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Basement Man Room Required

8 years ago

I have a basement under my kitchen, which is luckily head height. We've been in the house a couple of years now and everything else in the house is looking good, but the basement is a typical celler with a couple of shelves and a concrete floor.

I need some ideas to make this room the ultimate man room. I'm thinking big TV, plenty of storage and a Beer fridge. But not sure where to start designing it or what materials would be right for adding to the brick walls to ensure damp proof. The basement is about 3 metres by 3 metres so not massive.

Walls are brick and floor is concrete. There is a couple of damp corners but nothing that can't be solved.

Any and all ideas welcome, images would be brilliant of similar set-ups.

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OnePlan
8 years ago
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minnie101
8 years ago
Hi. I'm not sure if you're wanting to properly waterproof it or not? If so would just look at the interior waterproofing sealant options although would first check out where the damp is coming in. We had ours properly tanked last year to create a boy ( and girl!) room but you need drainage for that. If the room is literally head height I would spend as little as possible IF it won't add value to the house. My brothers old basement wasn't waterproofed and it was fine. Do be careful of the type of plaster used though and you may need to use ventilation grids. ( you may be better checking all this out on a building website). The ceiling won't be high enough for any type of lighting I suspect so would look at ŵall lights and using table/floor lights. You also want to minimise depth of flooring so as not to lose height. I think (?) if it's level you can put vinyl directly on concrete so maybe a wood effect? If you want laminate I think it will need a DPM and then underlay although you may be able to buy a combined one to save some millimetres! I wouldn't fight the dark so would use dark inky colours and perhaps give it a slight industriał/ gentlemens club ( clean type) vibe. Perhaps on one ŵall create your own wood panelling effect using beading. I would create one ŵall for storage and the tv. You may be lucky and find an ikea system to fit that will also house a small beer fridge at the bottom. If so, would paint the unit with chalk paint to take away the glossy look. You could also add some under shelf lighting. Maybe a small 2 seater sofa opposite the tv with a small chair in the corner in front of the storage unit (my patio had to come up to get my Chesterfield in the basement via a window as I didn't quite do my measurements properly ..) You can also add a slim trunk to use as a coffee table storage. You could look at adding a small drinks trolley or drinks cabinet against one of the spare ŵalls. I'd add a floor lamp and maybe a large mirror to increase the feeling of space. I'd also just bear in mind the size of the tv, once you're sat on a sofa you will be quite close
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minnie101
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