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14 Famous Man Rooms
The Art of Manliness ^ | July 27 2010 | Brett & Kate McKay

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.

Ernest Hemingway’s Writing Studio

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.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: manrooms; men
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To: woofie
My favorite *half-way* stop between SD and LA! I love their rock showers!


61 posted on 07/30/2010 9:16:51 AM PDT by Daffynition (There is no other cheese.)
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To: Daffynition

Here’s the blog that had the pictures on it

http://fatmanslanding.com/2010/01/21/camouflage-man-cave-fits-right-in/


62 posted on 07/30/2010 9:20:56 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: Lancey Howard

Love Gibbs basement, especially when he is in it.......


63 posted on 07/30/2010 9:24:30 AM PDT by Kimmers (Illegal immigration is destroying America, look what it did to the White House)
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To: ansel12
I'd be careful b/c the ATF scour this forum for nefarious activities and the still you've been working on might catch their eye.


64 posted on 07/30/2010 9:25:10 AM PDT by Daffynition (There is no other cheese.)
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To: stinkerpot65
HAHAHA! Shep Smith was his consultant.


65 posted on 07/30/2010 9:31:22 AM PDT by Daffynition (There is no other cheese.)
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To: goseminoles
Geez..where do you put the TV to watch sports? LOL!

We have 3 TVs in one entertainment center in the ball room...one for sports, one for news and one for Nintendo ; )

66 posted on 07/30/2010 9:32:02 AM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: Daffynition
I'm rather partial to model trains.

Click for link to pictures.

Click for video.

67 posted on 07/30/2010 10:13:47 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Everything I needed to know about 0bama, I learned from Wesley Mouch.)
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To: MHGinTN; Daffynition; martin_fierro

Thanks, I worked hard on my study. I guess there’s an interior designer somewhere inside trying to come out of the closet.


68 posted on 07/30/2010 10:35:06 AM PDT by Snake65 (Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun!)
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To: Daffynition

My ‘man space’ is the whole house. It helps to pick a wife that shares interests, hobbies, and values.


69 posted on 07/30/2010 10:39:54 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: BunnySlippers
AMAZING! The porch is to *die* for!!!


70 posted on 07/30/2010 10:44:51 AM PDT by Daffynition (There is no other cheese.)
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To: Snake65

You did good!


71 posted on 07/30/2010 10:45:11 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Dem voters, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when deceived.)
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To: a fool in paradise; Snake65
AFIP has an awesome cat in his man-cave too!


72 posted on 07/30/2010 10:49:08 AM PDT by Daffynition (There is no other cheese.)
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To: ravingnutter
I love it! Clever!

Here's a great *ball room* too. These spaces don't need to be pretty.


73 posted on 07/30/2010 10:56:05 AM PDT by Daffynition (There is no other cheese.)
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To: Daffynition
This is part of the interior. If in town, check out the tours through the house>


74 posted on 07/30/2010 1:34:04 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Daffynition

Bump for later reading


75 posted on 07/31/2010 10:12:52 AM PDT by TMSuchman (John 15;13 & Exodus 21:22-25)
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To: BunnySlippers
Thank you BunnySlippers ... I'll definitely put it on the list of things-to-do when I am on the left coast again. Rogers is an enduring icon of American folklore and a fave of mine!

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.


76 posted on 08/01/2010 6:18:35 AM PDT by Daffynition (There is no other cheese.)
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