I remember visiting Mark’s Grammy’s house before we were married. He took me down into the basement where there was a small room with a very large pool table in it. He proudly patted the table and told me that his name was on that thing. It was a very old table that Mark’s grandfather had bought cheaply from a billiards hall that was going out of business. They grew up playing with it in that basement. Eleven years later, here we are. After Grammy died at Christmas time, Mark’s mom asked him if he still wanted the pool table. He said no–we didn’t have the space and it was huge, how would he get it, it just wasn’t going to work. I encouraged him to reconsider. I knew he loved this table and would regret it years from now if he didn’t have it. So, he reconsidered and our major house project ensued. We finished our root cellar (a dirt floor room off the basement that we never used) to become our storage room. Then, we finished the basement to be a man cave of sorts–I say “man cave” but frankly it’s a pretty cool room that I like to hang out in myself. Last night at nearly 10PM, the guy fixing up the pool table for us finished. Check out these pictures from moments after “the Pool Doctor” left. Mark looks pretty darn excited.
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Sweet! Rand’s going to want to know when he’s invited over for a man-party in the man-cave…
We are getting ready to add a man cave here as well….I have so many men to send down there!
So glad to hear about your new adventure…I will be praying for you~
It looks like his bachelor pad!
EVery house needs a man-cave, I am sure it’s making your hubby very happy! CHris gets lost in his man cave every night!!!! Hope you are feeling better!
That will be a fabulous room when your kiddos are teens and ALL their friends will want to be at your house…at least then you can keep up with them! Fabulous!
Where’s the big screen and game system??? :)
Ah…Kelly, your family is so lucky to have you. Even something like a pool table–it’s a family heirloom and although guys understand that–they don’t really understand the meaning of it like we women do. :) Bless you for preserving this precious treasure for him. He does look seriously happy. Rightfully so it’s a beautiful room (I love the brick support pillars, very fun) and ahhhh to have a “man cave”…my husband really wants one of those–but I’m not sure what the decor would be–hunting, Nebraska football or harley-davidson motorcyles! Hmmm…could be interesting. He loves pool too–too bad we don’t live closer we could have a “pool party”. :) Love, Lisa A
it looks awesome down there, can’t wait to hang out too! I love that you put that one piece down there that you see in the picture…I think it also got it from grammy?