New Man Cave / chillout room Ideas ?

[2013]

We have a large garden room, which was made for storage when refurbishing but since then its been doing nothing other than being a utility room and still the same store room/dumping ground which is taking up most of the space.

I'm thinking of changing into Man cave / chillout room, but I'm looking for some Ideas, help and advice on things to do, still in the very early stage, so I need some ideas and to plan a few bits out.

The walls and ceiling are already plaster and the floor is concrete, it already new has door and small windows.


The utility area will need to remain, but I'm hoping to work around that, I will need to have a way to keep storage without taking up the full areas, making most of the space, I'm hoping I can reduce the stored items plus if its used it wont be a dumping ground.


Im looking to keep the costs down

 

[Rroff]

As a general point something I found revolutionary in that context was making good use of overhead (wall cabinet) storage to organise stuff.

 

[2013]

As a general point something I found revolutionary in that context was making good use of overhead (wall cabinet) storage to organise stuff.

Any suggestions or image of what you thinking ?

I had a few ideas of things like shelf, filing cabinets, I was thinking for like these https://www.amazon.co.uk/cube-unit/s?k=cube+unit https://imgs.search.brave.com/dMa-C...Y2Nh/YTE3ZjU3OWM5ODkx/OGVmMWMyYTJiMjk3/LmpwZw https://imgs.search.brave.com/Sb0XX...F4bC1n/cmV5LVAtMzU2Mjgx/LTU4ODgwMDc0XzEu/anBn
i'm just not sure of what would work best at the moment, then again I have no idea of where to start yet anyway till I clean you and put some ideas down.

 

[Rroff]

Any suggestions or image of what you thinking ?

A bit expensive but I went for a full set of these https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/metod-wall-cabinet-frame-wood-effect-black-90205549/#content with UTRUSTA shelves and SINARP doors ( https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/rooms/kitchen/sinarp-dark-brown-kitchen-pubd974f0aa ). More designed really for kitchens but still. There are cheaper ways to go about it but I couldn't find the style and sizes I wanted with stuff on Amazon, etc.

 

[2013]

A bit expensive but I went for a full set of these https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/metod-wall-cabinet-frame-wood-effect-black-90205549/#content with UTRUSTA shelves and SINARP doors ( https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/rooms/kitchen/sinarp-dark-brown-kitchen-pubd974f0aa ). More designed really for kitchens but still. There are cheaper ways to go about it but I couldn't find the style and sizes I wanted with stuff on Amazon, etc.

Not a bad idea, ill add it to the list, lets see what's possible with a small budget.

 

[sparton_SPA]

Pool table?
You can put loads of boxes etc on it.

 

[2013]

Pool table?
You can put loads of boxes etc on it.

That will be key item once, I get the basic sorted, gaming ad home theatre area is another aspect im looking at.

I have an approx., size and layout of the space. hopfully someone could help with layout and ideas

 

[sparton_SPA]

Google sketchup could be a good idea to use something basic to plan out the space.

 

[2013]

Google sketchup could be a good idea to use something basic to plan out the space.

I cant find Google sketchup, is it still a thing ?

 

[montymint]

I cant find Google sketchup, is it still a thing ?

I think they mean Google search for sketchup and try their free offerings

 

[sparton_SPA]

I haven't used it in a while - just looked, only old versions are free now.
Was good while it lasted!

 

[Pickers]

Sweet home 3d is good too

 

[Mysterae_]

I haven't used it in a while - just looked, only old versions are free now.
Was good while it lasted!

The web version is free to use, I use it quite often for my projects.

Missing certain features of the paid version no doubt.