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I have a room in the basement that is already studded out that I need to finish. It’s 14x20. I need ideas and guidance. Got an electrician buddy coming to do the electrical in a few weeks. Then it’s on to drywall etc. What thickness drywall do I need? What would you do or have you done in a man cave? Considering staining the concrete floors and have to put up a drop ceiling.
It's not the strongest species to survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change. - Charles Darwin
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I would prefer something other than sheet rock myself. The walls set the them.
"And the days that I keep my gratitude
Higher than my expectations
Well, I have really good days" Ray Wylie Hubbard
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Leave off drop ceiling and paint underside of floor above flat black like those new trendy restaurants do. Use Christmas lights up there to mimic stars. Get a coke machine that serves beer or gut it and make it a gun safe. Cover walls with old barn wood or new rough cut lumber in board and batten style. Used corrugated barn roofing for wainscoting or as a room ceiling. Might mess up acoustic properties with that tin on the ceiling.
Last edited by CatHeadBiscuit; 09/22/19 01:50 PM.
“It’s enough to make a man feel sour. Burning minutes every day by the hour. Just to end up gone like everything else.”
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I would go with wood paneling, barn wood, or something that looks better than sheet rock.
"Never Trust Government" -- Smart people.
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I would go with wood paneling, barn wood, or something that looks better than sheet rock.
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I am considering one wall, with the TV, in barnwood, but it may be too expensive to do all the walls. I got a large closet and bathroom I’m finishing as well.
It's not the strongest species to survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change. - Charles Darwin
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Leave off drop ceiling and paint underside of floor above flat black like those new trendy restaurants do. Use Christmas lights up there to mimic stars. Get a coke machine that serves beer or gut it and make it a gun safe. Cover walls with old barn wood or new rough cut lumber in board and batten style. Used corrugated barn roofing for wainscoting or as a room ceiling. Might mess up acoustic properties with that tin on the ceiling. I agree on the painting it black. I’ve seen several finished basements done this way
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I have. a similar room. Stained concrete, drop ceiling, in the basement. I have drywall. The drop ceiling is ok but not ideal. Definitely need an area rug. That concrete is no good.
-Keith
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LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!!
- - - - - - - -A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jeferson - - - - - - - -
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I don’t need 2 in the house.
It's not the strongest species to survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change. - Charles Darwin
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How about rusty tin for the ceiling
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How about rusty tin for the ceiling Rusty tin looks good on the walls. Especially if he’s doing one wall in barn wood
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I saw on Facebook rough pine at $1.00 a bd ft and rough oak at $1.50
“It’s enough to make a man feel sour. Burning minutes every day by the hour. Just to end up gone like everything else.”
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Why does one need a man cave? I never understood it. You already have a house
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Why does one need a man cave? I never understood it. You already have a house If you have to ask, you wouldn’t understand
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Why does one need a man cave? I never understood it. You already have a house If you have to ask, you wouldn’t understand Evidently not. Not sure why I would want to leave my house to hang out in a cave?
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I've got a good/used spice rack you can have reasonably to mount over the headboard....
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How much humidity in the basement? I would drylock, then use greenboard...
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Freak of Nature
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Did this one for a fellow ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/oBELbwL.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/P14Jxxi.jpg)
LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!!
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