Help! Man Cave Build advice needed

[@huntmulies39]

Paint or stain rafters black then fill in between rafters with light pine or cedar you would need to nail some 1” nailers to put the light colored boards on to cover the insulation. This way you can make a mess on the insulation when painting or staining rafters. Definitely leave the attic open. It already looks nice and clean. Cedar always looks amazing and it smells so good.

[@SteveRoyer-t6e]

I would break the room up. Your idea of using galvanized metal in a waynescotte on the short walls is good. 7:12 Use a large enough chair rail to use as a small shelf. The back wall could be done with vinyl plank flooring that looks like hardwood flooring. That may be cheaper than natural wood. I would “mud” the front wall and paint it. The ceiling needs to stay open otherwise your room, as small as it is, will feel too closed in. Let me know if you have questions.

[@SteveRoyer-t6e]

Forgot to mention that you could use the barn wood as base and casing. Ripped down to 1 1/2” strips you would trim out the top and sides of your back wall. The chair rai above the wainscoting should be barn wood as well. You build it in an “L” shape for support. Another suggestion would be to build wall plaques out of the barn wood for a select group of your European mounts our just the antlers without skulls.

[@andrewleonard4490]

In my opinion, barn wood is pretty played out. I think T&G blue pine is a classy look and the light shade won't make the room feel small. A fresh coat of paint and wainscoting is a nice look too. I was happy to see you uploaded a new video, nice to see you.

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Thank you !

[@ericduncan3864]

Light = bright, simple = good. Agree on the tin and barn boards and others have great ideas on the how. Good to see you back, like your content very down to earth and relatable!

[@chrisharmon8171]

I did an accent corner at an old house I used to own. We used cedar pickets from a local box store (cheap). It's worth it to stand at the chop saw and cut the dog ears off... I'd get about 4-6 pickets at a whack. One piece of advice I can give you is leave them in the space for a while, as they DO shrink quite a bit. Also, paint the walls matt black before you install the wood. It helps hide any inconsistencies in the joints between the wood. I ran mine horizontally and it looked really nice. If you want an even cooler look (did this too...) grab the ole BurnZomatic propane torch and char it a bit. Brings out the grain of the wood and gets rid of some of the stringy bits left by the saw mill. We sealed ours too, but use a water based sealer or stain, otherwise it's going to stink... For. Ev. Er. Ask me how I know.......... Have fun!

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Thank you! Great advice 🙌🏼

[@jimmyjim856]

I designed and built my own pool house bar. I found plenty of barnwood that people were reallly proud of. After looking around ,I found alot of people giving away old fence boards. After a few swipes with a wire brush, it looks like weathered barnwood.

[@gbaughman3348]

I say Vagas style! Complete with the crushed velvet Elvis wall hanging. Nothing says class like the Kang, huh. 😅 It has been cold in the treasure valley, glad it's almost over. Good to see you back on your channel 👍

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Haha yes!

[@lonnygehring3043]

Keep it light and bright. No dark stuff for working on bows and rifles. Blued pine all the way. No Wayne's Coating. Haha! Got a chuckle out of that comment! Stay away from being trendy because it will be out in 10 years and you'll be ripping it out. Good luck! Safety glasses on all the time.

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

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[@tigea9078]

Here in ky weathered barn lumber is the honey hole. Tobacco was a main cash crop and these barns housed it. Its gotten so bad that its getting stolen. Give a crackhead $1000 and they will deliver with metal. 😂 I just done my sun room/deer hut in white pine 7" tounge/groove. Still needs a ceiling and can not make my mind up on what I want there. My dad done popular saw mill cut with fairing strips. Looked aewsome. My buddy done his office in T111 siding 5' and old barn metal 3' on the bottom with a cover strip. You be you. We only look at it temporarily in videos. You look at it every day. Just a FYI the barn lumber out of ky was mainly red oak. 50yrs later its like drilling concrete. Nail gun doesn't want any of that smoke, trust me. What I've installed i had to predrill the screw holes. BTW if you need bourbon barrels. I live in the capital of the world of bourbon. Pedestal mounts on barrels are pretty common here. I can load up and do a turkey hunt all in one trip. 😮

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Thanks for the advice!

[@Bowsonthebrain]

I wouldn’t paint the ceiling black man unless you want to add more lighting. Also if you painted the ceiling black it makes the room feel smaller, I’d go wood on the walls maybe just do one wall in wood and paint the rest.

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

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[@TheMountainMission-p1w]

Dirk - I just did this in my garage and found an outfit here in Boise that supplied me all the cedar wood pre-coated to look like barnwood for less than a buck a foot. I went vertical rather than horizontal after many hours of debate....I didnt want the seams and I'm really pleased how it turned out. Let me know if you're interested in more info and I could even send you a few pics of how it turned out.

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Man I’d love to know where you got that wood!

[@TheMountainMission-p1w]

Did you get the reply?

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

No sir

[@todddorsey9395]

Where have you been? I know Phelps. I sure miss Dirk and Dusty. I wish I could help you out with the man cave but all I can do is suggest HGTV . My wife comes up with a lot of ideas for me from there. Glad to see you back on the channel

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

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[@benjaminevenson8361]

Glad you came out of hibernation!!

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Haha thanks!

[@edbranson4175]

This is like a new version of MTV’S cribs, Bugler version. I thought you fell off the face of the earth. Glad to see you are surviving the city life.

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Haha barely hanging on! Gotta make some country vibes in this He-shed lol

[@markbaldwin2388]

Just my opinion but the darker the room the more lighting you will need. Coarse I'm gettn older and always needing more light!? Good to see ya back on here again!!!!

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

The struggle is real! Just got reading glasses and that has helped lol

[@stnn1pie]

I got some nice light gray wood grain paneling from Menards that I used on one wall vertical with mounts and used it horizontal as a Wayne’s coat in one bedroom.

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Thanks!

[@scottdavis2100]

A blue Pine ceiling valts are awesome antler chandelier, solar tube lights

[@WALLOWINGBULLS]

Rustic metal 3 ft hi around the bottom with the wood to the ceiling and leave rafters open no paint ( pain in the neck) dress the walls with your trophies and some fur preferably wolves, lions, coyotes and more wolves, and a few pictures of Jason with a Maverick hanging out of his mouth 😂 and a bunch of bugles and calls u have used over the years. Looking forward to seeing your next cat hunt,put it in the rafters ready to pounce on a wolf ❤

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Haha yes!

[@tannerbircher9655]

Maybe consider Brian Barney’s sponsor forever barnwood, new pine to look like old barnwood

[@jonnijohnson1006]

I think you have looked at a lot of “cool” KZbin videos and/or magazines, because I think you are so COOL already - without anything on your walls in your man cave!

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

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[@thomasestep7377]

Use old wood pallets, stain them different shades, goes really good with a guy going the outdoor themed style, plus you can get pallets for free

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Good idea 👍🏻

[@gordyduggan403]

Was thinking about this lately and thought about using 2nd hand laminate wood flooring , you can get it fairly cheap and it doesn’t have to match ,, or maybe instead of bothering your friend Wayne you could use they flooring there ,,,,,

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Haha 🙌🏼

[@lesvarro8434]

Miss yah Dirk, nice to see you back on your channel. Need to see you back hunting with the BRO crew! I think there should be a rematch with Trent WWE style😂ohhhhhhh yahhhhhhh!

[@camillethetacoturd7210]

100%

[@406highlanders]

Looks pretty good the way it is in my opinion. You got some dandy whiteys there, Idaho mountain bucks?

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Thanks! Yep N Idaho mountain bucks.

[@wmbomb1079]

Dirk, love the two Idaho Red White Blue 'Bugler' License Plates. (A Fan from SE Idaho)

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Thanks! I had to give the vanity plates up. Trying to stay incognito in the woods 😎

[@wmbomb1079]

@@THEBUGLERBRAND Dirk do you know of a 'reliable retail vendor' for your favorite brand "LipZipz" or are they antient history, write back if you know of any? Be & Stay Well my friend. :)

[@lorihamrick9349]

It looks like it's not very big in there. I would not do a lot of dark because it will make the entire room too dark. One wall with the wood would look really good. Can't wait to see what you do.

[@gregs9187]

If you put barn wood on the wall it will make that room way darker. The usable light will get robbed. Expect to add more lighting. Buy flat black paint to paint the walls behind so any knots or gaps will look like shadow. I wish I had social media to show you my place. I rusted my own tin for around the base of my house and I have barnwood walls and barn doors made out of the same wood for my office. We ran out of barnwood so we used old cedar fence boards to finish the laundry room. Both options are awesome.

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

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[@TheWesternGrind]

You might look into some of that rustic wood or vinyl flooring. Pretty easy to put together and slap on the wall for that barnwood look.

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

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[@Whitey3755]

The rusty tin can be done with vinegar and new material. The fence boards are the way, at a buck a piece that's the easy button. To mix it up you could distress a few wider boards and put them in at random. The distressing is easy. Vinegar and steel wool in a bucket, just mop it on. I would go horizontal though.

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Thanks!

[@BooneOutdoors208]

I'm in Coeur D Alene, have a bunch of bandsawn hickory I could give ya for cheap

[@jamesmurphy6403]

Good ideas for sure if your gonna hit the studs with your blue pine boards horizontal is certainly it unless your nailing into the OSB, sheating. I would either Sheetrock the ceiling or car siding pine and then blow in insulation if that’s a heated space I assuming it is and would want to be hence the snow cover, good luck with all, it’s one of those things that’s hard to get into the mood for but once you commit it’s super satisfying enjoying the hard work later

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Good call 👍🏻

[@ryanscott1316]

Look up blacktail studios for you wood working needs!!!

[@MrDarwhite]

How you doing? If it were my shed, I would make it look timber framed. Some of the “beams” can be thinish but appear to be mostly buried in the wall. With that style, you can go horizontal with the fence boards and hide the seams behind the “beams”, which would not require any more skill than Homer possesses. If I were closer I’d help… and I have a sawmill but apparently you were not thinking about me when you bought that place.

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Haha thank you

[@tharrison40]

Hey Dirk are you going to be at the hunt expo in slc next month?

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Yep I’ll be there 🤘🏼

[@elvenfair1]

I'd go rustic all the way, use wood of your choice/and at a reasonable price (I work for a Hardware store w/ a Lumber Yard..I know how pricey wood can be😬) , the Whiskey Barrels are sweet and would go with the wood theme, and if you get a hold of some corrugated panels for a good price,go for it!😃👍

[@yotaclimber]

you can rust your own metal. google how to make corrigated meta rusty. lts just a mix that you spray on

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Good idea 👍🏻

[@ultimatepursuit7165]

I would do an accent wall in wood! if you paint the ceiling I would stick with a lighter color. Metal roofing idea would be a nice touch on the other 3 walls

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

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[@gregpelc2635]

Do a log cabin look inside, cut cants from logs! A couple of wrestling capes in the corner to make El Trento feel at home 😆🌮

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

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[@tonyharris6162]

No hunting videos this year ?

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

There will be some new ones on the Phelps Game Calls channel for sure. I’ll have a rifle elk hunt on my channel in the next month or so….

[@waynetoneseekerandersen2213]

Just saw this… my advice is to not tell her how much you spend, make it the way you want, go over budget with no guilt. This will ensure she is very angry and will be so angry that she will never enter it she is so mad! I do feel a little bit guity

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

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[@tedreiss807]

Buy some cheap boards and lay them outside in the sun for a while. They will be "barn wood" in no time. That's mostly what wholesale people are selling anyway.

[@SKYHIGHFARMS]

I did exactly what you Wana do. I did pickets. Cut. And the rusty tin below . I'll send u a pic.

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Awesome!

[@andrewkester9362]

Does this mean. The bugler back? Just bring ur confidence. And all will work out.

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

Boom 👊🏼🔥

[@steventurner83]

I would just sheet rock it for now and call it a day. I definitely wouldn’t paint it black lol.

[@bbc10101]

What is size? Mix with with light burned, light stained mixed with dark grey slats

[@gbaughman3348]

I know a artist blacksmith, that lives somewhat close to you. 😁

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

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[@jamiebuttars6437]

I went with panel board i think its called weathered pine. kinda greysish color. turned out nice I Can send you a pic if you want

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

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[@BonesMcCrackin]

I am a professional designer / builder, and I'd love to give you some guidance for this project. How can I communicate with you other than this open forum?

[@THEBUGLERBRAND]

[e-mail] 🤘🏼

[@tonyfrostad2730]

Juniper !

[@jeffjohnson3302]

I think that you should just add a bar and some stools!😂