Idea for a future man cave

[Trouble]

So the wifey and I have been looking at houses, and with it will come my very own man cave. I'm toying with the idea of having one wall, or a small portion of one wall, look like hockey boards. I could use lexan for the "glass" and put a bunch of pictures behind them. As far as the boards themselves, what do you think would be the best thing to use? Just painted plywood?

[Shadow]

That's a cool idea. And something that wouldn't be hard to do at all. I don't think I'd use ply tho. If you're gonna use plexi or lexan for the glass, that's pretty thin, so I'd look for something about 1/4" thick, but that won't splinter. I suppose a good sanded ply would work. I don't know how well hardboard would hold paint, but that's an option too. You want something smooth.

Don't forget the ad's! Viagra, Trouble's Poker Den, PMC, etc!

[Trouble]

Oh, the ads are key to the whole look. PMC will definitely get a spot, don't you worry. I few coats of primer on some MDF would work, no?

Also, do you think one wall would look ok, or do the whole thing? If I did one wall, I was thinking do the curver corners and stopping there. Maybe an end wall where the TV would be or something.

[Irish]

That's an awesome idea! Only potential problem I see, after a few beers, are dudes checking each other into the boards. :mrgreen: Maybe a little foam padding behind the glass would be in order... ;)

This is going up against a typical framed stud w/ sheet rock or masonry wall, right? I think either mdf or hardboard for the base would work fine. If you're looking to curve the ends by the corners of the room, hardboard will bend a lot easier.

What are planning to put behind the glass?

[Trouble]

It's not going against anything yet, we're still house shopping.

As far as behind the glass, I could either put a bunch of sports pics up, or family photos and such. Open to ideas, so get em in!

[Trouble]

I've been scouring the internets to see if anyone has tried this, to no avail. That tells me it must not work/look great, because I can't imagine I'm the first person to think of this.

[huge1s]

You should make part of the hockey wall so it looks like the penalty box and you could put whoever you want back there. I am thinking a nice life sized poster of Richard Simmons or Rosie Odonell (make them have a few missing teeth with a black marker). Maybe it's just me...but I really don't see an end to the amount of humorous things you could put in the penalty box.

[Trouble]

That's pretty brilliant. Hell, if the area I get needs to be built, maybe I'll build an actual penalty box.