Posted on 07/30/2010 7:33:17 AM PDT by Daffynition
In reading about the lives of history’s great men, one thing I’ve noticed is that many of them had a place they could go to be alone with their thoughts. Some of these men had a study where they would retreat to think, read, and write. Others had a garage or workshop where they would tinker and experiment. But what all these rooms had in common was their sheer manliness. They were man spaces, places a man could call his own.
Below we give you a look inside the man rooms of 14 famous men from history. Within these rooms they formulated ideas that would change the world, wrote books that remain classics, and revitalized the dynamic manliness that drove their success. While we all can’t have a Carnegie-esque study, perhaps you’ll find inspiration from these manly spaces to spruce up your own room or simply the push to find a place where you can get away from it all and in tune with your manliness.
The room where Papa wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls and Death in the Afternoon. Ernest Hemingway lived in this house in Key West, Florida for more than 10 years. Needing a place where he could drink a glass of scotch, smoke a cigar, and write about men being men, Hemingway turned the old carriage house on the property into his personal writing studio. The main features in the room are the Cuban cigar-maker’s chair and his Royal typewriter. Throughout the room, Hemingway placed mementos he collected from his manly adventures in Africa and Cuba.
(Excerpt) Read more at artofmanliness.com ...
Here’s the blog that had the pictures on it
http://fatmanslanding.com/2010/01/21/camouflage-man-cave-fits-right-in/
Love Gibbs basement, especially when he is in it.......
We have 3 TVs in one entertainment center in the ball room...one for sports, one for news and one for Nintendo ; )
Thanks, I worked hard on my study. I guess there’s an interior designer somewhere inside trying to come out of the closet.
My ‘man space’ is the whole house. It helps to pick a wife that shares interests, hobbies, and values.
You did good!
Here's a great *ball room* too. These spaces don't need to be pretty.
Bump for later reading
If you are ever on the east coast, I'll take you to Mark Twain's Nook Farm and another quirky but fasinating place William Gillette's Gillette's Castle.
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