Repurposing the layout of your home for new features and lifestyle requirements is often the drive for such projects as a house extension, conversion, or renovation. After children move out of home, you find yourself wanting to dedicate some home design to your own needs. For many of us, that means an interior or exterior office space, studio, or, for those men who finally want their own little space in the house for manly things – meaning, it’s time for a man cave design.
Enter the Man Cave
A man cave can be many things. It can be a sanctuary of escapism, a place to enjoy hobbies without distraction or a room where you can entertain friends whilst the wives have a girl’s night. As well as a personal refuge, it is a space in the home that makes it feel much more like your own, instead of a collective space for many.
To determine what you truly want from your space, you need to think about where it would occupy. It could be an existing garage, loft space, a garden room, or built as an extension. It can be everything from a sports bar, a games room, or a cinema-style viewing room to a rustic cabin-style chillout space. The blanker the canvas, the bigger the opportunity – and the more inspiration a Cheadle architect can help to realize.
The Layout
Once you have found the ideal place to create your man cave, you have to think of the layout and what you look to incorporate – and the things you don’t initially consider.
With a large space, you need to think about how many people stand to occupy it and the seating required. Will it be comfy sofas or reclining chairs for comfort? Will you have a bar space that requires stool seating? Will it also have an extended exterior floor plan for sitting outside?
You also need to factor in the electrical output, with lighting and power supply. Will it be connected to the rest of the house? Will you want to power it with a solar supply? Will the power be constant to keep a fridge or bar cooled or will it be only powered when you come to use the space, helping to keep your home power bills lower? Talking with your Manchester architect can open up plenty of sustainable options for powering your man cave, helping to keep bills lower or powering it independently.
Interested in Your Space?
Intrigued about the potential for your own space with your extension or renovation plans? Contact the team at Cheadle Architects for architectural services Manchester to plan that little bit of your home just for you.
