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12-03-2017, 11:02 AM #1Jacket Cobbler
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What if your whole house could be Man Cave - ultimate house design ideas
Like title says. What if you had no wife , no kids and had a blank slate to put in whatever you want...what does that look like?
This would be old house and not necessarily a new construction...but maybe doesn't matter.....
Vendors, sources, suppliers.....let's have it
ski tuning room ( no longer pushed to the garage or in a box to bring out when needed)
Equipment room ( all sports , best racks, shelves, cabinets)
Pool, trophy room
office, study, library
Entertainment (tv, video, stereo, games, etc)
kitchen
baths
sleeping quarters ( primary , for guests, for lots of guests, like bunk room, etc)
Lets see and hear your best ideas
ultimate garage (for working on projects, snowmobile storage, air systems, jacks , lifts, entertainment, fridges, whatever)
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12-03-2017, 11:15 AM #2Jacket Cobbler
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some stuff here, but not whole house Man Cave
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...ultimate+house
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12-03-2017, 11:33 AM #3
Somewhere between this
and this
And some of this.
"I don't pretend to have all the answers, and I think there's something to be said for that" -One For The Road
Brain dead and made of money.
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12-03-2017, 11:59 AM #4
Orgasmatron FTW!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Isrd7E5nzIQ
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12-03-2017, 12:07 PM #5
We used ride dirt bikes out of a buddy's house that had all that. 3 car garage and work shop. Mud room into party room with a wet bar and pinball machines and video games. Projection tv. And a killer sound system. Upstairs had a giant living room and a beautiful pool table.
He didn't ski but had snowmobiles, jet skis and a sweet sailboat. Pretty bummed when he moved to Florida to take care of his dad
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12-03-2017, 12:19 PM #6Registered User
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12-03-2017, 12:32 PM #7
You hit a lot of what I'd put in. The biggest other thing I'd want is a two story library and a cinema setup.
So
1. 2 story library
2. Soft goods and smaller parts gear room, good organization
3. Bikes and skis room
4. Bike and ski tuning room
5. Full woodshop
6. Small metal and autoshop (I'm more aspirational here than practiced)
7. Home cinema
8. Big fenced yard for my dog(s)
9. Lots of garage bays.
10. I'd like the house to have a modern or lodge aesthetic. I'd want to have a large open central space though for parties and a bedroom suite set off from the main parts of the house.
I came across basically the ideal house for me recently. It had a 3 story, 5 bay garage that would have served for about half of these things. Unfortunately it isn't really in the right place.
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12-03-2017, 12:43 PM #8
Professional-grade kitchen area (stainless counters, etc) for brewing: walk-in cooler, full kegging system, etc.
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12-03-2017, 12:56 PM #9Registered User
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More modest than some of the other ideas, but a buddy put this in the house he's building and I thought it was pretty genius: washing machine and dryer in a walk-in closet in the master bedroom. No more clothes hampers, dirty clothes go right in the washer.
Again, this may be a little on the humble side, but heated floors everywhere, not just in the bathrooms.
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12-03-2017, 01:10 PM #10
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12-03-2017, 01:13 PM #11Been there, skied that.
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already got it.
2 TV's in the living room, smoking cigars is welcome and it's 20 seconds to the fridge.
only thing that would make it better is if I had all the sports and movie channels I won't pay for, for free and jenny McCarthy was the maid.TGR forums cannot handle SkiCougar !
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12-03-2017, 01:58 PM #12
One big master suite, an office and a nice kitchen. Full entertainment set up in the living room. Then I’d want a 4 car garage for the truck, Moto, bikes, skis, shop, etc. lots of storage in there too. No need to have any of that in the house
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12-03-2017, 03:04 PM #13
- wood working shop
- metal working shop
- paint/finish shop
- music room
- library
- entertainment spaces
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12-03-2017, 03:16 PM #14Registered User
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Numero uno would be budget for maid/house cleaning service.
2nd is garage/shed. All outdoor toy stuff in garage for service and ease of loading. Heated, lighting, fridge, sound, TV, etc. etc. My garage has a small kitchen. Goal was/is to try and keep me out of the house, to try and keep house a presentable space.
Steam shower = so friggin nice. Outdoor hot tub.
Pool table = meh with my crowd. Siting on asses and drinking always a hit. So bar, or kitchen bar.
Pinball, poker or slot machine = maybe.
Entertainment system = don't get carried away. Some stuff last a lifetime, others are obsolete in a year or two. For instance I have really nice systems in living and master bed, but neither work with HDMI stuff.
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12-03-2017, 03:23 PM #15
I'd have to say that all my bike and ski tools along with associated vices and Park stand would be in the living room.
Freudian slip- I meant to say vises. Although it is important to keep your vices close.Ski Shop - Basement of the Hostel
Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.
Mark Twain
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12-03-2017, 03:27 PM #16Registered User
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Ground level
4 car garage, one bay with a post lift and one bay with a ramp lift.
30x30 general shop with ski bench on one wall, bike bench next to that with two sided bike stand and ski/board stone grinder in between
Wood and metal shop on the other side with small machine shop with presses, grinders and lathes
Indoor lap pool with assorted gym machines around it
Entertainment center with full wet bar, pool table, pinball etc and big screen with killer sound system
Main floor
Open floor plan with large fireplace/pit and kitchen in the center and mostly glass walls
Corners each have-
Library
Den
Office
Dining/Party room with wet bar
Upper level
This would ideally be an open loft with three living quarters each with its own bathroom.
Whole house would have radiant heating and ambient sound controlled from anywhere in the house. There should also be a wraparound deck and full wet bar with hot tub facing the ski slope. Ideally there would be at least a 3-500 vertical foot treed slope behind the house with lift access for both ski and mt bike use. Snowmaking would ensure optimal conditions and as long a season as temps permit. There would also be a variety of mt bike trails, a pump track and skills park and a small lake with sand beach but I could be convinced that a wave pool is more appropriate than a lake. Of course there will also be a greenhouse to supply proper greenery year round. There should also be several winterized RV pads with full hookups.
I figure I could do this with ~500 acres and be mostly content.
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12-03-2017, 06:30 PM #17
My man cave would be the Chugach Mtn range. With a a 5 heli garage. I win, shut down this thread!
"We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully." - Randy Pausch
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12-03-2017, 06:46 PM #18Registered User
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In the process of gathering ideas in this as we’re gonna remodel our house soon although we have 3 kids. My non-negotiables are:
- sauna in basement
- steam shower in master bath
- outdoor hot tub
- outdoor shower
- full man cave basement w/ bar and shuffle board table
- 4 stall insulated garage
- professional kitchen
- barn (already exists) for all storage and shop needs
- wrap around porch
- 5’x4’ wood burning fireplace
Outside of that i’m content with whatever my wife picks out although have forgotten what it’s like to be a bachelor.
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12-03-2017, 06:59 PM #19
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12-03-2017, 07:18 PM #20Registered User
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She’s already agreed to it all, it’s the shit that “I don’t care about” that will get me in trouble...like floors, appliances or flow of the house. Barn is 100% mine and I plan on spending a lot of time there, I foresee a bigass tv overlooking the bonfire pit for college football in the fall.
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12-03-2017, 08:14 PM #21Registered User
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bouldering wall.. duh
attached greenhouse with rainforest style plants/trees, waterfall and small pond with some fishies in it. this is where my fly tying table would go
music studio
gym room, nothing crazy
4 bay garage with car lift(s), 4th bay would be a dedicated workshop
roof deck
lofted ceilings where possible, honestly one of my favorite interior features
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12-03-2017, 08:21 PM #22
Secret passageway.
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12-03-2017, 08:22 PM #23Registered User
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12-03-2017, 08:25 PM #24
Safe room, another part of the house; doesn't really matter. But the hinged book or candelabra are requisite.
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12-03-2017, 08:31 PM #25
Did work on a home with an underground escape tunnel connected to the pool house. Which was nicer than my house.
Doing some work in a downtown condo, 12th floor overlooking Boston Harbor with an indoor hockey room. You never know when you might want to go shoot some pucks against the padded walls...
Butterfly rooms are in now, too.Screw the net, Surf the backcountry!
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