Basement Mancave

[New Guy]

So since the fiancee moved in I am slowly loosing my bachelor pad I knew that something needed to be done to regain my masculinity and the garage wasn't big enough and warm enough in the winter. It was time to clean the basement out and build a mancave complete with a bar, shuffleboard table, fooseball, and projector. I'll update with pictures shortly.

[jmvotto]

wait til you have kids . your mancave turns into their bedroom....

[chawk610]

You know the rules around here... pics or you never did it!

[sandm]

when can I come over for beer??

[New Guy]

Are you finally over here?

[New Guy]

Ok remember I am on a $1500 dollar budget minus the electronics. It was a block wall basement and I did not want to do sheet rock due to moisture.

Ceiling / Floor joists

before paint



After

[New Guy]

The wall behind the bar, I was going for a grunge bar type look.

[New Guy]

wait til you have kids . your mancave turns into their bedroom....

The egress windows are not big enough to make it a bedroom.

[jmvotto]

The egress windows are not big enough to make it a bedroom.

Neither are mine on one end, now the twins have a suite...


Love the bar built around the water softener or purifier.... Lol

[New Guy]

^We have a three bedroom house for just the two of us. So when kids come into the picture I'm hoping to be living on the lake with an open basement but if not we'll be ok.

Scott i drink the Miller when i'm doing projects that way i don't lose my focus