The Blazer Dome (w/ poll)

I felt physically ill following last night's throttling. It also left me worrying that the opposing team's fans' gloating is going to get the better of me at some point, and that I will do something that will get me uninvited back to the Rose Garden. In the midst of frustration, anger, and other negative emotions running high, I thought I would share something happier with the BE community. Allow me to present to you: The Blazer Dome!

After moving in to our home about a year ago, we were left with a small room that became the de facto junk room:

Obviously, the room was pretty small, ugly and not Blazer related in any way. Big problem. That all has changed, though - let me show you how...

That is an authentic Shareef Abdur Rahim shoe, the greatest conversation piece of all time.

Below is a close up of the old school logo I painted on the wall. I did this by printing out a blown up image of it from the web, and then creating a stencil from it out of poster board. It took 10 times longer than I thought it would, so my original plan for writing "Blazer Dome" next to it in the old school Blazer font probably wont happen unless I find some extra motivation :-) Such motivation, if it ever arrives, may get me to also create miniature banners of the retired jerseys and such that hang in the Rose Garden. I thought that would be DOPE, but we'll see!

It looks like a "man cave", I know, but the moniker didn't sound right because its above ground, and I thought "Blazer Dome" has a nice ring to it. Some of the man caves I see online can get really elaborate, but I would say this was mostly done on the cheap. As much as I would love to have the $1,000 leather Blazer recliner that was posted a couple days ago, a $50 red cover for an inherited futon left me very satisfied. The beer fridge is a craigslist find, and a couple of the wall coverings are just stadium handouts with cheap frames. Its still a work in progress ("what's with the lamp?"), but still the coolest thing I've ever done.

I am in no way even remotely a remodeling guru, so if I can do it, so can you! My one word of advice would be to steer any young children away while paint pans are out....