Does this room give you a vintage feeling?

CaligulaPolk
CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
edited August 2009 in The Clubhouse
This is my library room, will be a two channel rig room also. Does this give you a vintage feeling?

These wooden boxes was purchased by my father few years before i was born. That was about 35 years ago. Yep i've living with it whole my life. we moved a lot and we kept it and brought with us.

So tell me your opinion on how you feel when you see the pictures. I would like to put my RT800 or SDA by the tv when i upgrade sometime soon.
If i buy sda, i will have to move tv to other side of wall not the corner :D
I plan to buy vintage chaise chair and maybe tv stand as well. TV stand is from ikea.

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Whatcha think??
I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited August 2009
    Multiple flat screens have always screamed vintage to me.

    This is a vintage room: http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72460
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  • superjunior
    superjunior Posts: 1,632
    edited August 2009
    vintage yes. very nice
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2009
    Makes me glad I'm not coming to the Tampa gathering.
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited August 2009
    Face wrote: »
    Multiple flat screens have always screamed vintage to me.

    This is a vintage room: http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72460

    ah, the montior wont be there no longer... was opening box and forgot to remove that when i took pic
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited August 2009
    sorry bud, i'm not feeling it with your room.. it's nice and cozy though it looks like.
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited August 2009
    Sorry but NO Vintage feeling there.

    Messy May be!

    You got to tidy up and put more Vintage Gears There! Put some Stereo with VU Meters and Some Old TT and a Pair of 70s Polk speakers. Then, I'll say yes!
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited August 2009
    hmmm
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited August 2009
    Well...you got a bunch of old books and Flat Panels? Are they Vintage yet?
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited August 2009
    I say you put in a tube tv, one of the older units that looks like a piece of furniture (oak wood all around) and that utilizes a rotary knob as opposed to buttons for your volume/channels. Bunny ears antennae would work well on top of that too....hide the router in an old receiver housing too. Add an old vcr or beta player in the mix and clean off everything on the bookshelves. Go with a few small things at a time that maintain that "vintage" feel :D
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited August 2009
    megasat16 wrote: »
    Well...you got a bunch of old books and Flat Panels? Are they Vintage yet?

    LOL NO!! of course not... :D but want to watch tv in library if wife is watching DAys of our lives:D

    some books are 20 yrs old .. maybe.. haha I assumed wooden boxes would give ya all vintage feeling.. obviously not..
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited August 2009
    If your beautiful wife was in the pictures we'd like it better.
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited August 2009
    NJPOLKER wrote: »
    If your beautiful wife was in the pictures we'd like it better.

    LOL maybe doro will come to my gather lol
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • bklynNupe
    bklynNupe Posts: 728
    edited August 2009
    CaligulaPolk wrote: »
    This is my library room, will be a two channel rig room also. Does this give you a vintage feeling?

    These wooden boxes was purchased by my father few years before i was born. That was about 35 years ago. Yep i've living with it whole my life. we moved a lot and we kept it and brought with us.

    So tell me your opinion on how you feel when you see the pictures. I would like to put my RT800 or SDA by the tv when i upgrade sometime soon.
    If i buy sda, i will have to move tv to other side of wall not the corner :D
    I plan to buy vintage chaise chair and maybe tv stand as well. TV stand is from ikea.

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    100_7673.jpg

    100_7675.jpg

    100_7676.jpg

    Whatcha think??
    Add some simulated wood paneling and olive green or burnt orange wall-to-wall carpeting. Oh, and you might want to add a foldable metal tv tray with the gold legs to hold your remote controls.
    One last thing, get rid of that damm large modern flat screen and replace it with a Sylvania with gold and white accents.
    :rolleyes:

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  • bsoko2
    bsoko2 Posts: 1,449
    edited August 2009
    Neatly cluttered!
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited August 2009
    put a Zenith console t.v. in their and I think you got it.:p
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited August 2009
    HAHAHAHAHAHAA :D I remember my dad's old zenith tv .... man i dont miss it
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • carpenter
    carpenter Posts: 362
    edited August 2009
    With the flat screen it's not just the screen by itself, the TV stand looks pretty modern, not retro at all.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited August 2009
    CaligulaPolk wrote: »
    HAHAHAHAHAHAA :D I remember my dad's old zenith tv .... man i dont miss it

    Yep, my parents had one also. I remember the permanent green tint the picture had after 20 years because they removed the tube stations from the stores.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,044
    edited August 2009
    way to busy and kinda looks like a funeral home with all the flower stuff.
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  • Retro152
    Retro152 Posts: 985
    edited August 2009
    Hey Caligula, its your "Shrine" to everything audio. Not sure if its "Vintage" or not, but it only matters what you think. Lookin good man.:D




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  • jimmydep
    jimmydep Posts: 1,305
    edited August 2009
    Your'e only halfway to vintage, Try adding a Bean Bag Chair.....




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  • Retro152
    Retro152 Posts: 985
    edited August 2009
    jimmydep wrote: »
    Your'e only halfway to vintage, Try adding a Bean Bag Chair.....




    Jimmy

    ........or a Pet Rock. LOL.;):D






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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    edited August 2009
    Lava Lamp!!!
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  • Marty913
    Marty913 Posts: 760
    edited August 2009
    You need an equipment table made out of stacked concrete blocks and a few 2 X 6's. A lava lamp, water pipe, and maybe some old Marantz gear would also help me get that "vintage feeling".
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  • Solumnus
    Solumnus Posts: 48
    edited August 2009
    It's good to see you have some classic books. Dragonlance is the bomb. lol.

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