Show off Your Man Cave

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Gunslinger08

Lifer
Nov 18, 2001
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Mine will hopefully be finished in another few months. Working on a projector system with a 103" screen, 7.1, with 2 rows of home theater seating. I'll post pictures when it's finished.
 

kgokal

Senior member
Jul 20, 2004
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Long, long time ago... i had dreams of the ultimate man cave.....

Bought a house with an unfinished basement, one step closer to dream...

Got quotes to finish basement, with the basic wall/floor/ceiling, DREAM SMASHED :(
 

Fritzo

Lifer
Jan 3, 2001
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Long, long time ago... i had dreams of the ultimate man cave.....

Bought a house with an unfinished basement, one step closer to dream...

Got quotes to finish basement, with the basic wall/floor/ceiling, DREAM SMASHED :(

You got that $25000 quote too eh? :)
 

Aharami

Lifer
Aug 31, 2001
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precisely why I decided to finish my own basement. Taking me a hell of a lot longer than the pros, but I'm saving a ton of money on labor
 

fatpat268

Diamond Member
Jan 14, 2006
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No .. the foam is only about a couple inches thick so it doesn't cover the entire box. Haven't had any problems with it .. there is plenty of ventilation behind the screenwall which is constructed of 2x4 and speaker cloth.

Ah, cool. I had visions of the cable box being surrounded in foam. I know my box would meltdown if I did that. :whiste:
 

AMDZen

Lifer
Apr 15, 2004
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07-Hockey-Man-Cave.jpg
 

kgokal

Senior member
Jul 20, 2004
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You got that $25000 quote too eh? :)

hell yeah, and thats what i would spend on finishing + furnishing...
so no point to doing it to have it empty.

Tried to DIY, but no one i know can help...

Definitely not 1-person job, 1200sqft.
 

IcePickFreak

Platinum Member
Jul 12, 2007
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My favorite man cave I've ever seen is a dude (not me - I have no man cave as I live with my family of four in a 1200sf house with no basement or garage) who lives in a bigass garage structure. He dispensed with the house and just went with 100% man cave. Lemme see if I can dig up pics...

Outside:
gar1.jpg


Bed 'n' some equipment:

gar2.jpg



Cars:
gar3.jpg


More gear:
gar4.jpg




Not shown: his kitchen and bathroom, all the awesome trails just outside the door.

Wow that is my kinda house!
 

TridenT

Lifer
Sep 4, 2006
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Yeah... you wouldn't want to fry that single 15A circuit that you're running the entire house off of, either ;)

Akshually. I have a 20A for most of the room and 1 15A socket that is shared with some other things in other apartments, but I run my toaster oven (rated for 1800W of godliness) and the light flickers... but the thing doesn't ever lose power. :cool: I run it on the 15A thing obviously because the refrig and my computer are on the 20A.
 

Squisher

Lifer
Aug 17, 2000
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basement1.JPG

strippercages.JPG

Old pic of my desk: monitors and computer are different and the speakers are now hanging from the ceiling (previous pic).
desklatest.JPG
 

preslove

Lifer
Sep 10, 2003
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Home theater |= man cave.

A man cave is where the husband goes to for a respite from the wife. Not only should there be a tv, but gaming stuff, pool table, dart board, arcade system, etc., booze, computer equipment, and other stuff for the man to enjoy while the wife is upstairs making sandwiches, doing the laundry, and knitting shit.
 

vi edit

Elite Member
Super Moderator
Oct 28, 1999
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Home theater |= man cave.

A man cave is where the husband goes to for a respite from the wife. Not only should there be a tv, but gaming stuff, pool table, dart board, arcade system, etc., booze, computer equipment, and other stuff for the man to enjoy while the wife is upstairs making sandwiches, doing the laundry, and knitting shit.

Uh I spend my evenings in my HT watching movies and playing games while my wife is watching her dancing with the stars and other reality shows upstairs. I built the thing mostly myself and picked out everything that went in it.

That's *my* man cave. So fuck you and fuck your opinion on the matter. And I mean that in the most professional way.
 

preslove

Lifer
Sep 10, 2003
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Uh I spend my evenings in my HT watching movies and playing games while my wife is watching her dancing with the stars and other reality shows upstairs. I built the thing mostly myself and picked out everything that went in it.

That's *my* man cave. So fuck you and fuck your opinion on the matter. And I mean that in the most professional way.

Your "man cave" is more of a looks more like a vagina closet with that blanky on your chair.
 

vi edit

Elite Member
Super Moderator
Oct 28, 1999
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Your "man cave" is more of a looks more like a vagina closet with that blanky on your chair.

My three year old left that there. Now are you going to actually post your own, or just continue insulting the work and enjoyment of others?
 

Dirigible

Diamond Member
Apr 26, 2006
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Your "man cave" is more of a looks more like a vagina closet with that blanky on your chair.

In some ways that sounds a hell of a lot better than a man cave.

Me: Damn, I sure would like to blow off some steam.
*goes into vagina closet*
[noises, vibrations, a little fluid oozes out from under the door]
*emerges from vagina closet with big smile on face*
My wife, after seeing smile: What put you in such a good mood?
Me: :whiste:
 

Tweak155

Lifer
Sep 23, 2003
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I tried to take a phone picture of my "man cave" but you can't see because its a crappy cell phone camera. I have a mini fridge for the beers, a rack for the games, and a 150" screen for my projector. Not to mention a bathroom 10 feet from the leather couch :).

Its not professionally finished at all (except maybe the bathroom). This place is a rental though, I'll wait til I move into the house I really want.
 

Squisher

Lifer
Aug 17, 2000
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Home theater |= man cave.

A man cave is where the husband goes to for a respite from the wife. Not only should there be a tv, but gaming stuff, pool table, dart board, arcade system, etc., booze, computer equipment, and other stuff for the man to enjoy while the wife is upstairs making sandwiches, doing the laundry, and knitting shit.
TV, check
PS3, check
computer, check
booze, double check
beer, triple check

Game stuff? You mean like get up and move around?

The wife hasn't come downstairs in at least a year.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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Uh I spend my evenings in my HT watching movies and playing games while my wife is watching her dancing with the stars and other reality shows upstairs. I built the thing mostly myself and picked out everything that went in it.

That's *my* man cave. So fuck you and fuck your opinion on the matter. And I mean that in the most professional way.

:thumbsup: