Most guys refer to this as their "man cave". But to me that suggests it is a garage conversion. Mine is an actual bedroom in the house. I know I've told the story here about how I managed that.
I see in here this subject comes up from time to time and lately every time it has come up it gives me stress. Especially when pics of totally awesome situations that have been done be it garage or spare bedroom.
some of them are way past what mine ever has been or ever will be but mine has always met my needs. The reason I get stress lately at the thought of it is because it has been a total wreck for a while now and the desk and the day bed and the gun cabinet and even the pics on the walls have been in total disarray and not usable. The only place that was still respectable was the little memorial area I have set up for my late father.
The reason it has gotten so out of hand is because over the years I have made changes in there depending upon what my primary interest was at a given time. It started off with motorcycles. Had lot of paraphernalia, Accessories etc and a lot of pics of various rides and races etc on the walls.
When I got out of that fishing became my main focus. I still rode my street bikes but I was done doin' it in the dirt. And I started fishing a LOT. The bike stuffed was pushed to the back of the closet or moved out or sold and the rod racks and fishing pics and gear plus a repair and cleaning space and leader building area.
Then I got up to speed on computes and began writing. Lots of personal memories going back to my earliest memories of my childhood up to and through my military days and beyond. I even did a couple of short stories for my grand kids and a couple of full novels.
Then I rediscovered my passion for guns and shooting and began accumulating guns, ammo, accessories and supplies plus a space for cleaning and tinkering. And of course I had to put in a gun cabinet.
By the time I had all that pretty well in and set up you could look in there and have to wonder just what was going on in there. The answer would have been, "a little bit of everything and not much of anything. I finally got to the point where I made a decision and it is now time to step in and get control of things in MY personal private space.
I have now committed to this project and just finished my first day of getting things in order for the first tiime in a LONG time. the hard part was deciding what I wanted my main focus to be in there. I have given up on the writing for the most part. I took the computer with the writing program and the lazer printer out.
The motorcycle stuff is gone. 80% of the fishing stuff is outta there or will be in the next day or so since I have only been fishing two times in as many years. The main theme in there when it am finished will be guns.
I don't reload so I won't need any space for that. The pics and wall hangings will be a mixture of all my interests with each represented to some degree or other. But the main thing will be gun related stuff. A few shadow boxed fire arms etc.
And since Miss Pam and I have done so many cruises there will be some cruise pics in there and now that I'm a sho' nuff cat wrangler I expect I'll have to make room for some cat pics as well.
Right now I plan on taking every thing out except the gun cabinet which is bolted to the wall and re painting and texture the ceiling and take out the carpet and put in a wood floor. I may chicken out on some of that part but I'll go until I run out of gas.
Y'all wish me luck. I have been puttin' this off for long time. Too long as a matter of fact and now it's time to get busy.
I see in here this subject comes up from time to time and lately every time it has come up it gives me stress. Especially when pics of totally awesome situations that have been done be it garage or spare bedroom.
some of them are way past what mine ever has been or ever will be but mine has always met my needs. The reason I get stress lately at the thought of it is because it has been a total wreck for a while now and the desk and the day bed and the gun cabinet and even the pics on the walls have been in total disarray and not usable. The only place that was still respectable was the little memorial area I have set up for my late father.
The reason it has gotten so out of hand is because over the years I have made changes in there depending upon what my primary interest was at a given time. It started off with motorcycles. Had lot of paraphernalia, Accessories etc and a lot of pics of various rides and races etc on the walls.
When I got out of that fishing became my main focus. I still rode my street bikes but I was done doin' it in the dirt. And I started fishing a LOT. The bike stuffed was pushed to the back of the closet or moved out or sold and the rod racks and fishing pics and gear plus a repair and cleaning space and leader building area.
Then I got up to speed on computes and began writing. Lots of personal memories going back to my earliest memories of my childhood up to and through my military days and beyond. I even did a couple of short stories for my grand kids and a couple of full novels.
Then I rediscovered my passion for guns and shooting and began accumulating guns, ammo, accessories and supplies plus a space for cleaning and tinkering. And of course I had to put in a gun cabinet.
By the time I had all that pretty well in and set up you could look in there and have to wonder just what was going on in there. The answer would have been, "a little bit of everything and not much of anything. I finally got to the point where I made a decision and it is now time to step in and get control of things in MY personal private space.
I have now committed to this project and just finished my first day of getting things in order for the first tiime in a LONG time. the hard part was deciding what I wanted my main focus to be in there. I have given up on the writing for the most part. I took the computer with the writing program and the lazer printer out.
The motorcycle stuff is gone. 80% of the fishing stuff is outta there or will be in the next day or so since I have only been fishing two times in as many years. The main theme in there when it am finished will be guns.
I don't reload so I won't need any space for that. The pics and wall hangings will be a mixture of all my interests with each represented to some degree or other. But the main thing will be gun related stuff. A few shadow boxed fire arms etc.
And since Miss Pam and I have done so many cruises there will be some cruise pics in there and now that I'm a sho' nuff cat wrangler I expect I'll have to make room for some cat pics as well.
Right now I plan on taking every thing out except the gun cabinet which is bolted to the wall and re painting and texture the ceiling and take out the carpet and put in a wood floor. I may chicken out on some of that part but I'll go until I run out of gas.
Y'all wish me luck. I have been puttin' this off for long time. Too long as a matter of fact and now it's time to get busy.
. Best of luck to you on what sounds like a really fun, long-term project.
if this quiet little bedroom community is ready for the two of us livin' here at the same time but it might be fun. 
