The Basement barcade is coming along nicely

darthphunk

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I've been painstakingly fixing my basement.

Slowly transforming it form a dank hellhole into an underground chamber of awesome.

I put in a moisture-proof subfloor, cleaned, sealed and painted the walls, rebuilt the staircase and built a bar. I've got a few games down there, but mostly today I want to show off the bar. Specifically the bar top.

I built a 45 Degree L shaped bar.




I was originally going to paint the top with arcade themed items, but then I got an awesome idea. Why not cover it with nerd crap from when I was growing up? I put out a call to my local collectors group (Portland Arcade Collectors) and asked for help with any random crap they could give me that was gathering dust. Boy did they come through. I got so much stuff, I was able to cover the bar top and have enough left over to do the front of the bar as well as a couple of tables.

Here's how the top turned out.

Here are a couple of shots of when I finished gluing everything down:





I then poured an epoxy seal over the top of everything to get a nice smooth finish:





There are a few little spots I need to go over with another coat, but overall I am very pleased with how this turned out.

I won't be ready to show full on pics of the new space yet as I still have lots to do... but I will likely post a basement barcade thread with pics from start to finish when I am done.

Awesome.
 
Sure is. I just got it back from the shop.

Very cool -- we had one when I was a kid... my younger brother (the one in red) owns it now.

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Again, great work!
 
Judging from the reflection of the window in that last picture it looks like it has a nice glossy finish. Looks great.
 
Looks f'n saweet!

i gotta ask tho, those aren't marquee's and bezels and other OS items is it :eek:
 
Great job. What's sad is I can actually recognize which items must have come from oregonarcade's shop. I stepped on them plenty of times. LOL.
 
Wow, great idea for the bar top! :beerchug: I love it when people come up with these awesomely creative ideas!
 
Wow, great idea for the bar top! :beerchug: I love it when people come up with these awesomely creative ideas!

Thanks!

Tonight I am finishing up something similar (but different) for the beer gutter.

I will post pics of that when I am done.
 
Nice work! Honestly a little 'busy' for my personal taste, but I'd certainly have a drink at that bar :D

Looking good, and I am looking forward to more photos!

Chris
 
Oh, no, I completely understand :) I did not mean that in a negative way at all! I am imagining it will be kick ass when everything is done.

Chris

I didn't think you were being negative at all... nor did I take any offense. I was just adding to the conversation.

No worries!
 
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