How to Design a Home Game Room
A game room in your home is intended to provide amusement and relaxation. In planning a game room, you should combine fun and functionality. Considering every aspect of the room will ensure that you create a place that everyone will enjoy. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Select a suitable space in your home that you don't use that can be converted into a game room. A basement is a good choice because of its wide space. You can also choose an extra guestroom, a part of your living room or your garage.
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Measure your room to ensure that its dimensions enable your furniture, tables and equipment to physically fit in the room. The type of games you can play depend on the space available. A common feature of a game room is a pool table. However, because of a pool table's large size, it may not fit into small areas.
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Make an inspiration board that you will use to gather your thoughts and ideas together so that you may visualize how your room will look. The inspiration board should contain swatches of your preferred colors for the walls and samples of fabric for furniture or carpet. Photos of rooms you like can also be included for additional ideas. Don't forget to list the prices of such materials as paint and fabric.
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Pick a theme. Although a theme is not essential, it will add character to your room and pull everything together.
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Tips & Warnings
If you pick a sports theme, for example, plan how you will display sports trophies, medals, sport jerseys and sports action photos. Hang posters of your favorite sports team on the walls. If a retro theme is your choice, install black and white tiles, neon lights, and a vending machine or pinball machine.Add some amenities.
Plan such amenities as a bathroom or powder room to add comfort to your game room. A wide-screen television will also make watching movies, sports and playing video games more enjoyable. If your family loves singing, a karaoke machine will be a welcome addition. If you have enough space, you may also add a mini-bar with a refrigerator for storing drinks and snacks.
If you have small children, keep sockets and plugs at an area that is safe from their prying hands.
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- Photo Credit Billiards room interior image by Nikolay Okhitin from Fotolia.com
