jar155
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"Sure, I guess it's ok if you want to take down that wall."
And with that, ladies and gentlemen, I ran out and bought a sledgehammer, a 64 oz. drink from 7-11, and came home with bustin' stuff on my mind. My arcade room isn't that large, but I do manage to fit quite a few games in there. The room is actually a bedroom, but it's a large one. the shape of it is rectangular, but there's a really lame walk-in closet that eats up a bunch of usable space due to the placement of it. I do have 3 games in the closet (Ms. Pac, Spy Hunter, DK), but if I take it down it will open up the room a whole lot more. Below is a pic of the layout. After I tear down the walls, it will be just a game room. If we ever decide to sell the home, I'll just put in a normal closet, as pictured in the same image. The scale is off below, as the closet actually takes up a bit more space than it shows. The part labeled lame space is just that. It's lame, because if you put anything there, you block the entrance to the closet.
I'll post some WIP pictures tonight, but I've already knocked out the sheetrock and have started taking down the framing. The toughest part hasn't been the demolition, but rather the moving around of arcade games and pinball machines. By the end of the week I should have it all patched up and pretty with a properly shaped game room.
The biggest bonus for doing this isn't so that the shape is easier to work with, but it opens up the room so much more that I can easily fit a few more pins and arcade cabinets in there. Time to hit the local classifieds hard again.
And with that, ladies and gentlemen, I ran out and bought a sledgehammer, a 64 oz. drink from 7-11, and came home with bustin' stuff on my mind. My arcade room isn't that large, but I do manage to fit quite a few games in there. The room is actually a bedroom, but it's a large one. the shape of it is rectangular, but there's a really lame walk-in closet that eats up a bunch of usable space due to the placement of it. I do have 3 games in the closet (Ms. Pac, Spy Hunter, DK), but if I take it down it will open up the room a whole lot more. Below is a pic of the layout. After I tear down the walls, it will be just a game room. If we ever decide to sell the home, I'll just put in a normal closet, as pictured in the same image. The scale is off below, as the closet actually takes up a bit more space than it shows. The part labeled lame space is just that. It's lame, because if you put anything there, you block the entrance to the closet.
I'll post some WIP pictures tonight, but I've already knocked out the sheetrock and have started taking down the framing. The toughest part hasn't been the demolition, but rather the moving around of arcade games and pinball machines. By the end of the week I should have it all patched up and pretty with a properly shaped game room.
The biggest bonus for doing this isn't so that the shape is easier to work with, but it opens up the room so much more that I can easily fit a few more pins and arcade cabinets in there. Time to hit the local classifieds hard again.
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