January's Project: Man Cave

In an effort to make our house less "builder's basic" and  more our own, we've come up with a list of things we want to change about the house.  I've also come up with a time line for completing these tasks.  January's project is the makeover the man cave.

Our home is a 3 bedroom house.  Since it's just us, we're using one of the rooms as a guest room and the other as Drew's man cave.  Drew really enjoys playing video games, and I really hate watching him play them.  In our rental house, he played all his games in the living room.  This meant listening to shots ring out as he played Halo while I tried to do homework.  We knew that in our new house, we wanted to him to have a space were he could play.  

So back to the makeover.  Drew envisioned gray walls, a leather reclining loveseat (with cup holders), and an Ole Miss theme.  Here are the before pictures:

 

Pretty boring huh?  These are the problems with have with this space:

• Those beige walls are bland and are all throughout our house.  I hate them.  
• The tiny entertainment center doesn't hold all of the gaming systems and offer no storage. 
• We're bursting at the seams with DVDs.  Last time I counted we had around 250.
• One side of the room looks cramped, while the other side is empty.
• The walls are empty.  They're in desperate need of some artwork/Ole Miss memorabilia.
• We need storage for our computers.  (We have both personal and work laptops.)
• We also need storage for various electrical cords and such.  

I think we have a pretty good idea on how we're going to approach the room.  I'll definitely keep you updated on the room as it progresses!

Does your family have a "man cave?"  How do you store video games and movies?  I'd love to hear your ideas!