He created a proper log cabin type man cave in the middle of the city, with only just more than a 1000 bucks… Yup just over R1000.
We will most definitely soon be using some of these tips to make our headquarters a bit more mancave like.
Here is the finished result:
The plain ugly room he started off with:

The old crate wood he got from a steel shipping company and he used the planks from them:

He used a draw knife to make each plank look hand cut:

Even a freaking awesome fake fireplace made with stones he picked up next to the road:

The center ceiling beam is one of the few pieces of wood he had to buy and then he aged it:


Same planks that were used for the walls were cut tongue and groove and are then used for the floor boards:

Fake pillars were even made to hide some of the old steel round tube pillars:

Fake pillars with fake lock joints to hide more stuff:

Finished man cave took roughly 6 weeks, most of the other stuff was free:

The window is actually a photos with a light behind it:

Even real ashes were put on the fake fireplace to make it look more real:
The stuff used to decorate and put in the room were MUCH more expensive than the room itself, a lekker proper hunting cabin.
Even most of the furniture and shelves were made from reclaimed wood:








