SLewis
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Well, finally got around to doing the write up on my ManCave. I posted some pictures in the gallery a few days back but wanted to give some details on the work my wife and father-in-law did.
They started with my media room and painted the room Brick Red. The ceiling has a flat finish while the walls have a satin finish. My wife used to enjoy painting until she did this room; it took a coat of primer and 3 coats of paint to get it right.
My son and his friend installed the exhaust system while my father-in-law figured the best way to run the duct work, using an existing vent in the roof of the house. We have two fans installed, each pulls 110 cubic feet of air per minute. This allows the air in the room to be refreshed every 10 minutes. Even with the heater or air conditioning on, the exhaust fans create negative pressure in the room so the fresh air is always coming into the room from the house instead of smoke leaking out of the room.
The father of our son’s friend does remodeling and is currently doing a home in the downtown area of Dallas. In the process, he is redoing a gameroom. The owner told him to replace the old bar and winerack, so somehow out of this, these ended up with us. The bar has a granite countertop and a very nice ice making machine. The winerack mounts on the wall and has a cabinet as well. All of this is made with solid oak. We are tapping into our youngest son's bathroom which is on the connecting wall for the water and drain.
My wife and father-in-law made the oak columns that are being installed at the 4 wall lights in the room. They still need to be stained to match the bar. Also, he is making the crown molding to go on the winerack and columns.
We added the leather furniture (reclining sofa and reclining chair), my desk (since this is my office as well) the vinotemp and end table humidor, and a 47 inch Viso 1080i, 120mghz TV in time to enjoy the Thanksgiving games.
I want to invite some BOTLs over soon to enjoy a herf.
Just to let eveyone know, this was the focus of my wife and faher-in-law the past month or so. I am one lucky guy.
They started with my media room and painted the room Brick Red. The ceiling has a flat finish while the walls have a satin finish. My wife used to enjoy painting until she did this room; it took a coat of primer and 3 coats of paint to get it right.
My son and his friend installed the exhaust system while my father-in-law figured the best way to run the duct work, using an existing vent in the roof of the house. We have two fans installed, each pulls 110 cubic feet of air per minute. This allows the air in the room to be refreshed every 10 minutes. Even with the heater or air conditioning on, the exhaust fans create negative pressure in the room so the fresh air is always coming into the room from the house instead of smoke leaking out of the room.
The father of our son’s friend does remodeling and is currently doing a home in the downtown area of Dallas. In the process, he is redoing a gameroom. The owner told him to replace the old bar and winerack, so somehow out of this, these ended up with us. The bar has a granite countertop and a very nice ice making machine. The winerack mounts on the wall and has a cabinet as well. All of this is made with solid oak. We are tapping into our youngest son's bathroom which is on the connecting wall for the water and drain.
My wife and father-in-law made the oak columns that are being installed at the 4 wall lights in the room. They still need to be stained to match the bar. Also, he is making the crown molding to go on the winerack and columns.
We added the leather furniture (reclining sofa and reclining chair), my desk (since this is my office as well) the vinotemp and end table humidor, and a 47 inch Viso 1080i, 120mghz TV in time to enjoy the Thanksgiving games.
I want to invite some BOTLs over soon to enjoy a herf.
Just to let eveyone know, this was the focus of my wife and faher-in-law the past month or so. I am one lucky guy.
