oughdquayq: Creating the Ultimate Home Game Room

Creating the "Ultimate Home Game Room" isn't as hard as you may think.
"Ultimate" doesn't necessarily mean the most expensive game room either.
It just means it's ultimate for you, your family and your friends.

The basics for every game room include "games & signs". That's all it
takes to create your game room. Of course some organization is also
needed, you don't want a mess of posters, pub signs and neon signs taking
up your walls.

Creating Your "Ultimate Home Game Room"

To do this you start with the wall colors. The best looking game rooms
have two-toned wall color schemes. This means a top border around the room
that's 12-24 inches in width. Then paint the rest of the room a
complimentary color.

It's fun choosing a color scheme. Use your favorite sports team, your high
school / university colors, the colors of your home country or a favorite
painting or place you've visited. If those colors aren't good just select
Two Great compatible colors. It's usually best to make the darker color
your border color and the lighter color as your main wall color. This
brightens up the room and helps your cool signs and posters to display
better.

Next comes the flooring. There is a variety of floors that can be put into
game rooms. A few examples would be hardwood, vinyl, cork, bamboo, carpet
tiling, ceramic tiling, area rugs and wall-to-wall carpeting. If your game
room is located in a basement that eliminates most if not all hardwoods
because of moisture problems in basements.

So what's best? Checkered tiling is what "Ultimate Game Rooms" are all
about. Match the tiles up with your wall color for the ultimate effect.
Whether you use 6x6, 8x8 or 12x12 tiling squares it's a checkered floor
that makes your game room "Ultimate".

Now comes the "FUN PART". You can either theme your game room or create a
general all out fun game room.

Let's start with furniture. If you're creating a theme then your furniture
must match. For example if you want a "Beach or Hawaiian Theme" then the
best pub tables, pub chairs and accessories would be made of wicker or
rattan. If you're creating a Green Bay Packer's Theme then you'd want
chrome bar stools with green or yellow vinyl cushion covers to match.
Otherwise if you just want a great game room make sure you bar stools and
pub tables match.

The next thing to consider is the lighting. If you have a theme, say a
sports theme, then find pub lamps, swag lights and floor lamps that have
your favorite sport or team's name on them. For an Asian theme you'd want
bamboo lamps and hanging lanterns. For general game rooms, bar lights with
your favorite drink or food would be perfect!

Now you're ready to decorate your walls! Posters, Tin Signs, Neon Signs,
Clocks and more are what you'll need to get started. Have a movie theme
then find some great movie posters online to fill up your room. Actually
it's best to have an assortment of each. Leave gaps and spread all your
cool stuff out. You want them to be noticed and admired not lost in a mess
of other posters and signs. Remember you just spent a few days painting
your game room so don't cover it up. With a general game room theme
vintage tin signs are always a big hit. Plus one or two neon signs add
atmosphere. Don't overdue the neon though just choose a few favorites.

Now it's time to find the best TABLE GAMES. Besides the cost it's room
size that determines which games to include in your game room. By far
every "Ultimate Game Room" needs a billiard table. Now days you can get a
variety of fabric colors besides green. Also you can find themed billiard
tables like NASCAR and more. Two other great additions are foosball and
air hockey. Easy to play fast paced games. They also come in a variety of
sizes and fun designs. Table Tennis is a fun game but not everyone knows
how to play and they take a lot of space if they don't fold up so you may
want to add other games first. One game that is overlooked too much is
Shuffleboard. It's GREAT for the whole family and it's easy and fun to
play.

Think about "Other Game Room Games". For example if you have a 1950's
Theme then an Elvis Pinball Machine fits right in. Also a retro slot
machine would be fun to have. A Pachinko Game or Pachislo is a great
family game from Japan worth mentioning. And "Dart Boards & Poker Tables"
are in high demand these days and there is such a large variety out there
you'll have no problem finding one for your game room.

A variety of games, some for the adults and some for the kids are what you
need. Games can get a little expensive so don't buy new, buy second hand
from an online auction site or look in your local paper for used games.
It's not how new they are it's how FUN they are! Don't have enough space?
Then try a "Combination Game Table". They have combos from 3 in 1 to 15 in
1 game tables.

It's time to liven things up with "Music". You can't have an ultimate game
room without music. A Juke Box is best when it comes to game room music.
Whether it's a 1946 Rockola or a retro looking CD Juke Box it doesn't
matter. It's having a jukebox that counts most. Yes a 400 CD changer with
a nice surround sound stereo system works even better but looks mean a lot
when creating a game room. Just hide your CD or stereo in the corner.

Finally to create the "Ultimate Game Room" you need a TV. One should be
mounted on the wall in the vicinity of the pool table / poker table and
the other in a sitting area for kids to play video games. This is a must.
No game room is complete without a TV or two for the big game.

Now you have all the ingredients you need for creating the "Ultimate Home
Game Room". There are always fun and different accessories you can add to
spice it up even more but with the basics covered you're ready to start
having the best parties and get-togethers on the block!

You'll find information on other decorating themes like Western and
Hawaiian themes and much more at
http://www.game-room-decorating-ideas.com/game-room-themes.html .

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