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Your new games room is going the most popular room in thehouse. You can pretend to be a fully matured adult all you want. You canimpress your guests with your new dining room table that is finished inoh-so-grown-up walnut, with a lacquered finish- for extra seriousness. You canchit-chat with them about respectable and important adult issues like the priceof petrol per gallon compared to, I dont know, margarine? Or demonstrate yourpolitical awareness by constantly referring to that nauseating phrase creditcrunch. But! When they leave you know where you are headed. Lets face it, weare all really just children who happened to grow up and a well equipped gamesroom filled with the latest fun technology or games that fill you withnostalgia (or both!) can only be a great thing. For that reason you should takethe planning and decorating of a games room with the same amount of seriousnessas you would your living room or kitchen, if not more. In a games room you really are limited only by yourimagination, and perhaps your bank manager. The key to a successful games roomis getting the balance between fun and function. A good games room should beable to entertain a group of people at once- a games room is not a byword fordivorce, it is not somewhere for a husband to disappear, but should instead bea place for the whole family to have fun together and break the silent monotonywasting every night glued to the television. The first step should be to set a budget. Unlike e bedroomor hallway, a games room can easily cause overexcitement during the decorationand fitting out stage. Niche furniture can get pricey, and in your zeal tocreate the perfect play space, its easy to overspend so maintain a constantgrasp on your finances. Game room decorating should be within your means, not afinancial hardship. Next, choose a theme. Whether you opt for the laid back coolof a pool room, with charcoal walls and low hanging lamps or a 1930s art decocinema with velvet seating, crimson and gold, corniced walls and an originalpopcorn machine, be sure to maintain a continuous theme. Mixing and matchingideas, eras and schemes will result in junk shop chic. Be fair in your decisionmaking and remember to include everybody in the decision making, you may lovethe idea of a room dedicated to The Smiths but your eight year old wont. If you are including particularly pricey items such as asnooker table, Lazy Boy chairs, games consoles, a jukebox or even 1950s dinerstyle booths, it is wise to buy such items first. In the event you run low onfunds, youll have the important items covered. Knick-knacks or finishingtouches such as curtains, blinds and wall art, though important to the strength of the scheme, are notlikely to be overly expensive so should be left to the end. Running out ofmoney half way through the project when you still had the pool table to buy foryour pool room would render it a room and nothing more- no matter how manypictures of Stephen Hendry youve hung.
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