SuperTheGreat
Swim Instructor
Last night my friends and I watched Adam Foote's jersey retirement and in the process we finally broke-in the bar I've spent the last year and a half building in my basement. For the last 8 years I have had a plan to finish my basement, with a theater for watching hockey, football, and movies on one side, and on the other side a wine bar for my wife complete with a cellar and mocked-up outdoor "street" entrance. This past year and a half I was able to funnel some money and time into the project and finally I've got the bar part completed. This thread is the first I've ever created on HF and make no mistake, I'm definitely here to brag ...which I wouldn't do at all if I had just paid some contractor to come in and build it for me. I have my hands on every piece of the entire process, from the design and vision to helping frame, run electrical, and drywall, to working completely on my own for about 95% of the project once drywall was complete. Every piece of wood & trim was cut, sanded, stained and nailed up by yours truly. Every stone put in place by my hands. The other 5% came with a little help from my dad (a retired finish carpenter) and about a 3 hour period one Saturday when my wife tried to help (yes-she will be claiming that "we" built the bar together ) - working a day here and a day there, sometimes an hour here and an hour there.
The reason I feel like it belongs here is because about two months ago my wife went back on her original decision that the bar was only for her and the girls, and decided that she was going to allow me to put a TV inside and do it up like a sports bar when a game was on. I was thrilled! I did a little research, picked a TV and a spot for it and got it up and running for Footer's jersey retirement and invited the boys over. Like the title of the thread suggests its an Avs man Cave for me, but it is easily changed over into a wine bar for the women. And like I said, I'm really excited for the project to be done and I am totally here to brag. So, here we go with pics:
Outside street entrance first:
And the inside (Avs sports bar design):
If you want to see more, here's a link to my PhotoBucket album with more pics. Some are without the Avs theme, too. http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/jhcrabb/library/Wine%20Tavern%20Sports%20Bar?sort=6&page=1
The reason I feel like it belongs here is because about two months ago my wife went back on her original decision that the bar was only for her and the girls, and decided that she was going to allow me to put a TV inside and do it up like a sports bar when a game was on. I was thrilled! I did a little research, picked a TV and a spot for it and got it up and running for Footer's jersey retirement and invited the boys over. Like the title of the thread suggests its an Avs man Cave for me, but it is easily changed over into a wine bar for the women. And like I said, I'm really excited for the project to be done and I am totally here to brag. So, here we go with pics:
Outside street entrance first:
And the inside (Avs sports bar design):
If you want to see more, here's a link to my PhotoBucket album with more pics. Some are without the Avs theme, too. http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/jhcrabb/library/Wine%20Tavern%20Sports%20Bar?sort=6&page=1