Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Mancave Beautification Project # 3: End Game

Do you ever hear a sound in your head every time you think of something? Every time I think of, or see anything to do with Pacman, I hear that crazy chompa, chompa, chompa sound Pacman makes when he eats. That is now the sound I hear every time I look at these new sconces I built for the mancave.

I decided that my sanctuary was lacking something to make it truly serene, and that was some calm, dim mood lighting. So I decided to build some unique sconces for the spaces between these windows.
That is the couch facing the TV / Tetris shelves. I needed some sconces for that spot, but like most of the decor in the mancave, no one makes stuff to suit my retro-nerd theme, so it is up to me to build my own again.
Cut to construction pictures!
Planning!

Drawing! ... Cutting!
Building! ... Painting! (please ignore the Halloween decorations in the background there)
Finished!
Please also ignore the burp-cloth on the couch, and the bottle of Windex there in front, unless you think they're cool.
Now let's see those sconces in action, the way they were meant to be seen.
As nice as that looks, they look way awesomer in real life. Chompa, chompa, chompa.
My mancave is nearly done, now all that's left is to hang some nifty pictures above the computer. For those I found some updated, more BAD (in a good way) pictures of my 3 favorite shows to watch as a kid.
Left to right we have Inspector Gadget from Inspector Gadget, then Orko, the little floating wizard from He-Man and The Masters of The Universe, and then Master Splinter from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

There you have it, the Mancave is now officially complete. Below are some more pictures of the other finished parts. Let me know what you think.