No built-on addition to house my trophy heads, or show-off my collection of bows and such. Out here it' a man "cave", or better known as the cellar.

The desk is built from wood left over from my father-in-law's old shop, formerly a pig pen on the family farm. My "cave" was built in 1989 from hand hewn chestnut logs and now more closely resembles a cellar from 1898. ;) Nonetheless, it's one of my favorite places where I can vegetate, stay warm in the winter, and devise plans that rarely come to fruition.

House was built in 1898. Proof reading would have fixed that. )

That's a sharp looking desk. I have similar items that I call "treasures". Sometimes the wife agrees and sometimes she doesn't. When she gives me the thumbs down, it ends up in the basement where the Kool Kids hang out :) BTW, years ago I kept horses on an old farm and helped the owner expand his cellar..what was originally a root cellar really, into a basement. Walls were fieldstone with outside entrance, the old "double doors arrangement" That place was 1800's and very solid.

George, I think it looks and sounds like a great place to hang out!

Nice !!

It needn’t be fancy George, it only needs to be yours and appreciated. What a nice, nice spot to “vegetate” as you say. Stay Safe/Shoot Straight. MTQuiver

Looks great George!

My kind of place to escape for a little solitude and be alone with my thoughts and ideas.>>>>-----> Ken

Looks like a tumbler of bourbon on the rocks would fit in that picture. ;)

Looks comfy George, I'd show mine but I'm the process of clearing out all crap I don't need and have stuff all over the place getting it sorted out.

I miss cellars, we don't have them in Texas. Can remember my grandfathers "nook" behind the furnace in the basement.

He used to disappear right before supper and come back with a hint of beer.

So that is where your wife sends you for a time out. "LOL"

Frank...yes. ;)

I don't like bourbon but there may be some sweet wine in the fridge on the other side of the divided cellar. Haven't had any beer for a couple years, just lost my taste for it. I'm more of a Kool-Aid kind of guy, but I do like me some coffee and hot cocoa as well.

Looks cozy to me! Absolutely love that table.

that looks inviting, i love the table....my fav place is a little corner of a spare room going into what use to be my Dad's inlaw suite attached to our house.

Looks very comfy

Bjrogg

No kerosene lantern?

Nice digs there George

Deno

I like it George! Lance

George, Looks good to me. Happy for you.

Bugle-up, A tumbler of bourbon on the rocks will fit in any picture! :)

Good place George, Maybe some more lightning would make it a Happier place.

Hey Wayne. I've got more lighting, just not turned on for the photo. Sometimes less is more for a happy place.

Awesome place, George...

Perfect place to hang out in the winter months.

Frank, LOL..

Looks like a shed or in a basement? LOL

George if I was in that place I would need a Headlight to be able to see. LOL

I looked again it must be in basement with the pipe showing.

I guess where ever you can get away to.

They say a picture speaks a thousand words, this one does for sure! Maybe about a thousand bows or arrows.

Repurposed pig pen wood to a desk? Now that IS cool.

A round of Kool-Aid for all of the plans that rarely come to fruition. Harrumph!

The balance of the old shop/pig pen is going to my daughter for a garden shed, and some was turned into small tables for her living room. Her friend Tim Wilson did the work and will be building here "she shed". ;)

Wow George you can afford a chair?

What shameless luxury ;)

Nice photo.

Yea , George, a happy place with low lighting to doze of,zzzzzzzzzz. I like it.

Its great being a guy! We are such low maintenance! :)

Nice place George!

I dont live there but it is my favorite room in George's home! I visit that room everytime I stop. We've talked shop, traded this and that and solved some archery problems. May it always be so.

Very nice!

My kind of place, nice George.

Ahh yes, solitude awesome. Thumbs up. JF

That right there is good medicine!

Warm and dry. Looks like a cool place to hang out and talk hunting and Archery and other BS. That desk goes well there. I like Red wine. ;-)

A man need a Place to Ponder ;)...Great Place Mr.Stout...I really like the Herters Metal Handle T/D...I owned a couple and they are Great Shooters...Slickest Take down set up too...Take Care My Friend...4finger

Looks like a haven from the external chaos, so you can spread out the internal chaos on the desk and get it organized. I envy your ability to keep the tools and peices of projects off your desk.

Yes sir George, that table is pretty cool.

Like your get-a-way space too.

Nice space George. Do you shoot down there?

Nice place George. Really like that table top. I am sure there are some good memories in your “cave”. Unfortunately my cave is a mess. My space also has shelved area that stores our Christmas stuff. Wife has it scattered all over. I am literally “out in the cold” for awhile. Did manage to finish a doz new arrows for upcoming 3D shoots.

We have a divided cellar and it is messy all the time because it's a cellar, not an extra living space. On the other side is a refrigerator, two freezers, two pantrys and shelving that holds things we think we need but likely will never use. Also a water pump, hot water heater and a space for our Christmas decorations too. ;) My side has the furnace, and two 275 gallon tanks, and my 'stuff'.

George I am a woodworker also known as a guy who makes sawdust. Chestnu is one of the beautiful woods. To bad it’s died out. I know they are trying to bring it back but at 74 don’t think I’ll see it. So enjoy and treasure.

RonL

Looks similar to my basement, I think it would be wrong to have a super nice basement with trad gear lol. Just kidding, to all who have nice basements.

I like it, George. If it were me, I'd say the only thing missing is a dog. A man's gotta have a good faithful dog!

We had to put our old lab down last November...2018, not ready for another right now.

George I hope you have a woodstove in there, no northern man cave has the right atmosphere without one. As it is snowing right serious here in Ontario I just went Downstairs and fired up ours and added some split maple. I have a pile of wooden shafts to work on. Stay warm. Sandy

Mine is virtually surrounded by dirt...a real cellar, so the temp rarely goes very cold. Matter of fact, we keep our thermostat set at 60 in the entire house and we like it better that way. Anyway, that would just raise our homeowner's insurance. Atmosphere can get expensive and I just finished paying for a new roof. ;)

Looks mighty cozy, Mr. Stout.

I am green!!!!

"...Vegetate and make plans that rarely come to fruition..."

Lol! ?? ?? Sounds painfully familiar!

Looks like my favorite kind of man cave.

Craig, yes it is a pvc shipping tube. It's been sitting in that spot since I got Ol' Buck back to the house from it's six + years on the road. One of the guys that had Ol' Buck made that for him to travel in and it, like the bow itself, has some signatures of the users too. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the bow and the tube since they both were travelling...maybe raffle it off for St. Judes one of these days.

Looks exactly like my basement, right down to the white washed, hand-hewn post.

Well, except that it’s 2 years older and a whole lot less cluttered!

You guys have great places to hang out.

We live in a small ranch style house with no basement. The garage is not heated. In the winter, i have no heated refuge. The winters are loooooooong.

We are going to build a new house. Maybe someday i will have a heated winter refuge.

Looks like a nice place to retreat to.

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