Man Cave Reveal

I'm finally finished with Henry's room. 

 It's been six months since I started the man cave makeover.  

Most of the room has been done for quite awhile, I was just waiting on the couch.  

I ordered a love seat/chaise combo couch about a month ago.  

I picked up the couch a week ago, but only half of it made it home with me.

I'll tell you more details of the couch saga when we get to the reveal pictures.

The room used to look like this.

I did many DIY projects along the way of completing this room.
Just click on the hi-lighted words to see the post for more details on how I did each one.
I painted the walls
Benjamin Moore Stonington Gray HC 170 and
the ceiling Benjamin Moore Chelsea Gray HC 168.

My brother helped did the crown molding.  

I made a Restoration Hardware knock off light. 

I added jute rope to the existing entry light.  

I made this leather studded stump for a side table.

I added industrial wheels to this thrift store steamer trunk. 

I originally planned on using it as a media console, but I think the scale works better switching to the dresser.

I painted my entryway mirror a more masculine black.

Here is the finished room reveal.

I did it on a tight budget spread over several months.

The green velvet drapes and the cowhide rug are from Ikea.

The silver floor lamp is a family hand me down that I painted silver and distressed.

The media dresser has been in my family for years.
The white chair is a thrift store find that I had reupholstered years ago.

I changed out the white blinds for woven ones from Lowe's.

So, let's get back to the story of the couch.
 I searched and searched for the perfect couch for many months.
My husband and I are tall and needed a deep couch to accommodate our height.  We tend to keep our couches along time so I didn't want to skimp on quality, but it still needed to be budget friendly.

 The room is small and it's the first room you see when you walk in the front door.  Going too big would have over whelmed the space.  I found the perfect solution at a store in Solana Beach called WE-R-Fabrics.  They make custom high end furniture for very competitive prices.
I will definitely buy furniture from them again.

Now, here is where my nice little couch story gets scary.   

I picked up the couch on a Friday afternoon, but only the chaise part of the couch made the trip safe and sound to my house. 

 I watched helplessly through the rear view mirror as the love seat did a back flip out of the back of my truck on to the freeway!
I know, CRAZY!

I am very lucky to not be facing a lawsuit or dealing with the guilt of causing someones untimely death due to a couch collision on the freeway.

The lesson I learned that day is NEVER trust someone when they tell you the furniture is "secure" in the truck.

CHECK IT YOURSELF

The couch miraculously landed right side up and only received a minor tear that has been seamlessly fixed.  
More importantly, no car accidents occurred as a result of my flying couch.
I should have bought a lottery ticket that day.
 It could have been really bad, I was very lucky that no one got hurt.   

  

A week later the chaise and love seat are happy to be reunited again.

It's perfect for my tall husband and the chaise is lined up with the TV for comfortable, ideal TV viewing.

Originally I was going to make two industrial shelves like the one I made for my great room, to flank the TV, but I decide to do a gallery wall instead.



The picture on the left is of New York City where my husband is from.  It was on clearance for $30 at Homegoods.  The other map above the TV and the blue print picture to the right were also great buys from Homegoods.

I already had the two brown mirrors.

Most of the accessories I found shopping the house.
I picked up a few extra old books at thrift stores.  The globe was on clearance at Homegoods and well as the large black metal urns with the pointy finials.  

My husband is really happy with his new room.  

Now if we can just keep the girls out if it.

Thanks for checking it out.

Thrifty Decor Chick