Setting up a bachelor's pad entertainment room, need suggestions

CrazyDe1

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I basically bought a new house and I'm renting it to a few friends and we want to pimp the basement out. Anyone have suggestions? So far we have a few neon beer signs black lights, discoballs, an HDTV raised above the bar, a bar, a strip pole, and a pool table...eventually the whole house is going to be wired to stream music off a server...

Anyways, for people that have badass entertainment areas, what are we missing? What are cool ways to decorate? Post pics?
 

FFactory0x

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You need an area for funneling beer. We have a 3 beer bongs on the third floor that drop straight down to the first and they dangle there until 3 people ballzy enough come up and try to be the first to clear 5 beers. Its awesome cause we have a boxing ring bell we hit to start the match and a huge homemade neon sign that says This was to Heaven.

BTW you have to have the dart board!!!
 

CrazyDe1

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Originally posted by: FFactory0x
You need an area for funneling beer. We have a 3 beer bongs on the third floor that drop straight down to the first and they dangle there until 3 people ballzy enough come up and try to be the first to clear 5 beers. Its awesome cause we have a boxing ring bell we hit to start the match and a huge homemade neon sign that says This was to Heaven.

BTW you have to have the dart board!!!

Nice call on the dartboard...pics of the beer bong area? Not sure if I wanna jack up my brand new carpet with beer bongs inside tho heh...it's amazing how many hot girls want to come over when you have your own place though...
 

Mr N8

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You've got to have Lazy-Boys. Throw in a couch for when the ladies come over.

 

CrazyDe1

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Originally posted by: MogulMonster
You've got to have Lazy-Boys. Throw in a couch for when the ladies come over.

Yeah, we got leather corner couches upstairs with the whole sorround system and another HD upstairs...downstairs is strictly boozin and entertainment...I don't know if I have any room with the pool table down there for an extra couch...
 

petery83

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at my place we have a neon sign (like the type you'd see at a bar or pizza place) for coors light, as well as lots of pics of nude/seminude women...empty beer boxes also plaster the walls
 

CrazyDe1

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Originally posted by: petery83
at my place we have a neon sign (like the type you'd see at a bar or pizza place) for coors light, as well as lots of pics of nude/seminude women...empty beer boxes also plaster the walls

pics?
what do you do for lighting? we're not sure if we want to do dimming ceiling lights or just a big pool table light that you see at your local pool hall...

so far we've got blue neon signs that look badass and some blacklights....
 

Mr N8

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Recessed lighting is my personal favorite. Keeps drunk from smacking their heads and messing up your lights, too. ;)

Look for a used pinball table or arcade game.
 

CrazyDe1

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Originally posted by: RayH
foosball
lava lamps
a weight limit on the strip poll

haha..YES! a weight limit on the strip pole...that's awesome...

Can't fit foosball in there too...pool table and bar basically take up all the space unless you want to hit walls while you're playing pool...

We actually have pictures of girls on the pole that we're going to put on the wall behind the bar...and then we're putting up a giant dry erase board for drunken quote of the week...
 

CrazyDe1

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Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
more pics less text

It's not all up yet...I'm still in the process of moving in...this is just what we have so far...I'll post pics when it's all done...
 

RayH

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Here's a party idea from my college days:

Swap in all black light bulbs. Serve clear drinks in clear plastic cups (gin & tonics work well). Have every one wear disposable white tee shirts. Have a large supply of fluorescent markers and/or paint.
 

FFactory0x

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Well i stand with the Dart board. Go to Dicks and get a cabinit as well. I have a CHEERS one. Go get cork board from Home Depot though so you can put it behind the cabinet so no darts mess up the wall. Also if ya have a bar get what we got. A hanging glass rack. You attack it to the ceiling and hand wine glasses, mugs etc from it. Also we have a stop light which we rigs up behind the bar. I then painted on each light nicely "OPEN", "LAST CALL", "CLOSED" Its awesome when lit up
 

EvilYoda

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MAME cabinet, but for me personally, alcohol and a pool table (well, a good theater, but that's a given) are all I need. Just make sure you have a kickass audio setup with a nice fat subwoofer that'll make the women feel "weird". :)
 

CrazyDe1

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Originally posted by: FFactory0x
Well i stand with the Dart board. Go to Dicks and get a cabinit as well. I have a CHEERS one. Go get cork board from Home Depot though so you can put it behind the cabinet so no darts mess up the wall. Also if ya have a bar get what we got. A hanging glass rack. You attack it to the ceiling and hand wine glasses, mugs etc from it. Also we have a stop light which we rigs up behind the bar. I then painted on each light nicely "OPEN", "LAST CALL", "CLOSED" Its awesome when lit up

Pics would be nice...that sounds awesome
 

CrazyDe1

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Originally posted by: EvilYoda
MAME cabinet, but for me personally, alcohol and a pool table (well, a good theater, but that's a given) are all I need. Just make sure you have a kickass audio setup with a nice fat subwoofer that'll make the women feel "weird". :)

We already got that in the main living room...HDTV, sub, awesome speakers, and a great center channel...I convinced my friend who was living at home to come live w/ me and bring along all his toys:)