Then Pinky, we take over the world! (man cave build blog)

Psittac · December 22, 2023

I've been planning this basement finish or 2 years and it's almost ready or the fun stuff to start now that the remodel is essentially finished. Plan is to have 2 8ft Ikea desks with triple monitors on my desk and at least dual monitors on the secondary desk (might put an extra long monitor arm and swivel one monitor to the second desk for company to have dual monitors). Then there will be a TV on the wall next to the secondary desk with a bean bag chair, my old computer and an xbox for the friends kid or my nephew to play on. Potentially to the left of this desk will be an 8ftx4ftx4ft enclosure for a Tegu (4-5ft lizard) and behind and to the right of this picture is the secondary location where there will be an 8ft planted aquarium with tower speakers to the side and dual oversized recliners with an audio equipment rack in-between for headphones. Today the first thing went in, the new Ikea desk so moving equipment from the old desk upstairs to the new desk is easier and not rushed. Throw in a planted wall (hopefully) some LED lighting and this will be epic! I only have one picture to start of the unfinished desk though.

Old/secondary desk will be my attempt to get my friends into PC gaming as well as a more permanent location for VR and flight sim.

Biohazard777 · December 22, 2023

6 hours ago, Psittac said:

Today the first thing went in, the new Ikea desk

At 1st I though maybe the camera lens is distorting things... but nope, floor molding is straight:

New Ikea desk is sagging...

Psittac · December 22, 2023

@Biohazard777 Well that was a whole lot of effort just to be negative

Anyways I'm getting to it today, it's a long ways from being complete.

MadAnt250 · December 30, 2023

So much room for multi-tasking. Those windows looks nice.

samxtham · January 10

It's a fresh setup in your personal space so respect yourself and do your cable management!

I am super envious that you have room for a mancave.

Also great wallpaper choice. WLOP +1.

Psittac · January 11

On 12/29/2023 at 5:12 PM, MadAnt250 said:

So much room for multi-tasking. Those windows looks nice.

Thank you, the 3 monitor solution isn't necessary but nice to have esp because I play Eve online and will be running two game instances sometimes. Even when running just one game I can have discord music social media and any info I might need for a game open and easily seen. The windows are actually just pieces of paper taped up because we aren't completely done painting yet.

4 hours ago, samxtham said:

It's a fresh setup in your personal space so respect yourself and do your cable management!

I am super envious that you have room for a mancave.

Also great wallpaper choice. WLOP +1.

Oh yes, I'm going to cable manage it to high heaven, this room is going to be permanent and I've had plenty of time to sort out exactly what I want on my desk. I have a bad habit of changing my setup repeatedly so this time it's going to stay unchanged and properly managed. The picture was just an "in progress" portion, I have since done some management. Thanks for the comment! Oh and that's epic you noticed the wallpaper, WLOP is god tier lol!