Man Cave/Trophy Room...Let er Rip!

[aebsledder]

Why not just frame it, put it in, then block it off. Or at least frame it so that you can easily cut it open and put one in without a lot of work..

Just a suggestion..

For resale? I have a feeling he is in this house for the long haul, and the next time he gets something he will be downsizing, since his kids are out of the nest in seven or so years. Not a bad idea though, although the sheeting is on and the cedar shakes are installed. When the inside is finished, the interior of that wall is going to be awesome. It is a big space that will be covered with dead stuff and have some good interior lighting on it. You kind of have to be in it to get the scale of how tall the ceilings are how big that wall is. In a perfect world I would have framed in a long, narrow, window and put a motorized shade in. It would have been around an extra 3-4k to do that though. Plus, he is really ambitious and thinks that wall will be covered in mounts and may not want a window getting in his way. His daughters are becoming quite lethal...

 

[aebsledder]

Some more pics

Here are a few more pics of the inside and out.

Exterior

Trophy wall and gear storage closets. The closet walls are over 8 feet

Doors to the patio. There will be a nice countertop underneath the window for some "project". Thinking about doing a concrete one.

Stair Landing that heads up to storage above the garage

 

[aebsledder]

More photos

Got quite a bit done this weekend, although some of it was "behind the scenes". Got all the backing and plywood on the walls for mounts, framed the big radiused fireplace, installed blocking and backing in the trusses for the box beams. Ready for Sheetrock!

Fireplace and TV area. The 60 inch and integrated in wall surround sound are next to it.

The "Main" trophy wall. We completely clad it in plywood so there is flexibility to mount anything, anywhere. This wall is 20 ft at the peak.

 

[m8magicandmystery]

good job grasshopper...

 

[aebsledder]

Ready for paint...

Going to start with some finishes....

 

[Blk88GT]

Thanks for sharing. You live in an absolutely beautiful area. I'd love to retire there someday.

 

[aebsledder]

Thanks for sharing. You live in an absolutely beautiful area. I'd love to retire there someday.

I feel very lucky to live here. I just wish it was easier to make a living on this location. I travel a lot for work, but it really helps me appreciate where I get to live. I am currently working in another town in MT and it doesn't even hold a candle to where I live now. Stay tuned on the thread, gonna get a move on and start installing some trim, floors, and finishing touches. Gonna be pretty cool.

 

[aebsledder]

Its been a while..

Here is an update. I got very busy with my "real" job and wasn't able to concentrate on this as much as I would like to. Just a few more finishing touches to add. Some base counters and countertop, some custom doors for the closets, and a few other small items. Some interesting design features...very personalized for the homeowner. People either like it or don't. The scale of the room is pretty big, that is almost an 80 inch TV. I was actually surprised at how well the home theater system worked in that large of a space. The more stuff that got put on the walls the better it got. I will update one more time when it is competely finished and done. By the way, the black massage chair may not really match, but it is a man cave and that thing is incredible. I couldn't find the "happy ending" button though

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

that looks awesome!! good work!

 

[POLZIN]

You need to kill more critters I see bare walls !

 

[aebsledder]

There will be more...

You need to kill more critters I see bare walls !

Critters! He still hasn't finished transferring all the dead stuff from the older portion of his house. His daughter is pretty dang lethal too, so they have quite a few more items to come. He has a couple 330 class bull elk shoulder mounts to put in there, as well as a really nice life size MT black bear. The tall ceilings and walls really help frame the mounts. I wouldn't do it any other way scale wise if I did another trophy room. There is going to be one more cool item we do...hopefully I will be able to post it on here.

 

[Scott]

That TV is just too small for that room. Needs at least 80".

 

[aebsledder]

right?

That TV is just too small for that room. Needs at least 80".

I thought it was a 72", but it is "only" a 60". Twelve and a half foot walls will do that I guess. One thing I have learned the hard way is that you have to leave some things up to the homeowner. I think the original plan was to have an 80 inch but he got a great deal on the 60 I think. You could always upgrade to an 80, he has the room! There are some great aspects to that room though. The room under the grizzly bear has a door that goes to the garage. You can come right in from the garage with all your wet gear and hang it up in there and it will be dry...pronto. Then you can head over to the fridge and grab a refreshing beverage of choice and sit in the massage chair and watch the TV if you want. Not a bad way to go.

 

[m8magicandmystery]

willikers...fantastic...!!!!...may you be Blessed with good health and fortune to enjoy for many many years..