My Man Cave Is Finally Complete!

Where's the mini-fridge? Awesome setup, Novelist, and I believe that is Berber carpet also.

Very nice man space !!

Everything is awsome. I would have a kegerator or a small bar in one corner to enjoy a good alcoholic beverage from time to time.

Enjoy your space.

Looks a whole lot cozier than my garage. Enjoy your space.

Awesome! Time to start saving for a flat screen TV.

Very nice space. Enjoy it, it looks relaxing.

Where are the big-ass stereo speakers?

Looks good,enjoy!!

You need a ottoman to put your feet on while you're working so hard at keeping your pipe lit, drinking your beer, trying to ignore anyone that's talking to you during your "me" time, and playing your xbox!

The idea of a "man cave" is somewhat depressing, if you think about it. My single friends call it a "man cell". There is biblical justification for the man being the head of the house, and much contemporary discussion about the feminization of men, and of society, and of our country. The entire "man cave" culture is perpetuating negative stereotypes about manhood which are negative and impact the children we raise, particularly boys who sit back and watch their fathers be subservient and hide their true identities in basements and garages, out of fear of being chastised, ostracized, or "theoretically" castrated. This is utter nonsense.
Therefore, I propose that all "man caves" be abolished, and turned into "woman caves", which you will find the following things:

- television sets where you can watch female-oriented programs like "The View" and the Lifetime Network

- surroundings where women will feel comfortable, which will ease their stress of knowing who is boss, the male head of the house

- the absence of man things such as smoking pipes, sports, and fun

- other female-oriented activities and hobbies such as knitting, decorating, and the like

- telephones and laptops for women to gossip with each other because that's what women do, right?
As you can see, I am doing what hip-hop folks call "flip the script", which means, I'm turning the argument for "man caves" inside out in a tongue-in-cheek manner to demonstrate how insulting and ridiculous it would be if the shoe were on the other foot.
If you think the idea of "woman caves" is far-fetched and ridiculous, then consider how far-fetched and ridiculous it actually is that we have literally thousands of men around this country who feel the need to suppress their everyday enjoyment of things and the joy they feel about their personal interests, obligated to keep it out of public (and female) view, living a double-life.
What is implied in a "man cave" is that I am a man down here, leave me alone, I will be whatever you want me to be elsewhere but right now I need to retreat to manhood.
Politely, screw that.
(As an aside, I have the best wife ever who understands all this stuff. She also understands my need to vent on a constant basis, which I have just saved her from having to deal with by doing so now. Thanks)

I could live alone. In a huge house.
And still have a room that it akin to a man cave.
Only it would probably be called "The office"
The office will be different in every way than all of the other parts of the house. Funtionality and style will be a total 180 from the rest of the house.
Public spaces in the house will be neat, clean, and orderly. The office... not so much.
It will be a place to do "work".
Time to play video games and smoke a pipe! *AHEM* I mean... "work".

Your on your way there PN. Woo Hoo!
Flipping the script. Interesting concept.

I will now refer to my man cave as my Fortress of Solitude. I like having MY place to sit and be.

Very nice, Eric. You have more than many do at your age. Enjoy what you have.
One word of caution from an old-timer. Don't let it get you lazy. If you sit in that cozy chair and watch TV 18 hours a day, people will blame your ensuing heath problems on your pipes.

Nice Pipe Novelist, looking real nice.

Walmart has a nice leather topped storage ottoman. Its like $40 if I remember correctly. And just tell your wife its holding your umm large bags of tobacco...yeah yeah that will work.