Mark Megahan
Every member of the male persuasion simply has to have a “man cave” Some of the ideas laid out on Instagram by ManCaveInspirations caught our eye and we couldn’t resist sharing them with our readers.
A man cave for every taste
The secret to domestic tranquility is for men and women to each have their own separate personal space. Males call theirs the “man cave.” Women have their sewing rooms and “she-sheds.” Being the sweaty, testosterone laced beasts we are, men get exiled by their mates to the basement, garage and occasionally an outbuilding.
Just because you generally start with rough and crude surroundings, walls covered with inches of mold or oil slicks on the floor, doesn’t mean it needs to stay that way.
Men need a place to unwind. After a crazy day in the workplace, males require “a quiet retreat” where we can plunk down on the sofa, chill out with a liquid libation and unwind. This, our women rarely realize, is not an optional luxury, but a total necessity.
You can tell us that Johnny set the neighbor’s tree on fire after we have twenty minutes or so to kick off the shoes and toke a few bongs. The man cave provides that necessary decompression, along with a place to store garden tools. The promise of coming home to one of those is the only thing keeping more people from being shot on the freeway during afternoon rush hour.
That means, you need to have a nice comfy sofa to plunk on. A good stereo system will soon have the traffic noise out of your ears. The only thing left is a man cave worthy bar. One well stocked with everything from the daily necessities to some unicorns hiding on the top shelf.
Now that cannabis is legal in more and more states, you can proudly display your glassware. You can even set up a dedicated dab station, if so inclined.
All the forbidden decor
That antler sprouting deer head which the missus forbade you to bring home but you did it anyway can hang proudly above the cave bar. Anything else which fits your interests is allowed.
Feel free to park your Harley right next to the pool table. Over behind the motor home you can set up the drum kit and guitar collection. The smell of gasoline is so much better than Febreeze.
Take those old concert T-shirts for instance. Ms. smarty pants has been on your ass to ditch the box for years. Yeah, but its got an honest to God Steely Dan in there… you don’t get it… its a “Steely Dan T-shirt…” There’s a song about the damn things…
You know you are never gonna wear it, because you didn’t have that beer gut in 1973. You’re never gonna part with it. Why not hang it up on the cave wall next to the Kiss one and Who and Led Zeppelin, to impress all your boomer buddies. It will get the ball and chain off your ass at the same time. Not to mention, you get the space in the closet back where that box has been sitting for 30 years.
All it takes is a little imagination and “a garage can be much more than a place to park your car and stash your junk.” Forget the plastic lawn chairs. Think instead of surround sound home theater to make the most of the cave like acoustics.
If you don’t have a basement, there are lots of prefab options for a structure anywhere you have the space. The man cave of your dreams can be yours and it can be done with style on just about any budget.
