Dan’s Man Cave

Apparently it is necessary for men to have a cave where they can retreat to do to manly things like eat raw meat, ponder their conquests, and yes, maim themselves with power tools. (All this time, I’ve been unfruitfully trying to meet this need with TV, disc golf, and mild road rage…what was I thinking?)

Anyhow, when we moved into our house we had a nice 10 by 20 foot shed in the back yard…with minor problems. (It was rotted through to the studs on one side.) So in an effort to show how quick I can learn and how brilliant I can be with my hands, I had Miranda’s dad (Tom) come out to help reside the beast. What better time than to spend all day outside that in the middle of a Oklahoma summer (most the work was done on July 4, 2008, it was only 90 degrees, but very humid…we sweat a lot).

But the heat inspired great ideas. Tom says we should insulate the building and put in a window and an A/C…and thus the start of the man cave. We finished three sides last July, but were unsure what we wanted to do with the front side.

After going through a bunch of options I chose to redo the door the same way it was before, just prettier. So here is the final product:

Truth be told, it’s not a man cave…it’s missing some very important features for that: large screen TV, recliner, refrigerator, shooting range, bat mobile, bar and barmaids, and of course a virtual disc golf course. I guess I have a little more work to do?

(The inside still looks like a shed...nice shed, but sad man cave.)