Actual Man Caves - Suggestions

[DoubleActionCHL]

First, do any of you have actual "Man Caves" in your home. Now, if you're single, your whole house is probably a man cave, but that's not what I'm talking about.

I'm turning my upstairs game room into a man cave. I currently have a decent leather sofa and recliner, refrigerator, a 42" LCD TV, PS3, and DirecTV HD. It's an open room with no door, but I have plans to install a door and glass in the 2 half-walls. Once I seal up the room, I plan to install a pair of exhaust fans and possibly a smoke eater (if necessary). I also plan to pull up the carpet and put down a wood or laminate floor. Other than manly decor, the final step of the project will be a built-in humidor.

Any other ideas? What are you doing in your Man Cave?

 

[MuddyWaterMan]

I am putting anything I WANT in my man cave! (after the wife OK's it of course!)


Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

 

[MuddyWaterMan]

What about a small bar?

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

 

[Mikewood]

Mine has two recliners, TV, DVD, whiskey, work bench for reloading and hobbies, closet for ammo and reloading, book shelves and reading lamp. There is
Also a laptop that can be hooked to the TV and a few hunting trophies. Just make it yours. Just a suggestion but smoke outside. I don't care what you do but you will never get all the smoke out.

 

[fnmedallion]

What about a small bar?

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

i like the bar where can i procure one please????????

 

[DoubleActionCHL]

Just make it yours. Just a suggestion but smoke outside. I don't care what you do but you will never get all the smoke out.

This is why I'm going with leather and wood floors; no fabric to hold the smoke. I may be wrong about mine, but I've been to several cigar rooms outfitted with exhaust fans and a smoke eater, and the smoke is barely detectable. If it stinks up the place, we'll ditch the smoking, but that's the main reason I'm building this room. I've got a nice patio, but nine months out of the year it's miserably hot, humid and you're fighting off mosquitoes the size of mocking birds.

 

[DoubleActionCHL]

I like the bar idea. I had ruled it out because there's no easy way to get plumbing up there, but I guess I could live without a sink.

 

[DoubleActionCHL]

This is what I have to work with:

 

[MuddyWaterMan]

i like the bar where can i procure one please????????

Its an antique we picked up at an estate sale. Wish I could be more help.


Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

 

[DirtyD]

I thought we had a pretty good idea on running a water line up for an ice machine...

 

[DoubleActionCHL]

I thought we had a pretty good idea on running a water line up for an ice machine...

Yeah, but I think I'll need a drain.

 

[MuddyWaterMan]

Yeah, but I think I'll need a drain.

That's what WINDOWS are for!!!!

 

[DoubleActionCHL]

That's what WINDOWS are for!!!!

Already being used as a urinal.

 

[MuddyWaterMan]

already being used as a urinal.

good man!..... Good man!!!!!

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

Try it without a sink for a while. You may find that you don't really need one depending on what you make. Just keep some wet wipes and paper towels in a cabinet for spills, and bring up bucket of ice when you're going to be up there.

Beer in the fridge or a few pieces of ice with some Scotch don't need a sink (as long as you're not falling down drunk when you pour).

I recommend the wide mouth Gator Aid bottles for collecting other liquids

 

[DoubleActionCHL]

I'm liking the bar idea. I'm going to do the glass, door and wood floor, then work on a bar. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[Stumpy]

Mine has two recliners, TV, DVD, whiskey, work bench for reloading and hobbies, closet for ammo and reloading, book shelves and reading lamp. There is
Also a laptop that can be hooked to the TV and a few hunting trophies. Just make it yours. Just a suggestion but smoke outside. I don't care what you do but you will never get all the smoke out.

is it wise to keep your whiskey and reloading supplies in the same room??? lol

 

[BrenGunner]

Best Man Cave lighting, i removed the shade on the boondock saints one and just put a straight black one on and it looks great.

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[ROGER4314]

In a house I had in Oklahoma, I had a full wood shop in my 2 car garage and needed a sink. I got a cabinet sink from an RV and it had two 5 gallon water containers in it- one for fresh and the other for used water. A little pump handle pumped water from the fresh tank. It worked great!

I'm single so my entire house is, like you say, a man cave. The BEST thing I did was to rip out all the carpeting and replace it with tile. The whole house is one type of 12" tile and the bathroom & kitchen is in wood grain tile. I don't need to fool with keeping the carpet clean, it rinses right off and I take a 24" dust mop to pick up the ghost turds. It also helped my sinus problems a lot.

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[ghostscout]

My girlfriend insisted that I base a man cave. I have my 50" lcd tv, ps3, large couch, fouton, blu-ray assortment, mini bar, fridge, football/movies/gun memorabilia on the wall. Of course it is also my "gun" room so I have all of that in there.