basements and the poles that hold up the house

we are finishing our basement next week, I dont really want to box out the poles that are down there, is there something nice I can get to cover or wrap them with?

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At the house I grew up in, my parents had carpeting wrapped around them.

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we just re-finished our basement and painted them to match the walls so they kinda blend in.... I actually really like it that way. We didn't want to box them in either, then they just take up more space, i like them better round!

A friend of ours had rope wrapped around them, that looked pretty cool! Their cats used to climb them!

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Dh boxed them in himself. He made like a wooden box around it and then drywalled over that. It came out great. They also sell something that covers them up.

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we painted ours the same color as the walls, so you really don't notice them at all

the only way i'd want to box the in is if you were to put a counter height shelf around one and use it as a bar shelf

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My parents had ropes but their basement was sort of nautical so it looked cool.

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I NEEDED them out, the spacing made furniture impossible.

We had an engineer come in and we had a steel beam built running up top so the poles could come down.

Best 2500 EVER spent. Now it's nice and open.

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ours is white to match the trim, it looks fine

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We only finished 3/4 of our basement so we just have 1 pole in the finished part...and DH boxed it. I think it finishes it off nicely. The unfinished part is just painted (with the exposed beam) and I love the look too if you're going for an industrial look.

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there is a wrap you can put around them. MY dad just did it on his. its likestrips of wood and it just wraps it. it can be painted

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Ours are painted

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Thanks Everyone, I think im going to check out the pole wraps.

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were going to do the pole wraps when we are done with our basement

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When we bought the house the previous owner tiled the pole ( with small glass tiles) It is so pretty when we renovated the basement we decorated around the pole.