Basement Malt Shops. Let's see them,

[bcharlton]

I would like to see some others so I can "borrow" some  ideas.  Fell free to take any ideas from these.   I still use it almost every day.

BC

[SIGNGUY]

IDEAS??? for what .. you have one of the coolest basement Diners I've seen... very cool, I wish my room was half that cool... mine is more of just a throw it on the wall to get it out of the way room...

I'd love to go the 50's theme on it...

[davethebirdman]

I would love the space to theme.. I'm like you John. Everey inch counts..

[mznb1u]

That is a great set-up.  I hope to get my basement looking like that someday.  Just need to find the time and bucks--college tuition is getting in the way.

I have a Victor C-45 for the bar and I already have the vintage soda stools to go with it.  Cold drinks will be served from the Vendo 81-D at parties and from the Cavalier USS-64 on a daily basis.  I will also have a 50's era wood phone booth with a vintage AE Phone.  Got the Seeburg Model 161 Juke to crank the tunes and a few signs to hang on the wall.  Candy will be from the Stoner Jr with Gum Wheel and Stoner Theater.  Games will be played on a 30's/40's era shuffleboard table.  You will also be able to buy a pack of candy smokes from my National 7 pull cigarette machine.  I have a condom machine and tampon/minipad machines for the bathroom!  You will even be able to weigh yourself and get your fortune on my American Mfg. penny scale!

And the best part is that the War Department is in agreement!

Now if I could only find the time and money!  It all looks perfect in my mind!

  Tim

[bcharlton]

It took me 10 years, marriage counseling and determination to do this but the rewards are amazing.  To have a group of 9 year old's doing the jitterbug from "At the Hop" from my Seeburg 100c is priceless.

The 50s were a special time for this country.  I wish I would have grown up in the 50s and not the 70s.  Can you imagine a 1970s themed game room?  A disco ball, pet rocks, mood rings, Donna Summer on a Seeburg Disco 160??

Sorry but I just got sick for a moment.

Here's a few more one with my Midget Alley Bowler

BC

[Kilroy]

BC,
I too was part of the 70's, the generation between LSD and REM, and my friends can't understand why I feel more at home  in a game room that will look like a malt shop than a setup reminiscent of Studio 54.
Yet, Man Caves a few weeks back did a Disco lounge for a guy, then the following  week or two later did a 50's malt shop.

Like Tim i have most of the  layout and  final product in my head,  but have enough of the fin stuff to get mine started.

[bcharlton]

Kilroy,

My advise is to just get started.  It took me months to plan and 2 years to build.  People are so enamoured with the old coin op stuff that they fail to see my terribly carpentry.  The stainless steel quilted pattern walls really pops all the chrome.

BC

[bubba]

That is truly an amazing room. That room needs to be in a magazine! Another 70's -80's guy here. My basement is full of arcade games, soda machine and soon to be a juke... No theme though, just a lot of stuff..

[Matt]

Sooo cool. I can only dream of a room like that. Maybe someday, down the road. At this point, I have just one Coke machine in my kitchen.

[Jacko1070]

Ideas?   The room look fairly perfect already.  THANK You for the ideas.  I'm in the process and finishing my basement and I thank you for giving me something to strive for.   Beautiful room BC!!