Interior designer Justine Sterling was tired of her family’s having to enter their lovely colonial home through a dank basement, and craft projects had overtaken the kitchen upstairs to the point where it was hard to find cooking or eating space. In addition, her family’s home had no usable attic space and needed storage for items like wrapping paper, sports equipment, seldom-used platters and excess dry goods. Here’s how she crafted a bright, light and bold spot that serves as her children’s art studio while meeting the whole family’s storage needs. Basement at a Glance Who lives here: A couple and their 2 kids, Ruby (age 6) and Reid (3) Location: Melrose, Massachusetts (just north of Boston) Size: About 400 square feet; includes a powder room Budget: About $20,500 Photography by Jessica Delaney Photography

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