Trophy Rooms / Man Caves
04-26-2014, 05:49 PM
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: SW Montana
Posts: 550
About 25 years ago I added an approximate 30'x35' two story addition to my house. The top floor is one open room with 10' side walls and a 14' high ceiling center. That is my main Trophy Room, but unfortunately, it wasn't big enough. I've expanded into my Living Room, and I have plans to remodel it with more wall space.
Here's some pics of my main Trophy Room.
Left side of the east wall...
Right side of the east wall. It includes a wet bar with a small refrigerator.
Left side of the south wall...
Right side of the south wall...
The center of the west wall...
The left side of the north wall...
And the left side of the north wall...
Here's some pics of my main Trophy Room.
Left side of the east wall...
Right side of the east wall. It includes a wet bar with a small refrigerator.
Left side of the south wall...
Right side of the south wall...
The center of the west wall...
The left side of the north wall...
And the left side of the north wall...
Last edited by buffybr; 04-26-2014 at 05:52 PM.
04-27-2014, 03:34 PM
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: SW Montana
Posts: 550
Originally Posted by Topgun 3006
Good luck, as most of us don't have enough money to even pay for the taxidermy fees in that room!
Most of the North American animals that I have mounted (all of the deer, antelope, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, black bear, Alaskan caribou, birds, and fish) I got on DIY hunts on public land. The taxidermy on each of those mounts cost me more than each of the hunts. The Alaskan caribou cost me air fare and a nonresident license, but all of those other animals listed only cost me gas money and resident Colorado or Montana licenses.
As for the Trophy Room and the living quarters under it, I did probably 70-80% of the construction work myself. Basically everything except the carpeting. I hired a couple of $10/hr laborers (25 years ago) to help me with the concrete, carpentry, sheetrock, and windows, and a few guys from work helped me raise the glue-lam beams. That put the total cost of that house addition at about 25-30% of what it would have cost me if I had hired a contractor to do the work.
05-07-2014, 08:36 AM
#10
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location:
Posts: 5,130
Originally Posted by Topgun 3006
Good luck, as most of us don't have enough money to even pay for the taxidermy fees in that room!
I thought maybe you took some pictures while you were at Cabela's - LOL
Congratulations Buffy....... I am sure you have had many memorial hunts !!!
Last edited by Sheridan; 05-09-2014 at 07:58 PM.
