Two different man caves, one unified dream (26 Photos)

Man caves are more myth than reality these days, as the old line “My wife won’t let me do it,” is uttered far too often. That, however, is not the case with these two lucky husbands here.

Project 1: Building a basement to be proud of…

“Day 1 of framing complete. I was trying to wrap this up as quickly as possible because my wife did not enjoy me having the basement tore up as much as I did.”

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“I had to put the television back in place in time to catch the Walking Dead. For size references, the TV here is a 55″.”

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“Day 2 of framing. I didn’t get as far as I wanted to because my daughter wanted to help. I think I was distracted a few times and had to correct a few things.”

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“Everything is sanded, and I placed 2 coats of black paint on where the screen is going to be installed at.”

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“We were going to place DVD’s in the towers on both sides, but I am starting to decide against this idea… It reminds me too much my parent’s displaying all of their VHS tapes in the 90’s. I now will have to decide what to put here.”

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“Everything trimmed out, and all the speakers are in place.”

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“The projector is hung. I had to cut a few holes in the ceiling and soffit to run the wires earlier during the install. That was the worst part about this. A little patchwork fixed it right up though.”

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“View from behind the bar.”

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“First movie up… Step Brothers!”

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Man caves aren’t just reserved for basements! Check out this guy’s storage shed attic.

Project 2: From storage shed to stylish saloon

“I call it…The Barn. The previous owner set up this 19 1/2 foot by 11 1/2 foot pre-fab shed in place of an above ground pool that was in the back yard. No power was ran to it, or anything done beyond just the finished shell.”

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“I repurposed the breaker in the house the previous owner had set up for the pump that went to his above ground pool. Some quick math and help from the friendly folks in /r/DIY showed that it would be more than enough to power everything I was looking at for this project.”

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“Probably the biggest help for this entire project was the drywall lift that I rented from Home Depot. It still took myself and another friend to get the 12′ sheets of drywall (seen on the left side of the picture) positioned correctly and screwed into the rafters.”

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“Sorry I didn’t take more pictures during the painting process. I used a buddy’s paint sprayer to expedite the process. Took about 4 hours to do the ceiling and walls, and then another few hours for the second coats after letting the paint dry overnight.”

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“Vinyl floors laid. Rather than going all out, I opted for the cheap solution and bought a 20′ x 12′ vinyl sheet of this light wood plank pattern. Overall it cost me approx $220 for the vinyl and glue, and I think it came out great.”

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“Starting to look like a bar, and it’s level too!”

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“Stained, and first coat of polyurethane applied.”

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“The bar top design I finally settled on.”

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“The first quart of resin applied. You can see my torch I bought on the corner of the bar. Incredibly helpful to get any stubborn bubbles to rise to the surface, as well as help even out the resin.”

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“The kegerator (A KC7000SSTRIP from Edgestar) finally arrived and I shoehorned it under the bar. Getting the tower in was a little messy, however I was planning on building a collar for it anyways so I didn’t mind the small chips in the wood too much.”

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“The finished bar! I went ahead and threw 3 of my favorite regional VA beers on the tap. You can also see some accent trim work I did around the windows by framing some 90deg angle pieces that I had stained the same color as the bar edges.”