I thought Id make a thread to see what everyone has for their "MANS LIVING ROOM".
Basically a living room thats manly.
I own a bi level house, the upstairs is pretty much the "public area", the basement is pretty much the part of the house that rarely gets used.
Everything upstairs my gf pretty much took over and did what she wanted to do with it..
The basement, is my domain.
im thinking about getting a 48-52 screen tv, hooking up a sorround sound system.... I already have some comfy sofa's..coffee tables.. maybe doing a different lighting .. getting some "car guy" type of things..
I guess im looking for some cool ideas..
I should mention only post if you actually have a mature/stylish manly space. If you have an apt and you got posters and liquor bottles all over the walls..
well if you want it to be man space then you need a bar with a full on tap! pool, poker something like that. you are right on with the big ass tv! I am looking at a 70 right now! wow just wow! football with life size players damn near lol! and halo on there would be sweet! as soon as I get my 20 from the army I will have a HUGE tv. also get a 360 best thing ever! after all that just have a crap load of movies and I think you are set! keep all the car stuff and tools in the garage and make the basement where you run to when you and the girl get into it! I am sure you know you got to be able to go to your corners when [shizzle] gets bad! lol. good luck with the girl man I had moved in with mine and well...... we are now both dating different ppl to give ya a hint at how well that went lol.
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Ive been with mine for yrs, have a 10month old baby boy with her and pretty much adopted her 5yr old..
and the man space will definetly be a get away from all that.. because I need it at times. The key is to pick your battles and know when to go to and how long to stay in the garage.
There really isnt any room for a bar.. I guess I dont have alot of freinds so nobody would come over for games, I also dont own any gaming system's.. I dont have time for them.
Also I wasent really referring to having car stuff or tools in my basement, but more of an auto/racing enthusiest theme. Example: Garage, Shop & Game Room Gear - Furniture - Genuine Hotrod Hardware
granted im not really a hotrod type guy, but I could fabricate something import/mx6 related..
I remember seeing some one making a coffee table out of a KL03 BLOCK and pistons..
How about a bar counter made out of a cut-off VW Beetle?
Saw some dude in the UK make a desk out of one.
Pretty neat for a car-theme room.
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1. You will need a bar, or a big enough fridge to hold a good ammount of beer. As soon as the news of your new "man place" spread, your going to have knockers on the door.
2. Space is golden. Im taking you might not have THAT much space down there, just enough. So try and keep everything to the walls, have the middle of the room as walking area, or enough space to put a poker table or something of that nature.
3. Deco/lighting is key. Ceiling (sp?) lamps should be evenly spread, preferably near/on top of the bar and/or tables, and away from the tv. Glare + football = teh suck. Deco is fine, just dont over do it (lots of posters, old calendars, etc).
4. In the end, YOU must feel comfortable in it. Nobody else is required too. Make sure you feel at nature there, your own space. Put your stuff in.
5. Oh, and shelves are a great way to deco and save space.
I personally think that, if your going with the tunner theme, try and get some shelves up and put some scale cars in there. Maybe some Mazda posters, stuff. I would make a wet bar out of wood and metal, paint the wood black so the metal shows more. Somebody made a cofee table out of old tires here (pearson) and it looked great. Add style with comfort and class, in the end you dont want a garage with a TV, just a room that reminds you of your garage time. Oh, and if you can fit a pool table in there, by all means, do so. Then call me so we can play.
I chose the comic/hot wheels theme for my room. I have like, Batman crap and posters on the wall, which is the same color as batmans outfit (flat black/blue). I also have a wall dedicated to cars and stuff, full of hot wheels, memorabilia and Mazxda posters, plus (in a shelve) all my scale cars and my RC FD.
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here's mine, its pretty much a small scale room but i've got a fairly big tv in it, my home theater, some dub cars one a shelf above the tv. Eventually i plan to give a shade of blue since i'm a mega colts fan. And then one wall is kinda colleged with colts posters.
The sofa is blue and all speakers and tv stand and home theater stand are all black. The blue compliments the black nicely. Granted only a few of us can go in there at once and there's only room for 2 on the couch its a nice play to get away and watch a dvd or some madden.
My big screen is down in the gf's living room she got the best of me on that one lol
I'd take a pic but my camera is dead.
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I'm not sure how much space and money are an issue, but back when i was working in construction we made the sickest finished basement for one guy. He was going to put a 60" flat panel tv built into the wall, so we had to make a spot in the wall for that, and metal arms that allow the tv to move out to hook stuff up in the back. His PS2, DVD player and home theater system were arranged next to each other on a small shelf about a foot below the tv. Wires were run through the walls to bose speakers in the upper corners of the room. For his bar, we built a wooden frame with about a 3/4" drop in the middle, and he put bud select and hoegaarden bottle caps in there that spelled his last name, and we poured a gelatin over it that solidified flat and made it easy to clean. He was going to put a pretty big fridge behind the bar also. The bar was on the opposite wall as the television, and there was U shaped couch between them with a coffee table in the middle. The bathroom was next to the bar, and you couldn't even hear the toilet flushing from the couch when the TV was on. It had plush white carpeting, a drop ceiling, and track lights at the top of the walls, where every other bulb illuminated the walls and the ceiling. Since everything was white the whole room was lit. There was also a light shining under the bar so you could see what you were doing there without making a glare for the tv. That was the nicest man room i've seen. I have no idea how he decorated it after it was done, but I assume very tastefully.
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I'm working on an engine coffee table out of a spare KL block i had
This was my inspiration - I'll be using head bolts to hold up the glass, not pistons/rods... and its fairly compact...
i already have my "man room" with a few things needed, but pretty much set.
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I'm working on an engine coffee table out of a spare KL block i had
This was my inspiration - I'll be using head bolts to hold up the glass, not pistons/rods... and its fairly compact...
i already have my "man room" with a few things needed, but pretty much set.
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here's mine, its pretty much a small scale room but i've got a fairly big tv in it, my home theater, some dub cars one a shelf above the tv. Eventually i plan to give a shade of blue since i'm a mega colts fan. And then one wall is kinda colleged with colts posters.
The sofa is blue and all speakers and tv stand and home theater stand are all black. The blue compliments the black nicely. Granted only a few of us can go in there at once and there's only room for 2 on the couch its a nice play to get away and watch a dvd or some madden.
My big screen is down in the gf's living room she got the best of me on that one lol
I'd take a pic but my camera is dead.
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I'm not sure how much space and money are an issue, but back when i was working in construction we made the sickest finished basement for one guy. He was going to put a 60" flat panel tv built into the wall, so we had to make a spot in the wall for that, and metal arms that allow the tv to move out to hook stuff up in the back. His PS2, DVD player and home theater system were arranged next to each other on a small shelf about a foot below the tv. Wires were run through the walls to bose speakers in the upper corners of the room. For his bar, we built a wooden frame with about a 3/4" drop in the middle, and he put bud select and hoegaarden bottle caps in there that spelled his last name, and we poured a gelatin over it that solidified flat and made it easy to clean. He was going to put a pretty big fridge behind the bar also. The bar was on the opposite wall as the television, and there was U shaped couch between them with a coffee table in the middle. The bathroom was next to the bar, and you couldn't even hear the toilet flushing from the couch when the TV was on. It had plush white carpeting, a drop ceiling, and track lights at the top of the walls, where every other bulb illuminated the walls and the ceiling. Since everything was white the whole room was lit. There was also a light shining under the bar so you could see what you were doing there without making a glare for the tv. That was the nicest man room i've seen. I have no idea how he decorated it after it was done, but I assume very tastefully.
These are the kind of ideas
I own my house and its a pretty nice house. I dont rent it and I take very good care of it. I dont even host partys because that only leads to one thing.. people getting drunk, trashing your house, pissin on the walls, ruining things.. I see it all time at everyone else's place. Regardless if they are your best freinds, it still happens when people get [shizzle] faced.
I dont want my house to look like the common 19-22yr olds apt.
I visited this guys home, who is a freind of my dads.. Hes a harley davidson type guy and Id say his area was quite amazing. Handle bars made out to look like deer antlers of his very first harley, 2 fork sets that were custom made to make a entertainment stand, The lighting was 4 headlamps from a motorcycle modified to use stantard bulbs.. and much more.
i kinda have a mans room but i share it with my wife a lot. in there i have a PS3, jVC 1000w 5.1 SURROUND and a DIY projector. this is how my PJ looked a week ago before i did a lot of tuning and work on it. its looking a lot better without the green marks on top and a better contrast. this is a link to a blog on my pj in the forums where this is learned.
it is a 8foot(90 something inches) screen. it displays at 720p. movies and games on it kick ass. plus the sound and it blows away everybody that has been to my room. the dimensions are pretty much the same as yours. i have the fridge close and all the rums in a closet(hidden from some idiots).
i read somebody talking about buying a 360 for movies. i seriously recommend you to do some research on what games and movies you like the most specially now that the creators of halo(if you are a halo nuthugger) broke their exclusivity to microsoft.
Plus if you buy the system and add the drive for HDdvd the cost is going to be the same as buying a 40gb ps3. keep in mind both companies toshiba and sony are giving away movies for free with the purchase of their system. the 360 drive is not valid for this. theres a lot of movies at 10-15$$ range dont shy away from high definition from the price.
plus the list of exclusive games for the PS3 is looking impresive: Ratchet and clank is incredible, Cod 4 is the [shizzle], Uncharted is the game of the YEAR and Metal Gear is coming in february along with Unreal tournament, Final Fantasy and Gran Turismo 4. I will sell one of my balls if i have to to get my hands on all of those.
it sound a lot of fun that you are putting that room together. theres nothing better than having that space to enjoy in your free time.
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she got the best of me on that one lol
