the first time at The News-Gazette on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Joey Wanninger, 4, right, watches Art Shaw and Jim Sims cut boards in his garage as his brother, Johnny, 2, covers his ears in the arms of grandmother Judy Roberts.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Designer Kathi Builta and Art Shaw examine what will become part of bookshelves.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Designer Kathi Builta looks off to Stephanie Sims as they help Jim Sims hang framed pictures.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
The Wanninger family is seen in front of their home on 207 Fox Run Drive in Mahomet.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Designer Kathi Builta measures cabinetry as Art Shaw looks on.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Robin Scholz
Mike Morris measures for crown molding in the basement.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
An overview of the Wanningers' basement is seen from their staircase.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Heather Wanninger, left, points out her new shelves and cabinets as she looks over her new basement with designer Kathi Builta.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Heather Wanninger asks designer Kathi Builta about her rocking chair as Wanninger's grandmother, Mildred Toya, looks on.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Heather Wanninger, holding son Johnny, 2, gets her first look at her new basement followed by son Joey, 4, her grandmother, Mildred Toya, and mother, Judy Roberts.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Robin Scholz
Jim Sims and designer Kathy Builta talk in the garage.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Robin Scholz
Kathi Builta and Jim Sims put together cabinetry in the basement.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Stephanie Sims draws Halloween pumpkins and ghosts after listing the Wanninger boys' names on the chalkboard in the basement.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Stephanie Sims finishes assembling a lamp.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Robin Scholz
A list of things to do during the renovation of the Wanninger basement.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Kathi Builta, right, and Stephanie Sims go through all the purchased accent pieces.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Designer Kathi Builta cleans off the Wanninger's parchesi board as she tries to find a place for accent pieces.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Robin Scholz
Kathi Builta paints a shelf unit black.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Stephanie Sims organizes accent pieces in the Wanningers' basement.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Kathi Builta begins work making a slipcover for Heather Wanninger's chair.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Jim Sims, right, and Art Shaw, who is Stephanie Sims's uncle, continue installing shelves and cabinets in the basement.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Designer Kathi Builta continues work in the Wanningers' basement.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Darrell Hoemann
Designer Kathi Builta and homeowner Stephanie Sims look for design elements at Maggie's Place.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Stephanie Sims gets out the drop cloth before painting the walls of the Wanningers' basement.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Stephanie Sims pulls out part of a lamp as she chats with designer Kathi Builta.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Designer Kathi Builta, center, eagerly awaits the revealing of the Wanninger's basement with her daughter, Kara, left, and Stephanie Sims.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Jim Sims prepares a framed picture for hanging.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Heather Wanninger, far right, gives neighbor Stephanie Sims a big hug as Sims' husband, Jim, holding daughter Elizabeth, 2, enjoys the new basement.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Heather Wanninger, left, marvels at the transformation done to her basement as designer Kathi Builta, right, and Wanninger's babysitter, Tate Hollis, 12, look on.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Robin Scholz
Kathi Builta puts trim around the blackboard.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Kathi Builta, foreground, and Stephanie Sims, check out floor lamps at the Lighting Center in Champaign.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Robin Scholz
Jim Sims paints the walls of the basement.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Robin Scholz
Designer Casey Kinyoun, front, Heather and Joey Wanninger, middle, and contractor Mike Morris all work on the walls.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Stephanie Sims takes in all the colorful and funky items at Rebecca's while shopping with designer Kathy Builta.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Darrell Hoemann
Joey Wanninger and baby sitter Tate Hollis check out the new toy storage cabinet.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Darrell Hoemann
One view of the completed basement.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Darrell Hoemann
Another view of the Wanningers' finished basement.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Heather Coit
Designer Kathi Builta helps Jim Sims hang a welcome sign.
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Wanningers' Basement
Photographer: Darrell Hoemann
The Sims crew gets to work unpacking in the Wanningers' garage.
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