I have needed to build a trophy room for awhile with all the ones I have stacked in a corner of the shed.
I took a week off and a mate and I built it to save some coin.

Decided to close in 1/2 of under my house and turn it into a trophy room/man cave.

A major concern was that in the big floods water will got through this room so we built it like a big bathroom.
It is 6.5m x 6.5m square and the whole slab has 20mm of fall to the centre where there is a 100mm waste pipe that drains down the back yard.
The sheeting inside is 18mm marine ply and the bottom sheets of "Prime line" are removable to dry the walls out if needed.
If we do get another big flood I will carry the trophies up stairs.

Still a couple of things to do like build my bar (got the local saw mill dude to cut me a slab @ 2.4m long and 1m wide). Putting a pool table in and a big screen tv.

A few more animals to hang when they get here like my Sambar, Red stag, Banteng and another Buff.

Here is a few photo's of the build as we went.

Hired a mini digger from Roma to do the earth works (good fun).




The hard bit was two of us wheeling 25 tons of cement under the house.



The start of construction.




Built "Bulk heads" to cover up the I beams.



Insulated the walls.


Sound proofed the roof.


Threw up the marine ply and I was ready for a beer at this stage.
(beauty of working at home is you can poke away at the beers all day) :rofl:


After painting the roof , cement floor and staining the walls it was time to hang the trophies.

View as you walk in the front door.


African wall.








Australian and NZ walls.







Made up a bit of a tribute to my oldies and our home place "Benandre" this morning.

The piece of timber was cut by my Father from an Iron bark tree on our place when he was under going Chemo. He was to take it easy and was going to build Mum a coffee table but didn't happen because he had the stroke.
The brands were ours and I have now registered our cattle symbol brand as well our sheep brands in my name.
Rabbits were a source of income for many cockies along the river when the rabbit works was open in Texas. The Handpiece was my Fathers as well as the mulesing shears.


Made my bar from a slab cut from a "River Red Gum".






Thanks for looking and hope it inspires someone to have a go at a trophy room themselves.
Have a great year.

Cheers Neale.

Are ya kidding me?Fantastic trophy rooms filled with great memories no doubt. Any AR barbecues parties lined up for the future?

very nice work! It's beautiful!

Thanks fella's.
I have last years animals to hang yet (another Buff, a Banteng, two Sambar and my Red stag.)and hope to add a bigger Banteng and Buff to the wall this year when we go up and see a good mate in the NT again.

Nice one! I really like your Dad's slab of ironbark and the irons. Some pretty rough and sore hands have held those irons. It's always good to remember where we came from.
Bfly

i'm not much for hard labor but i would have been there to help with the beer disposal detail nice room!

Looking Good, That must have been a big shed

the room is great and clearly a labor of love... filling that memory box with some great memories..while it was hard work,i know you enjoyed it and look forward to many hours of pleasant use...well done

All that's missing is the stripper pole !!!

Great addition Fatboy, and completed yourself. Amazing how quick you can eat through $30k on a project like that. I am always amazed people talking about how they build a house for $80.sq ft., I have built a lot of structures, residential and commercial myself and never seem to be able to come even close to that number. Your numbers seem more realistic to me.

Money well spent.

Thanks fella's.
Always good to do as much as you can for yourself because you appreciate it a little more and the bonus is the money you save you get to use on the next hunting adventure.
I look forward to adding to it over the next 30 odd years.

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Originally posted by twilli:
All that's missing is the stripper pole !!!

You cant see it in the photo's ?.

Bit of a small fridge for an Aussie isnt it ?

Great looking room and some great trophies in there! Really like the hyena slat skin.

Congrats and enjoy.

Looks bloody good, Neale.

Very nice!

A great room and really good use of space, good job and a load of nice trophies!