Home Basement Ideas
My friend recently informed me he would be moving into a house with his new fiancé. As would be expected, we discussed the neighborhood, morning commute, the house itself, and any planned upgrades. One area he told me he was having a tough time deciding on was the basement and how I felt about basement bars (OK I brought that part up). The basement itself was dark and moldy, but pretty big, and had serious potential. The only problem was what to do with it.
He didn't have a bunch of clutter that needed to be stored, so a wide variety of options became available. He could leave it empty and use it should he ever have any future storage needs, but that option wasn't very fun. After doing some Google searches, we quickly realized there are a variety of options available to someone looking to convert their basement into something more interesting. Not only was a basement bar an option, he could turn it into a pool room, man cave, underground lair; the options were virtually limitless.
The second problem was dealing with his wife. My friend’s new wife was very understanding, but we didn’t know how far we could push it with the man cave. Asking for a basement bar is one thing, as it’s already understood it will be for the man of the house and his friends, but asking for a full-blow man sports cave was a whole new question entirely. Not only would we be asking to dominate a full section of the house, they would have to do construction to get it built. That could mean contractors coming into the house to go down to the basement with power tools at 8 or 9am. This was the main problem, and an issue my buddy was not able to convince his wife of in the long-run. Instead, he was forced to stay upstairs in the kitchen and deal with the Keurig coffee maker problems.
He didn't have a bunch of clutter that needed to be stored, so a wide variety of options became available. He could leave it empty and use it should he ever have any future storage needs, but that option wasn't very fun. After doing some Google searches, we quickly realized there are a variety of options available to someone looking to convert their basement into something more interesting. Not only was a basement bar an option, he could turn it into a pool room, man cave, underground lair; the options were virtually limitless.
The second problem was dealing with his wife. My friend’s new wife was very understanding, but we didn’t know how far we could push it with the man cave. Asking for a basement bar is one thing, as it’s already understood it will be for the man of the house and his friends, but asking for a full-blow man sports cave was a whole new question entirely. Not only would we be asking to dominate a full section of the house, they would have to do construction to get it built. That could mean contractors coming into the house to go down to the basement with power tools at 8 or 9am. This was the main problem, and an issue my buddy was not able to convince his wife of in the long-run. Instead, he was forced to stay upstairs in the kitchen and deal with the Keurig coffee maker problems.