Saturday, May 3, 2008

Mantuary, a Room of His own

So Collin showed me this article about the Mantuary phenomenon. It is basically that your husband has a room to himself that he can decorate any way he wants and fill with things he likes to do: pool table, old sports trophies, poster from Star Wars, etc., and women and kids are not allowed in there unless they ask first or are invited. I actually think this is a cool idea, but only if wives can also have some sort of womantuary

Collin's mantuary would contain: first and foremost the ultimate TV-watching LaZboy, A nice big HDTV and he means big,  cable package that includes European soccer, mini-fridge stocked with lemonade and chocolate milk plus a  cabinet stocked with Snowballs and donut gems, a toy basketball hoop in a corner and several blow up balls for kicking and shooting around the room. The decor would have stuff from his travels, he is a world traveler after all, as well as paraphernalia from his glory days (pictures of himself playing soccer, trophies, a shrine to himself), props and costumes and other items for his movie making, computer with iMovie on it and a Fusball table with a ping pong top that can cover it to save space table.

If I had a womantuary it would have built-in shelves for all my yarn and books and craft stuff. A computer to assist me in scrapbooking, etc. A comfy couch I could lay on while I read. A huge table I could use for sewing or scrapbooking. I would decorate it really fun and funky and colorful and modern with tons of pictures I have taken on the walls. It would have a normal size TV and its own cable box so I could record all the shows that conflict with Collin's shows and watch them while I do crafts. I am thinking that this sounds kind of boring so I will add a rock climbing wall and a spin bike and a kickboxing dummy and somehow I will be able to take virtual group exercise classes from my TV.

How about you all? What would go in your womantuary? What would your man put in his man cave?

3 comments:

The Gomes Family said...

What a wonderful idea...My womantuary would have to have a television monitor to my daughters room so I could watch her while I am in my womantuary. I would have to have my treadmill and throw in an elliptical machine just for kicks. It would have to have a juice bar with all sorts of fresh fruit and lite juice (not too many calories for me). I would also have to have a nice comfy couch that would have a built in massager and foot cleaner and rubber, (weather it be a lady rubbing my feet or a machine, I am not picky I would like to have a personal masseuse but that is pushing it). All the walls would be Yellow because that is a pleasant color which would mean that everything in that room would be pleasant! It would have to have a library with all sorts of books and resources. I would also have to have my computer with the fastest internet access.

My man's mantuary would have to have all sorts of ATV pictures all Honda of course. He would probably like a ATV in the room as well. He would have to have all the carpets concrete and wall to wall with Craftsman tools. He would also like a bike lift so he could change his oil. His room would have to be huge like a great room, so his paint balling could occur in this room. He would have to have a wall that he could purposely hit and not puncture. He would have to have all sorts of different colored paint balls. His room would have to have a fridge as well that would hold his drinks and chocolate ice cream. He would also have to have a huge HDTV in their with Tivo since we don't currently have either!

What a fun time I had fantasizing about this room. I wish that this fantasy would become reality.....

Katy said...

Justin recently told me that he wants a jam room with a drum set, bass guitar, electric guitar, a keyboard and all the accompanying amps and other stuff. I'm sure he would love a big nice TV and comfy chair to watch sports too.

amber said...

My husband has a mantuary, it's the gym. He belongs to three of them. And he gets to chill there every morning at 5:30 am when the kids and I are still asleep. He has different sports he likes to play with different people at each gym. I don't even have to give up an extra bedroom in the house. I just have to find the stinky pile of gym clothes and get them to the laundry each day. In the far future, when we build the house of our dreams, I'm sure he'll want his own racketball court. And we both agreed to have a drink fridge someday.( a fridge with only cool old fashion soda pop and chocolate milk)