Now comes the loud, proud successor to the great room and family room. You don't have to build a new house to have a game room. According to the Institute of Architects the game room is emerging as the leading space concept of the 21st century.
The game room as a gathering place
Furnishing the game room
Game room and home sports bar
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The game room as a gathering place
The game room is the new hot home space, hotter than the home theater and the exercise room and can be located:
On the main floor for everyone's convenience
In the basement where space is normally large enough to:
Above the garage (if having the game room inside the house is too much noise, too close for comfort)
It is a place to go for your kind of entertainment (maybe just listening to music with your earphones).
Furnishing the game room
Game rooms can be gussied-up or used for recycling the old sofa or favorite chair. Refresh it inexpensively with slipcovers.
Add posters to help create atmosphere
A big television set, VCR, and music equipment
A game room has to have games, which could include:
Pinball machines
Air-hockey
Video games
Depending on the size of the room, it could also include a soda fountain, card table and chairs for the time-tested board games, and a TV dance pad for the new videos that are popular for doing fun exercise with friends or family members - all providing more bonding opportunities.
Game room and home sports bar
Game makers used to sell mainly to bars. Now they sell more to individuals. They say parents want a place (and a very cool space) for kids to gather and interact with their friends in a safe environment whether playing games or playing music.
It's not just kids who love the game room. Sports enthusiasts can skip the bar scene and come to their own ESPN zone, which may be equipped with:
Pool table
Sports bar of their own
The game room is great for watching games, entertaining, and promoting quality family bonding time with some amazing harmonica music (in Carnegie Hall, if you please!!) or a buzzing kids world.
