This Guy Built A Man Cave In His Basement For $107

Some people would look at a pile of old pallets and think it was junk. This guy had a vision. A manly vision.

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The basement before he started

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He sourced old crate wood that a local metal company used for shipping. The boards after breaking apart were 1" x 8" x 12' rough cut pine. A couple dozen of these were used, they were free!

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A draw knife was used to make each board look hand cut.

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Up come the walls.

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The walls in place

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To install the support columns and air ducts, a fake roof was installed that can be opened to access plumbing if needed. The window will overlook a mountain scene when finished.

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Stone going in for the fireplace. He found these on the side of the road a year before he started this project.

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Center beam for the ceiling. One of the few pieces of lumber he purchased. He aged it and stained it.

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The table is all reclaimed wood and opens to hide some collectibles. He calls it his "table of contents".

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Same wood as the walls was used for the floor boards. He ripped them to 3" wide then cut each with tongue and groove.

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Faux columns that cover the steel floor supports, with a lock joint just for visual detail.

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In goes the floor.

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Voila. Finished Man Cave! Took about 6 weeks, with about half that time spent scavenging materials. The construction cost him $107 in materials. Everything else was free. The contents cost a lot more! Room is built and furnished to give a 1940's-1950s era hunting cabin look.

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Exterior window is actually a photograph lit from behind. You can turn the light off to simulate night outside.

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Many of the pieces of furniture and shelves and crates are handmade from aged and reclaimed wood.

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Fireplace is fake but made of real stone and reclaimed barn wood. He even put real ashes in there and real burn marks on the floor.

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The scrapbook down below is full of deer hunting photos from the 1940s to 1960s.

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The flooring is glued together, but not to the concrete slab. It creaks and gives slightly like an old cabin floor really would.

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Main door into room from basement. Looks like a regular door on the other side. He covered this side with 1/8" plywood strips for effect, yet it kept the weight down. He plans on changing the knob and handle out to a more rustic version soon. Light switches are .357 magnum cartridges.

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Because... guns.

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Kitchen table. Note all pots etc have "burn" marks on them like they were heated above real fire.

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