Taming the Man Cave

Man Up The Man Cave!


Over the past few years I've seen some of the most amazing man cave's on the planet.  Most of them were themed with sports, drinking or history.  Granted that those subject areas are very cool, classic and go along way for great man cave get together s, but the fact of the matter is that they are "typical" in the sense that the designers don't even have to use many brain cells to pull it off.

I am not posting this to bash any designer, their ideas or their perception of typical.  I am posting this to open up the possibilities for designers (and clients) to new, exciting, different and off the path of straight and narrow.   Blending color, curves, provocative themes and doubling a man cave with a VIP lounge of sorts is quite the trend these days.

 I had a friend, we'll call "Frank" that wanted a new look to his man cave, so he turned to his lovely wife (unnamed of course) and she quickly jumped on board as the encyclopedia of ideas.

They settled on a favorite few sports, bar themes or racing genre to get started.  What they came up with was a cross between a garage and football team.  It was to be dubbed the "first down garage". So as a few weeks went by the guys started showing up one by one.  First Joe, a big football fan, then Darrell, also a football fan but a gear head also.  They showed drank a beer, casually and quietly commenting on how interesting the new look was.  After a good quick beer and maybe 1 quarter of a football game, the boldly departed and sadly not returning to Frank's man cave again that year.

Whats a bad ass guy to do.  He likes entertaining, and makes sure the beer fridge is fully stocked all the time.  Bust out of the bro-tesque and  strap on some full contact Bro-manly Bad Ass!


As a designer you can help guys like "Frank" join and elite club of edgy man cave owners that border on the Bro-found, push the boundaries of the double fist back Bro-tap and Saturday night







Bro-mances.  Help your clients man cave become nothing but bro-tasticly bro-dacious.   Even the wives, girl friends and mothers will drop a jaw and feel frisky when they get a big-boy dose of awesome Bro-tivity.
Allow the "Frank's" of the country become Bro-dundantly Bro-lific in their own man cave.  Boldly going where no Bro's have ventured before.  Suddenly the decision is Bro-nanimous!  They will scream touchdown, bad call and engage in chugging chants to become "Bro-man" of the town.

Check the attitude and shy demeanor at the door.  Create your Bro-niche!

Check the man cave designs now!

Be Bro-life and share this would ya!

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