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Rayce's 14th birthday party! It's amazing to think that his first birthday party in here was his 6th. Here we are 8 years later and the arcade is still being used for birthdays. Sadly, all the machines were on before I came down to take this picture, but they turned them off to set up the beds for the night. Oh well, it was fun seeing and hearing them all play games for a couple hours anyway. And bonus, they get to sleep in the arcade all night! How many of us would've killed to do this as a kid?

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I had a chance to get a booth like that when I lived in California. But I didn't have a wall to put it against. I never considered that it can *BE* the wall.

Great job!
Yeah, it took me a while to figure out the best configuration. I had planned on getting two diner booths and having them back to back along that wall. Eventually, I realized either a "U-booth" or a L-booth would work best. If I would've used a U-booth, it would've restricted a lot of space behind the bar Stools. This L booth works perfectly, I'm able to have eight games up against the back of it, and 6 to 7 people can fit in the booth, plus 2 chairs can be added to the outside if needed.
 
So ever since I built the booth, I noticed that it's a little bit dark in that area if we have the black lights on in the arcade. It's obviously even darker if we have no lights on except neons and lighted signs, etc. There was no direct light over this booth as we had never really planned for a seating area in the spot. So for about a year, I've been on the hunt for a decent hanging pool table light so that we could have a light for cards and board games, etc. Well, a friend of mine's aunt threw up a Budweiser pool table light on marketplace for 50 bucks and I had to grab it. I hung it tonight. I kinda had a feeling after I bought it that it was gonna be a little bit big for the space, but I think it'll work for now and I'll just leave it until I find one that's lower profile and hugs the ceiling a little tighter. Then I'll just sell this one to offset the cost.

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And here's a pic of the booth before the light and after the light. My son figured it would be a little too closed off feeling with such a large light fixture.
Not 'closed off,' 'cozy.' It's 'cozy.' Looks great, wouldn't change a thing.
 
Rayce's 14th birthday party! It's amazing to think that his first birthday party in here was his 6th. Here we are 8 years later and the arcade is still being used for birthdays. Sadly, all the machines were on before I came down to take this picture, but they turned them off to set up the beds for the night. Oh well, it was fun seeing and hearing them all play games for a couple hours anyway. And bonus, they get to sleep in the arcade all night! How many of us would've killed to do this as a kid?
Back when we were kids, if we had a sleep over with all those games . . . we would have never slept.
 
Happy Belated Birthday Rayce!

Way better with the light! But I agree, I think you'll eventually find something that's lower profile that you'll like better. Either way, I like the look of the booth with the added light. And, since I can't see shit anymore- I like any place with more light!
 
Yeah, it took me a while to figure out the best configuration. I had planned on getting two diner booths and having them back to back along that wall. Eventually, I realized either a "U-booth" or a L-booth would work best. If I would've used a U-booth, it would've restricted a lot of space behind the bar Stools. This L booth works perfectly, I'm able to have eight games up against the back of it, and 6 to 7 people can fit in the booth, plus 2 chairs can be added to the outside if needed.
So this is interesting. This is literally what I was looking for last October. U-shaped booth in the correct colors and material. One year later, it gets posted on marketplace for cheap. I would've so bought this had I not already built the L shaped booth.

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Oh and in upstairs news, we decided that we needed a more comfortable couch for the living room. We used to have the leather recliner furniture in here that I moved down to the theater, then we tried moving in the newish sleeper sectional that we used to have downstairs for guests. While it worked OK for a few weeks, after a few months, we realized how uncomfortable it really was for every day use. It also didn't have room for very many people, 4 tops. We decided as a family we needed to get a new couch for the living room. My wife and oldest son went furniture shopping and happened upon this $6000 behemoth. Three electronic recliners, a nice chaise lounge-type corner and a snack console. It's all leather and I think it fits this room perfectly. We can finally have more than four people sitting and watching TV and everybody's comfortable for once. The only problem is now that my wife likes the furniture, she's actually in here watching her shows a lot more often, so we almost have to have a sign-up sheet to schedule the TV time for everyone.

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Oh and in upstairs news, we decided that we needed a more comfortable couch for the living room. We used to have the leather recliner furniture in here that I moved down to the theater, then we tried moving in the newish sleeper sectional that we used to have downstairs for guests. While it worked OK for a few weeks, after a few months, we realized how uncomfortable it really was for every day use. It also didn't have room for very many people, 4 tops. We decided as a family we needed to get a new couch for the living room. My wife and oldest son went furniture shopping and happened upon this $6000 behemoth. Three electronic recliners, a nice chaise lounge-type corner and a snack console. It's all leather and I think it fits this room perfectly. We can finally have more than four people sitting and watching TV and everybody's comfortable for once. The only problem is now that my wife likes the furniture, she's actually in here watching her shows a lot more often, so we almost have to have a sign-up sheet to schedule the TV time for everyone.

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Can you pencil me in for when the Rockford Files comes on?
 
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