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DirtyDachshunds:
Yes! I love threads like this!

I am also doing the same thing. Here are my basement plans for my 'Mantopia'.....the name is still in the works but I'll be following this for sure! I will hopefully be starting mid-next year.

The blank space is unfinished storage, And on a side note, I want to try to stick in a racing arcade as well, but I can't find the room for it. If you have any opinions, I'm all ears.

pinballjim:
Looks a little tight for a pool table.... how much space are you going to have around the edges?

javeryh:

--- Quote from: DirtyDachshunds on November 22, 2010, 12:08:37 pm ---Yes! I love threads like this!

I am also doing the same thing. Here are my basement plans for my 'Mantopia'.....the name is still in the works but I'll be following this for sure! I will hopefully be starting mid-next year.

The blank space is unfinished storage, And on a side note, I want to try to stick in a racing arcade as well, but I can't find the room for it. If you have any opinions, I'm all ears.

--- End quote ---

Wow - looks great. I'm jealous of all the space you will have! I really like the look of your kitchenette - I want something similar, I think... definitely a sink and a place to keep the beer cold. I wouldn't ever use a poker table or a pool table but I'd love to have room for a regular table for puzzles and games and space for a 12' shuffleboard table. One of my concerns with the theater area is being able to accommodate a bunch of people to watch a football game or movie. I want to be able to have a group of 10 or so people over for the Super Bowl and have enough space for everyone to see the game - this is why I have more of an open design instead of a dedicated room for it...

DirtyDachshunds:
I know exactly what you mean, I want the same thing. Here is a design I had before which would accommodate more people, but, like everything there are tradeoffs. With the open design, sound and light are harder to isolate and control for the audiophiles, and it isn't a "true" theater atmosphere. But I love open designs! They are so much better for entertaining etc.

I go back and forth between what I like better.

Keep us posted! I'll probably make a thread when I start as well.

@pinballjim
The room is 14'x16', it should be able to fit an 8' table with enough space. I originally wanted the pool table where the poker table is, but quickly realized I won't have enough room there.

javeryh:
I kind of like your old design better! I'm definitely no audiophile though. If the bass thumps and it and sounds good that's OK by me. I love the idea of the dedicated theater but in reality, I think it would be a mistake for my house and the type of use we are envisioning. Even with a kick-ass HDTV set-up on the main floor of my house, in 7 years I don't think we've watched a single movie with company over. We are usually playing games and drinking and the TV isn't really even on most of the time when we entertain. Also, since the kids are young, my wife has made it clear that she won't sit down in a basement with sound blasting while the kids sleep 2 stories above us - makes sense to me. Maybe that will change over time but we have a solid 10 years before we would think about it (we aren't done having kids). We have run into plenty of situations though where we wish we could sit more people in front of the TV for football or baseball or whatever. Right now there is a 3 seater couch and a side chair and no room for anything else (literally - the room is 7.5' wide). A wide open media/rec room with a 120" screen will be great!

I'm getting ready to do a redesign using sketch-up but I'd like the architect to give me a better idea of exactly how much space I'll have to work with. She is coming to the house on Tuesday with her crew to measure the entire thing. I'm really hoping we have a set of plans by Christmas. I'm really getting excited but I hope there is enough space for everything!

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