Man caves

[Hustle]

We've bought a house - closed on Friday. A finished basement is all mine. Time for a man cave.

Yesterday, I wrote a specific list of things I'd like to install there. I e-mailed them to my wife, who apparently missed the smiley to indicate that, well, I knew I wasn't going to get all of them - especially toward the end when I started to get out of hand.

My list:
-- Wine racks (2), metal
-- Poker table/pool table (one or the other; space doesn't allow for both)
-- Bar with laminate or polyurethane top coat; racks for the hard stuff behind the bar
-- Supplemental beer displays/ads
-- Custom neon sign
-- Track lighting
-- Home theater/surround sound (satellites to be installed in track over TV)
-- Multiple recliners
-- Extra TV (perhaps several)
-- Stylish recycling bin
-- Pinball/arcade game
-- Level D flight simulator (like this but without the hydraulics, which would make it too large)
-- Disco ball (with spotlight)
-- Replace carpet with FieldTurf
-- Overhanging oval slot racing track

Having missed the smiley, my wife fired off this response: "I have so many comments. First -- this will be a classy mancave. There will not be a disco ball or field turf. We are grownups and can have real carpet and normal lighting. Nor will we place a flight simulator in our house. You have the game -- that is plenty."

We eventually straightened it out and she got a good laugh. I asked if that meant the flight simulator was cool; she laughed again and said no.

So now I have boundaries. Any further tips from the masses on building a man cave or what I should include?

 

[slappy4428]

We've bought a house - closed on Friday. A finished basement is all mine. Time for a man cave.

Yesterday, I wrote a specific list of things I'd like to install there. I e-mailed them to my wife, who apparently missed the smiley to indicate that, well, I knew I wasn't going to get all of them - especially toward the end when I started to get out of hand.

My list:
-- Wine racks (2), metal
-- Poker table/pool table (one or the other; space doesn't allow for both)
-- Bar with laminate or polyurethane top coat; racks for the hard stuff behind the bar
-- Supplemental beer displays/ads
-- Custom neon sign
-- Track lighting
-- Home theater/surround sound (satellites to be installed in track over TV)
-- Multiple recliners
-- Extra TV (perhaps several)
-- Stylish recycling bin
-- Pinball/arcade game
-- Level D flight simulator (like this but without the hydraulics, which would make it too large)
-- Disco ball (with spotlight)
-- Replace carpet with FieldTurf
-- Overhanging oval slot racing track

Having missed the smiley, my wife fired off this response: "I have so many comments. First -- this will be a classy mancave. There will not be a disco ball or field turf. We are grownups and can have real carpet and normal lighting. Nor will we place a flight simulator in our house. You have the game -- that is plenty."

We eventually straightened it out and she got a good laugh. I asked if that meant the flight simulator was cool; she laughed again and said no.

So now I have boundaries. Any further tips from the masses on building a man cave or what I should include?

From the sound of it, a phone with a good divorce lawyer on speed dial. No way she lets you get away with all that

 

[BYH]

A classy mancave? What the **** is the fun in that?

you forgot to add the stripper's pole.

 

[Chi City 81]

You forgot the fridge, Hustle. Need a place to house all that Yuengling.

 

[mustangj17]

A field turf basement would be awesome.

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

Hidden door to nudie booth.

 

[Rosie]

Forget the basement.

Take over the garage.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

You left off stripper pole.

 

[Frank_Ridgeway]

I saw the thread title and thought the "caves" in "Man caves" was going to be a verb. I'm that trained, I suppose.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Juggies.

(Don't tell Mrs. Hustle.)

 

[mustangj17]

And putting green, as well as hot shots mini basketball game.

Also where there is a fridge, there must be a microwave. And a downstairs bathroom so you don't have to walk upstairs.

 

[dixiehack]

Here is an educational video you may have recently missed here on SJ. Pay particular attention around the 2:20 mark.

http://www.fliggo.com/video/NTtenBNg

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

And putting green, as well as hot shots mini basketball game.

Also where there is a fridge, there must be a microwave. And a downstairs bathroom so you don't have to walk upstairs.

Just get a trough and leave it in the open.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

And putting green, as well as hot shots mini basketball game.

Also where there is a fridge, there must be a microwave. And a downstairs bathroom so you don't have to walk upstairs.

Just get a trough and leave it in the open.

Hustle drinks a few too many from his bar and goes swimming.

 

[zebracoy]

I'm laughing really, really hard: first at the FieldTurf, second at the fact that you e-mailed her.

Awesome.

 

[Hustle]

Suggestions duly/dooley noted.

Stripper pole/porno booth: I'll just go ahead and leave those alone.
Fridge: The current fridge in the kitchen is old and loud; it'll be replaced quickly. But she'll continue on in retirement as Beer Fridge.
Putting green/hoops: I will have to make a decision between those and the poker table and/or pool table. The room ain't that big.
Beer trough: Good idea in theory; but if she pooh-poohed the more sanitary disco ball, I can't imagine that would fly. (Rumple: I'm way fatter than that dude and would get lodged into any sort of normal-sized trough.)

Zebra: I e-mail her a lot because she's in lots of meetings but keeps the BlackBerry handy. So once I got the list finalized, I just zipped it off.

Keep 'em comin'...

 

[imjustagirl]

* A seat for IJAG to come over and try to remember why she used to like baseball. :)

(P.S. if IJAG gets to come over, she votes for the pool table.)

 

[forever_town]

Grow a pair, show her who wears the pants in the family!

 

[BYH]

All I know is I'm showing up at Hustle's new house, even if he doesn't invite me. :D

 

[forever_town]

All I know is I'm showing up at Hustle's new house, even if he doesn't invite me. :D

At least until Hustle's wifey hits you with a restraining order. Especially since she's the one with the cojones.