What is a Man Cave?
Batman has the ‘Bat Cave’ and Superman has the ‘Fortress of Solitude’. Regular guys start with tree forts, cardboard box houses, and eventually move on to bigger and better equipped man-caves. Men are tired of wandering in the wild (i.e. the rat race), they need a place to recoup, rejuvenate, and re-scream feelings of masculinity. A man cave is the locale for this patriarchal and spiritual reinvigoration. The man cave is the longing to recoup some of the masculine ego. Dingy basements, cold garages, a den, or even an oversized mud room, the man cave is a designated area in a home for all things mannish or, boyish. “Man Caving” has even become a home buying criteria, buyers are looking for homes that have a personal, dedicated space for one person in a household. Upscale garages and basements are now an amenity of choice for homebuyers.
