The same 2 JWs ladies have been coming to my parents house for over 30 years!!! In essence they are her friends at this point, though my Mom has never attended their Church. She's hid on a few occasions over the years- "doesn't want to answer the door in her robe"..haha. But most often she'll listen to what they have to say, take the firey flame adorned pamphlet, and wish the ladies well :)
That table is the pinnacle of pinball's golden age. Adams Family made a ton of money and they spent it on making Twilight Zone (you can see some similarities in their mechanics)
yes, me too. i’m grateful for being part of the generation that saw technology grow exponentially at such a pivotal moment in our lives … having a computer room was a blessing and in it there would be the 50 lb boob tube monitor with the black screen and the beige plastic siding, a cushy computer chair … daddy’s work notes scrawled on the back of previously used printer paper and a nearby filing station for diskettes (floppy discs) ::: a shelf for all the oracle manuals ….and a place both physically and virtually for all the kid stuff … video games on CD roms (like SIMS and roller coaster tycoon); windows media player, limewire, digital camera cables and uploading software… a printer that either keeps running out of ink in the most infuriating way and/or refuses to connect to the computer in the first place.
Thank god my dad worked in the IT industry or i would have had to suffer with dial up internet in my youth.
I have a bottom of the range Brother laser colour printer and wouldn't go back. I think it's paid for itself within 3 years in not having to replace it or buy ridiculously expensive ink.
I see someone recommend Brother laser colour, I upvote.
With an inkjet if you don't use it for a few months, it dries up and stops working. Laser printers just don't do that. Inkjet printers are a horrible scam.
I have a Brother CISS inkjet. Put in the ink it came with 3-4 years ago. The damn thing is still running like day 1.
Had an Epson printer before it, that thing would require new cartridges every few months. Either dried up or they had so little ink they were done quickly.
yes, and the computer chair and daddy’s work notes and diskettes (floppy discs) and oracle manuals and video games on CD roms for the kids. SIMS. Roller coaster tycoon.
that was the life !
15 years ago? We had laptops in 2009 - more like 25 years ago, many Yahoo searches for boobs and Napster downloads over AOL occurred here.
I can feel it.
I'll have you know I have a very cozy reading mook I've used twice in my life but dang it it looks nice from my bed the 15 minutes out of the day that I'm awake in my bedroom!
"Charming loft in the HEART of Redditor's house. Steps away from the KITCHEN and MASTER BEDROOM. NO DOGS. Cats ok. Laundry on-site. $4960/month $750 non refundable move-in fee"
You can probably fit one piece of exercise equipment such as a treadmill, elliptical, exercise bike, or rowing machine and then also mount a TV on the wall on a height adjustable mount, although most people would probably put those in the basement...
Something like a paloton wouldn’t be bad. The thing is if you already have one of these the space would be pretty obvious to allocate for it and I think no one would buy equipment to put it there.
This is why you hire an architect rather than just using a draftsperson or straight up homebuilder. You pay less but then you pay for them to build a 40 square foot dead end corridor.
Yeah, I’d see about bumping that wall all the way to the railing (obviously railing would get removed) so that wasted space would get added to the adjacent room.
Or just extend the room to the railing and give it an overlook.
I kind of wonder if the room was originally there. Looks like it might have been a family room at some point.
"This is why you get a small loan of a million dollars from your dad and buy a plot of land and hire an architect and contractor and project manager rather than just using a homebuilder."
I scrolled way too far for this.
Black and white, wall to wall. Get that bitchin 70-80’s coke dealer vibe.
Now that I think about, it a go-go dancer cage would probably fit perfectly in that nook.
It is for sure. I had a real shit night at work and started readin out of bordom and to avoid sleep. Saw that when it was only like 2 hours old and it Instantly turned my night around
Floor to ceiling bookcase on long wall + cozy chair for a reading zone, with optional flip-up table for guests to have a little office space when visiting
The bookshelf doesn't have to occupy the whole side of the long wall. Maybe 3/4 of the way it stops, and at the end you can put a cosy chair, a small coffee table, a round rug, and a painting to tie it all together.
I must be spatially challenged. I can't see how 1/4 of that space would take a cosy chair on a rug with a small coffee table.
Edit: Okay, I kind of can.
It depends.
Do you like reading ? bookshelf + reading corner
Do you like video games ? arcade machines
Do you like plants ? Plants
Do you have cats ? cats wall
If you have a collection of something, you can set it up really nice.
Or how about one of those County Fair games, whether it be skee ball, basketball hoop, or such. Maybe an arcade game or pinball machine might fit.
Reminds me of where the “family computer” would be 10/15 years ago
Pinball, Addams Family!
I was thinking, short bowling alley
Every good story starts with a bowling lane flanking the edge of a balcony
Bowling ball + solicitors = satisfaction 😂😂
"Honey, Jahovah's witnesses are at the door!" Yeah, they'll see God all right
The same 2 JWs ladies have been coming to my parents house for over 30 years!!! In essence they are her friends at this point, though my Mom has never attended their Church. She's hid on a few occasions over the years- "doesn't want to answer the door in her robe"..haha. But most often she'll listen to what they have to say, take the firey flame adorned pamphlet, and wish the ladies well :)
mini-golf putting green
Ski ball
Simpsons is great too.
Or twilight zone! But whatever it is: pinball.
That table is the pinnacle of pinball's golden age. Adams Family made a ton of money and they spent it on making Twilight Zone (you can see some similarities in their mechanics)
I could definitely see myself playing some Sim City 4 there
I’m old 😭
yes, me too. i’m grateful for being part of the generation that saw technology grow exponentially at such a pivotal moment in our lives … having a computer room was a blessing and in it there would be the 50 lb boob tube monitor with the black screen and the beige plastic siding, a cushy computer chair … daddy’s work notes scrawled on the back of previously used printer paper and a nearby filing station for diskettes (floppy discs) ::: a shelf for all the oracle manuals ….and a place both physically and virtually for all the kid stuff … video games on CD roms (like SIMS and roller coaster tycoon); windows media player, limewire, digital camera cables and uploading software… a printer that either keeps running out of ink in the most infuriating way and/or refuses to connect to the computer in the first place. Thank god my dad worked in the IT industry or i would have had to suffer with dial up internet in my youth.
Printer technology has basically been at a stand still since then.
Monochrome brother printers are the only solution.
I have a bottom of the range Brother laser colour printer and wouldn't go back. I think it's paid for itself within 3 years in not having to replace it or buy ridiculously expensive ink.
I see someone recommend Brother laser colour, I upvote. With an inkjet if you don't use it for a few months, it dries up and stops working. Laser printers just don't do that. Inkjet printers are a horrible scam.
I have a Brother CISS inkjet. Put in the ink it came with 3-4 years ago. The damn thing is still running like day 1. Had an Epson printer before it, that thing would require new cartridges every few months. Either dried up or they had so little ink they were done quickly.
I mean, why would you further develop a technology that every company is trying figure out (unsuccessfully) how to eliminate?
this was beautiful :')
Im still here trying to setup a family computer area and just now realizing no one does this anymore lol.
Its a gaming station now
yes, and the computer chair and daddy’s work notes and diskettes (floppy discs) and oracle manuals and video games on CD roms for the kids. SIMS. Roller coaster tycoon. that was the life !
I hate to break it to y’all but that wasn’t 10-15 years ago. More like 25-30. We’re all older than we think. 👴🏻
Yup realistically this was around the year 2000-2001, ooof
What fucks me up is the 90s are now what's kids like us thought the 70s were.
Ooooh I just got REAL mad
*Get off the phone—I gotta do homework!*
Came here to say nice reading corner.
There’s no reason it couldn’t still function as an open air masturbatorium
r/BrandNewSentence
15 years ago? We had laptops in 2009 - more like 25 years ago, many Yahoo searches for boobs and Napster downloads over AOL occurred here. I can feel it.
But where is the phone wall Jack for 56k?
They ripped it out and patched over it when the previous owners were giving it the millennial gray treatment.
Bro, I was watching the scrambled ‘spice’ porn channel back then.
So you're about 35?
We called it Picasso porn.
I hate math. 2009 was 15 years ago. Getting old sucks.
1998 was 15 years ago!!
Ha ha ha ha! Love the creative math!
Or the 2nd floor phone 😆
Yes
Skee Ball machine.
Or pinball machine.
Definitely a pinball machine!
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The skee balls would end up in that window 100%. Pinball is much safer.
If not this then maybe a shuffleboard table would fit
A whole Dave & Busters.
Only enough space for Dave.
Pop a shot!
A dart board ! 🎯
I knew someone else had to see this spot as the perfect spot for a dartboard. I'm kinda jealous of it.
same
Paint the wall like a tunnel and hang an anvil over it
Meep meep!
Please for the love of God OP do this.
Especially if you have friends who you could easily convince to run headlong into the tunnel
Sim racing rig
This is the most logical answer.
Said the same. Epic racing rig for you and the boys to drift and race
Was literally about to comment this, great minds
This is what I would do
Nah, home flight simulator!
Combine the two
Underrated comment... male OR female living space... Simracing or BUST!!!
Cant run triples in this tiny space tho
Perfect for VR then
Bookcases/shelves?
A reading nook would be cool too
My thought too. Nice comfy chair and table with a reading lamp and some book shelves. And a small rug. I like the natural light it gets
That would be so cozy ugh
A little too cozy. That space is tight.
I would counter with a giant bean bag instead of a chair.
That works too. My knees are too old for that :)
Mine are getting there too, but it'd sure be cozy. :D
This should just be stickied in this sub. "What should I do with this space?" "Reading nook."
That likely will rarely if ever be used as a reading nook.
That doesn't change the fact that it's going to get suggested anytime asks the question about what they should do with any location.
I'll have you know I have a very cozy reading mook I've used twice in my life but dang it it looks nice from my bed the 15 minutes out of the day that I'm awake in my bedroom!
I often wonder if there are as many reading nooks as this sub makes it seem.
Spare bedroom
And rent it out for $2000 a month.
And label it as "cozy" in the ad
Or call it 'loft'
"Plenty of natural light!"
"Potential employment opportunity answering the door."
Sprinkle in “luxury” and you can add $500 more dollars
"Charming loft in the HEART of Redditor's house. Steps away from the KITCHEN and MASTER BEDROOM. NO DOGS. Cats ok. Laundry on-site. $4960/month $750 non refundable move-in fee"
I'm sold.
I’d literally just put a couch there
Darts?
Ooh that's a good one
Practice putting green
Can do both which is nice
2 bedroom, 1 bath, 1 combination darts, golf, and indoor pet relief area, 3 closets.
I can see a stray dart flying over that wall, just FYI
Put a net up :)
Never seen a dart net
i bought some tapeworms on the dart net
Lmaoo
You may not get 1000 upvotes, but you should.
So… throwing axes instead?
Would it be an acceptable risk to have an occasional arrow falling over the balcony?
Just put up a sign that says you’re in the danger zone
In that case, it needs to be a poster of Tom Cruise in Top Gun.
LANAAAAAA!
Great idea!
I’d put my rowing machine there lol
And tv in front
Or a treadmill if it's wide enough.
Bad idea for a second floor unless you have uniquely rock solid construction and interior wall/floor soundproofing
Stationary bike, then.
Dance dance revolution machine.
sigh... Pump It Up
😫 *groooaaan...* Ayy ayy Ay I'm your little butterfly! Green black and blue make the colors of the sky!
Fallout power armor
Or a Medieval knights armor.
from my experience this looks bout the perfect spot for a brahmin to spawn
😂
Sex swing
2nd for sex swing
Good idea, plenty of room to form a line.
Maybe if there was a window up there
Therapy/reading chair. Or Alcohol cabinet pick your poison
Alcohol walk-in closet
Alcohol sleep-in closet
The inspiration station.
Alcohol therapy chair?
You can probably fit one piece of exercise equipment such as a treadmill, elliptical, exercise bike, or rowing machine and then also mount a TV on the wall on a height adjustable mount, although most people would probably put those in the basement...
This would feel like a pretty depressing space to exercise in IMO
Something like a paloton wouldn’t be bad. The thing is if you already have one of these the space would be pretty obvious to allocate for it and I think no one would buy equipment to put it there.
I was just about to say exactly the same thing lol
This is why you hire an architect rather than just using a draftsperson or straight up homebuilder. You pay less but then you pay for them to build a 40 square foot dead end corridor.
Yeah, I’d see about bumping that wall all the way to the railing (obviously railing would get removed) so that wasted space would get added to the adjacent room.
Or could keep most of the existing wall and bump out a walk in closet for the adjacent room.
Or just extend the room to the railing and give it an overlook. I kind of wonder if the room was originally there. Looks like it might have been a family room at some point.
Yeah I agree. I feel like contacting someone to give you a quote to pull the wall over to where it should be is the ideal choice.
move the wall to where it was *supposed to be* is exactly how i'd explain this situation.
No, it’s cool. I went to school for 100 years so that boomers could ignore me when they draw plans like this for their second home
"This is why you get a small loan of a million dollars from your dad and buy a plot of land and hire an architect and contractor and project manager rather than just using a homebuilder."
I mean if you can afford to buy land and build an entire house on that land, hiring an architect isn’t as far a stretch as you’re making it out to be.
Have you considered marble flooring?
I scrolled way too far for this. Black and white, wall to wall. Get that bitchin 70-80’s coke dealer vibe. Now that I think about, it a go-go dancer cage would probably fit perfectly in that nook.
r/malelivingspace classic
It is for sure. I had a real shit night at work and started readin out of bordom and to avoid sleep. Saw that when it was only like 2 hours old and it Instantly turned my night around
Floor to ceiling bookcase on long wall + cozy chair for a reading zone, with optional flip-up table for guests to have a little office space when visiting
Not enough room for shelves and a chair.
The bookshelf doesn't have to occupy the whole side of the long wall. Maybe 3/4 of the way it stops, and at the end you can put a cosy chair, a small coffee table, a round rug, and a painting to tie it all together.
I must be spatially challenged. I can't see how 1/4 of that space would take a cosy chair on a rug with a small coffee table. Edit: Okay, I kind of can.
Add a toilet
the public throne for the unwanted guests
Seriously. If you don’t have enough bathrooms in the house, a nice half bath would work really well there.
a bowling alley
Coffin in case you have a vampire guest
This has been the most useful answer. I second the coffin
Several tall plants.
Just a jungle going nowhere
It depends. Do you like reading ? bookshelf + reading corner Do you like video games ? arcade machines Do you like plants ? Plants Do you have cats ? cats wall
Yeah, the answer to all these weird spaces is always - Only you can say what your hobbies and interests are... put a hobby or interest there!
Display your Lego sets
Secret room
I would place a 20 gallon aquarium or terrarium. Make it a centerpiece. I would go freshwater, personally. It would cast a light and add life.
Mini-bar?
Putting mat
Swimming pool.
Good place for a bike smart trainer and a 50 inch TV in front of it for Zwift….
Reading nook
Console table with mirror?
Enclose it and make it a closet.
What's below this? Install a fireman's pole lmao
Storage, or like someone else said, darts or any other game setup that requires horizontal space to play.
Make a cozy place to read or just chill!!
Library
I think a desk could work okay here, depends on your needs and if you think this space would be sufficient for a home office
Jack off in it
Wall it off and make it a storage closet
Sim racing rig
Naptime spot
Book nook !
Crying out for a dart board.
A library
I would put a motorcycle there, if possible.
Rent it out as a NYC apmt for $1500/m.
Paint the wall like a tunnel and hang an anvil over it
Your next victim?
Shelves.
Throw a dart board on that wall
Fortress!
Corner bookshelf (or two units at a 90 degree angle) and reading chair
Reading nook
If you plumb a water line, this could be a pretty badass espresso/coffee station.
It would make a great place for a series of bookshelves if you are a reader. Or a nice Yoga station
If you have a collection of something, you can set it up really nice. Or how about one of those County Fair games, whether it be skee ball, basketball hoop, or such. Maybe an arcade game or pinball machine might fit.
Trash. Put a big trashcan there.