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Taking the support beam advice, which I think is great advice, would using the Vinyl flooring on the beam look good? It will give it the wood look and match or would that be overkill?^This^
You could also try to dress up the main support beam a bit. Could be as simple as painting it white like the trim, or add some fancy molding to match the appearance of the new wood columns.
Your basement is fairly similar to mine in terms of carpet/paint color, so I personally wouldn't change that until you really need to paint. But you'd be surprised how much a difference adding those columns and dressing up the support beam would make.
You can see what I did here with my columns/support beam - which is obviously a completely different style that wouldn't match your room - but it's the same concept, dress it up nice. It really helps to accent the room for minimal cost.
agreed. Poker is a cons game. Hence the major role the bluff plays. Too bright is all wrong. I like the idea of a "film noire" scene.No one has stated the obvious problems with the room; it's far too clean and bright. If you play poker there it should be dim and look as if a crime is about to or has taken place. More booze/booze holding/booze serving furniture & equipment.
It turns out that the main use of the room has become my work office. I work there every day. I don't need the whole space for my office. The next most common usage is for watching something on the projector, either a movie or sports usually. The room gets used for poker probably 8-10 times per year. The projector is also usually used during poker to show a sporting event. The room will continue to have hand me down furniture because I have many higher financial priorities than furnishing our basement.Do you actually use that projector? I question it because of the furniture, if I was using it I wouldn’t put someone in a wooden rocker.
Quit making that wall a focus. Get rid of the projector or make one of the end walls the screen. Pick one activity that you do town there and make it the focus. Is it a poker room, or a theater room, or a laundry room?
Because right now it looks like a storage room where you arranged the storage pieces so you could walk around them. It looks like a place you store hand me downs , not an inviting space to do anything.
Thanks for the feedback. I agree with you about the carpet. I will update the columns to remove the carpet, I think that will help some.It's the carpet - both on the floor and those posts. But as you can't do anything about it, don't bother and just carry on.
Your vinyl plank flooring looks great by itself but there is a jarring disconnect with the carpet.
But also, I would not spend a lot of money on a room that is designed to be more functional than aesthetic - if it's comfy then that's all that matters. Spend the money on the kitchen where it'll let you show off and improve your resale value!
Hi all. Finished my basement about 15 years ago. Started out with the main purpose of being a kids play area. I originally had bright color walls, multicolor CVT tile on one side, and Berber on the other side. Been slowly updating it into an office/poker room.
The Berber carpet has stayed. Painted the walls a few years ago, and just did the last step of vinyl plank. Now that it's "done", I'm underwhelmed. It's always been a low budget space, but I think the colors don't work together?
Any thoughts/ideas? Thanks!
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Yes, I do have two other tables, including a larger oval, but I much prefer playing at a round table, so if we have 8 or fewer players we play on the round you see. The other two fold up and get stored on the unfinished side, the round one is not foldable, so just stays out.Looks like you have room for a bigger poker table, or a second expansion table. Otherwise the room looks great
I wouldn’t, don’t see much point personallySpecific question #1: should I paint the pedestal of the table black?
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^This^Add some injury waivers. The strippers are going to get rug burns on those poles...just sayin'...
Darken the paint on the walls and I think you are all set.