Our House One Year Later continued - Man Cave and Office

The bottom level of our house is our "basement." Technically it's not under ground but it feel's like a basement. It consists of a two car garage, Mikey's "man cave" and office. This level made my husband very excited when we moved in because he's been dying for a place to put his Steelers memorablia up. In our small condo we didn't have room so it was all in boxes. Now everything is out.

Here's the before...

And the after...

I made a deal with my husband - he could have his Steeler "man cave" as long as it was tastefully done. Again we didn't have to do much to this room. I wanted to keep the red fireplace wall but we painted the other walls a light khaki. We also needed furniture so we got the modular couches from Love Sac. These are great because each piece can move around and create whatever type of couch we want. The covers come off and are machine washable, another bonus. The picture looks like the couches are two different colors but they the same brown tone. We added these "wave" shelves from Pier One and that's where Mikey puts all of his Steeler stuff. And of course the walls are covered with his framed autographed pieces. And the main thing in the "man cave" is the 50" plasma TV mounted to the wall above the fireplace. The other room on the bottom level is Mikey's office. It was a pretty boring room before we moved in, I don't think the previous owners used it much. Here's the before...

And after...

We painted the walls a sagey, gray, blue color...very calming. We added all the IKEA furniture that was in the office at our old condo. It's a simple room and a nice quiet place for him to do his work. There are french doors entering this room and also a closet. So technically since it has all that (and the window, the blinds are just drawn) it is a bedroom which will be good for resale.