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Old 23-03-2013, 06:30 PM   #1
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Hey all.

The better half has given me the go ahead to convert half of one of our sheds into a man cave. So just after some ideas of what other people have done. photo's etc would be great.

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Old 23-03-2013, 07:23 PM   #2
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Lots of photos, posters, flags, etc should make you feel right at home. We also have out pc's in the shed now and a wall of gaming machines... In the process of converting some Fairlane seats in to a lounge. Will put some photos up when it is finished.
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I have one, its not in the shed its inside. Couple couches, PS3, flat screen, surround sound plenty of car posters, magazines, R/C car, top gear DVD's. Ill try get a picture of it.
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insulate and line it, alarm it, phone, tv coax, fridge, microwave, stezza, and do over obscure second hand shops on weekends for old school shed decorations....

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Looks awesome!
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Old 23-03-2013, 07:32 PM   #6
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and dont be shy asking at pubs or bottlos for any beerphanalia.. amazing what sort of cool stuff they really want to throw out......

fill your cave with
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Old 23-03-2013, 07:37 PM   #7
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insulate and line it, alarm it, phone, tv coax, fridge, microwave, stezza, and do over obscure second hand shops on weekends for old school shed decorations....

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That looks awesome matey. Great job.
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That looks awesome matey. Great job.
thanks man, a long time in the making

sort of lolling now how i basically lived in it for ten years when i was doing FIFO

it was an awesomesauce bedroom
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Wheres ya bloody oven for the roast hahaha.

Epic, i wont post pics of mine now.
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thanks man, a long time in the making

sort of lolling now how i basically lived in it for ten years when i was doing FIFO

it was an awesomesauce bedroom
I know the feeling with fifo thing matey.
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Wheres ya bloody oven for the roast hahaha.

Epic, i wont post pics of mine now.
hahaha roasts are a recent housey thing for me..

did have small cooking section in shed, had to bum out frying pan style on scotch fillets, t bones and bacon eggs were always a winner

i did get a bit carried away, it was addictive, man cave is a retreat full of cool things you like..

big or small theyre all just as cool
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Have a look at the Show us Your Shed thread in the Show and Shine section, some nice sheds in there!
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When I was working on a shopping centre we shared our dock space with a Sanity Music store. At the time they had a streetscape theme. Lots of rough brick work, exposed reo mesh, grey paint, 3 inch gal poles with barbed wire and street signs... lots of street signs.

Then they did a reno and a skip bin was full to the to with the lot. Went and asked the manager if I could have the signs and he said sure, but they are at the bottom of the bin below the pipes and other crap.

Called my dad to bring the trailer, he pilfered all the poles and I got the signs, about a dozen of them (stop, give way, no left / right turn etc etc etc)



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Nice one, I'm keen to get some ideas too

Let's see some more pics!
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Heres a couple of mine.




Sorry for the pic quality.

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thats cool as Dallas, much cosier in winter and a lot less spiders..
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thats cool as Dallas, much cosier in winter and a lot less spiders..
Yeah not wrong, and believe me it gets cold here even though im just north of Brisbane. Thing is the missus was watching DVD's in there yesterday i purchased a decent TV and huge surround sound for her in the lounge room hahahaha
She said i need a 'hideout' too, i said get back in the lounge room
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Yeah not wrong, and believe me it gets cold here even though im just north of Brisbane. Thing is the missus was watching DVD's in there yesterday i purchased a decent TV and huge surround sound for her in the lounge room hahahaha
She said i need a 'hideout' too, i said get back in the lounge room
And how did that go down.
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This is mine. With beer on tap.

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I am. The missus no so much lol.
Especially when I'm pumping out 9%+ brews.

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Plenty of good looking repro vintage tin signs on flea bay.
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This is a must for every man cave

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I hear man caves are very popular in Daylesford.
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I have two. One is a 6m x 4m 'Music room' I put in with the last reno. I do play guitar occasionally.. Sound proof to 100 decibals as per my meter. I mainly dim my lights and listen to music whilst surfing the ford forums and having a frosty. hehehe. Plenty of Instruments and the most important thing. A lock on the door. In fact the thing I love about the sound proofing is the sounds it keeps out (winging rugrats and other um ....residents of the house)

The other is my 5 x 5m shed. All mine. Currently half filled with carparts I bought through the post! Amazing thing this century. Who would have thought back when xa' were cruising the streets that we would be buying them bit by bit through the post on a computer. lol
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My man cave is the spare room. We keep a bed there so mates drinking can crash over. The plan is to get my 18gallon home brew going, line the shelves with my stein collection, and have all the lads over for a few beers. Not allowed to line the walls with cool stuff unfortunately as its a rental, but I have just recently acquired a good denon sound system and will rig that up in there for some music and it has a sliding door to a paved and covered area for smokers. A pretty cool setup. Will get some photos up soon.
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WOW! That's a mad networking station you have their!
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