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Recreational Room Steps
Use this 6-Step Home Remodeling "Quick Guide" to review designs for a home recreation room. It assembles information you may need and outlines it using a step-by-step review.
Step 1: Analyze the Numbers
Before you remodel or redecorate your recreational room, run some financial numbers to determine whether your project is a smart investment.
The numbers include the estimated costs, home value assessment, financing costs, and other related calculations.
Review cost-related issues to design a home recreation room (remodeling) vs. buying a new home.
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estimate the cost of your project |
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get your home value |
Step 2: Collect Ideas
Your 2nd step to recreational room design and setup is deciding what you would like to do by collecting ideas.
This includes reviewing -
- home recreation room pics,
- home gaming pics,
- architectural plans,
- floor layouts,
- home gallery,
- home receational setup,
- home recreation shopping and more.
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Step 3: Plan the Needed Specs
Step 3 is sketching your ideas on paper (or digitally) and developing the spec plan.
The spec plan determines what type of home recreational design considerations that will be needed. It will also contain the product specifications for each design element such as design layout, spacing, game tables, sound system, room development, decor, other.
You will use the spec plan and architectural design to bid the project out to home contractors.
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Step 4: Find Home Contractors
Step 4 is finding and negotiating the project with a home contractor or interior designer.
Give your remodeling ideas and specs to a contractor for review and bid analysis.
Use our local network (aligned with HomeAdvisor) to find the right person for your project.
Review guides for contractor selection and negotiation.
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Step 5: Financing Your Project
Step 5 is arranging financing once you select the interior design for your home recreation.
Using the equity value in your home is one of the best financing option for home improvement. Start with a home equity line of credit or a bank equity program.
Other options may include cash-out refinancing, personal savings, and/or financing from home improvement contractors.
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Step 6: Manage the Project
Step 6 is where the project begins.
It starts with setting up the work area, installing everything that needs to be implemented, spacing, setup, decor, etc.
It also means working with the contractor, managing the project, and getting the remodeling project inspected before releasing any funds.
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working with the contractor |
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managing the home remodeling project |
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about a home project inspections |
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find home inspector |
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View Home Recreation Ideas
The 2nd step for your home recreation room is deciding what you would like to do. This includes reviewing interior room ideas, architectural styles, home pics and more.
View A: Interior Home Photo Remodeling
Our collection of photo remodeling ideas for receational room design.
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home theater |
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play/exercise area |
View B: House Plans & Resources
An excellent resource for remodeling/decorating trends is to view house plans from leading architects and 3rd party resources.
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house plans |
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more house plans |
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architectural styles |
some google images
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home receation room design |
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home billiard room |
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home poker room ideas |
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home exercise room |
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home gaming room |
3rd party resources
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pool table spacing requirements |
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gaming room setup ideas |
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different types of poker play |
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how to design music room |
View C: Gallery
View our selected gallery modules for home recreation/home recreation.
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gallery: game room |
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gallery: home bars |
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gallery: exercise room |
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gallery: kiddie playroom |
View D: Room-by-Room Shopping
Shop recreational and electronics to convert any area into a recreational room ...
View n' compare products from retail merchants
| shop BILLIARDS & GAME PLAY |
| shop COMPUTER ROOM |
| shop EXERCISE ROOM |
| shop HOME BAR AND LOUNGE |
| shop HOME THEATER |
| shop KID'S PLAYROOM |
| shop MUSIC ROOM |
| shop THE ARTIST'S ROOM |
View Amazon's Bestsellers in everything you need to convert your rec room area into an all around fun room ...
| amazon Billards & Game Play |
| amazon Computer Room |
| amazon Exercise Room |
| amazon Home Bar & Lounge |
| amazon Home Theater |
| amazon Kid's Playroom |
| amazon Music Room |
| amazon The Artist's Room |
View E: Home Improvement Directory
Finally, view this indexed directory to product information from manufacturers and retail operations.
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| search: recreation room |
| search: home bar |
| search: home theater |
| search: exercise room |
| search: music room |
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Home Recreation Room Planning
Your home receation room plan will require specs for interior design, electrical wiring, spacing elements, light carpentry, electronic networking and more ...
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about developing your remodeling plan |
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some design considerations |
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search architect - draftsperson |
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about spec planning |
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FREE: Spec Planning Sheet |
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FREE: Spec Budgeting Worksheet |
// Home Recreation Room Guides
| youtube: DYI measure space for pool table |
| youtube: DYI building ultimate gaming room |
| youtube: DYI home bar |
| youtube: DYI 50 man cave ideas |
| youtube: DYI soundproof room |
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Get Professional Help
Need help designing and laying out your rec room? Use our pre-screened rec room contractor search.
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| Additions & Remodels |
| Home Theater Installation |
| Architect | Closet Storage |
| Electrical Wiring | Home Interior |
| Flooring | Painting & Staining |
| Furniture | Plumbing |
// Support Guides (and forms) in Contractor Selection
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Some Topics on Home Renovation
Renovating your home can be an exciting but overwhelming process. The magazines and the internet will tell you about the changes you need to make in order to be up-to-date, but you might be on a budget or short on time. In such a case, what changes would be most likely to bear fruit?
Remodeling your house can help you more than you know. There are so many different ways that you can upgrade your home, and doing so allows you to heighten its overall value.
Homeowners spend, on average, $15,000 when renovating their homes. Before investing this much money in home renovations, may sure you know exactly what you want.
The home-buying process is odd. Entering the housing market means you have limited options, a budget, and a deadline to find a new roof over your head.
Buying your first house is one of the most significant financial decisions that you’ll ever make. Years of saving and planning are what got you here. While this can give you a sense of pride and ownership, a house comes with its own set of responsibilities. One of them being maintenance.
As a homeowner, heavy weather can be quite intimidating. After all, you never know what type of damage heavy weather may cause.
Unexpected house fires can be life changers depending on their intensity. A single fire can ruin someone’s life, taking everything that person achieved in a single go, and may even take someone’s life or risk it.
We can’t always get all the space we want but we can make the most of the space we have. A comfortable apartment isn’t necessarily a spacious one. All you need is your imagination and a little effort to make compact living comfortable living.
More rec room pics of "what can be used"
View sample product pics that can be used in your recreational room project. View the product pic gallery to formulate ideas.
Directory of home improvement products
Resource and manufacturer listing of home improvement products for each section of your home recreation room.
Financing
What about financing? That is always the big question: how to pay for a dedicated recreation room without breaking the budget ...
| step1: What Type of Financing |
| step2: Running the Numbers |
| step3: Getting Qualified |
| step4: Becoming a Bank |
| step5: Start Your Application for Financing |
| FREE: Download Lender Shopping Sheet |
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about financing home remodeling |
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getting yourself qualified |
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check your credit |
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view the BANK EQUITY program |
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Helpful Tools
FREE tools to help with home improvement decision and planning and arranging home improvement financing ...
| Home Remodeling Tools |
| Home Financing Tools |
| Estimate Home Remodeling Costs |
| Get Your Home Value |
| Budget for Home Improvement |
| Workbench Life |
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What Can We Say About Recreation Room Design
It can be the basement, a bonus room and even the garage that can be converted into a home recreation room. A place for family fun and personal reflection.
So start with this step-by-step guide after you review the home recreation ideas and topics above. This step plan will help plan and manage the project to convert any room into a fun filled place for the entire family.
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YouTube: Poker Table | Red Hot Building
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YouTube: Nancy builds her Christmas Village
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YouTube: The Ultimate Basement with Pool Table
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YouTube: How to Make a Ping Pong Table
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YouTube: How to Create An Amazing Art Space
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YouTube: Awesome Playroom Decorating Ideas
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YouTube: How to Build Perfect Home Gym
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YouTube: 100 Cool Ideas! Home Bars
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