Carving Out A New Man Cave
For those men moving into a new home or rental unit, it’s important to get started on carving out a new man cave as soon as possible and maybe even before the first mover has shown up with the first box. After all, one of these man-specific rooms — hopefully complete with a home theater, big screen LCD or plasma TV and all the goodies — is practically a right nowadays, correct?
The need for such a cave can seem evident in many cases because of the way the typical household is structured nowadays. There is a wife and a few kids, at minimum, all of whom have their own space needs, which is okay, any man would admit. In fact, most men wouldn’t complain in the least even if they never were able to carve out a space of their own, though they certainly would like to, on occasion.
But maybe some space is now available because the last kid finally moved out. What he was doing with several home space heaters is a question, but there’s now a room open, which is good news. The point is that a world of possibilities has now opened up and a man cave can be a great way to draw to a straight flush on at least one of them.
Or maybe there’s some space out in the now-empty garage area where the son and his band used to get together every weekend evening to drive the neighbors to distraction. It’s already carpeted and walled off so it’s just a matter of moving out the leftover band equipment like that Epiphone electric guitar and getting to work on finding a gonzo television set.
There are a few things that should go into any new cave designed for a man, most people who know about such things would say. For one, there’s got to be at least one really nice lounge chair or even a theater chair if someone has the money for that kind of stuff. Also, the television needs to be at least 44 inches in size, although TVs in the 50 range are much better.
Keep in mind that a really good cave features a home theater system that’s integrated with the TV. Maybe even a nice little refrigerator for drinks and a popcorn maker or some other sort of movie theater-specific piece of gear. If money’s needed to fund all of this extravagance, hold a garage sale and unload that alpine skiing equipment that was used a single time several years ago.
No man, if pressed, would ever say that he’s anything but focused on his family and that a cave is nothing more than a place where he can find some temporary respite. There’s nothing wrong with that, and it’s better that he spends his Sundays in there watching the football game than actually out there trying to recapture his lost youth by maybe playing it, right?
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