Ideas for painting man cave/ISU room? (Share your pictures!)
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We did my sons room a couple years ago. We live in Colorado and the home depot out here had all the teams official colors in a book. Just ask at the paint counter. I assume if they had it at our Home Depot, they will all have it. We did the top 2/3 in Gold and the bottom 1/3rd in Cardinal, seperated by a wood rail painted white. Looks real nice.
Here is a glance at my cave - I'll have to post more in the man cave thread after I get things cleaned up (we just had a party)
We have a "red" accent wall on the back wall and on the wall with the bar/sink. We just bought the house a year ago, and it was already painted that way (thanks previous Cyclone fan owner!) and we love it. Get lots of compliments. It's red, but not a bright crazy red. Fits in really well with the rest of the cave.
Here is a panoramic shot of the bar side of the basement, and then a closer shot of one of the walls. I was in a hurry at lunch and must have moved when taking the pictures because they are a little blurry. Oops. Gives you an idea though. Have fun!
We have a "red" accent wall on the back wall and on the wall with the bar/sink. We just bought the house a year ago, and it was already painted that way (thanks previous Cyclone fan owner!) and we love it. Get lots of compliments. It's red, but not a bright crazy red. Fits in really well with the rest of the cave.
Here is a panoramic shot of the bar side of the basement, and then a closer shot of one of the walls. I was in a hurry at lunch and must have moved when taking the pictures because they are a little blurry. Oops. Gives you an idea though. Have fun!
Nice bar, and a nice room! This is more where I was going with my post.
Personally I would do something with that mismatched wood trim, and choose a different color for the greenish-beige wall, but this is not heavy or "college dorm". It would be interesting if that much red still held up without that nice bar in it though. That might be another key...add your elements in the room to the dark red to keep it from getting too heavy.
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This is what my wife and I did with our spare bedroom. We found a light yellow and painted the whole room, then I took off our heat register and painted it red. With the redone wood trim and a couple Iowa state posters hung on the walls, it looks good without being over the top.
Thanks! It took the better part of a day to complete. Not too bad, overall.
Good luck with your basement!
Our family room is our Cyclone Memorabilia Room. I had an interior decorator friend help me with colors for updating our whole house. When it came to the Cyclone Room she suggested not to paint cardinal and gold, but to use a neutral so to better hi-light/make the memorabilia standout. The top half of the walls are a light taupe/tan that complement the stain on the lower half pine-car-siding.
In our space I am glad I didn’t do cardinal and gold – but go with what your gut tells you -- there are lots of great ideas here.
In our space I am glad I didn’t do cardinal and gold – but go with what your gut tells you -- there are lots of great ideas here.
I checked out the VIS and I like what it says at the bottom about using colors around the university:
"Colors associated with other public institutions in the state should not be used. Even though gold is one of Iowa State's primary colors, use of black and gold together should be avoided. Purple is not within any of Iowa State's color palettes and should never be used."
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Amazon.com: Iowa State 34 x 45 Man Cave Rug: Sports & Outdoors
Amazon.com: Iowa State 34 x 45 Man Cave Rug: Sports & Outdoors
Just finishing up my new Man Cave before it gets broken in this weekend. Gave it a little test run last night. I will post more pics of the other walls later.
Very nice...classy, not over done. I hope to someday have a similar space. Love the dart machine. I always have my eye out for one of those. I recently built an arcade machine and plan on doing some custom cyclone graphics for it.
Again, awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Like some of the others have mentioned... I believe in keeping it neutral and using your ISU bling to decorate the walls.
Here are some pictures of mine...
http://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/off-topic/152498-isu-mancaves-5.html#post3803269
Here are some pictures of mine...
http://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/off-topic/152498-isu-mancaves-5.html#post3803269
