Casino Room

It's been a long long process and finally our new Li'l Redneck Casino is ready to be revealed.

What a project this was but oh so worth it.

This room was originally just an ugly storage room in a back room of our house.  First we had a friend redo that room into my office which was great, but around my house it seems to take a couple try's to determine what a room is really going to be.  We had our 777 Reel Machine on the back patio but when my husband decided he had to spend the "big bucks" to get a video poker machine I put my foot down and said it could not sit outside.  So guess it was my fault I had to move my office.

There were so many small projects that went into this room.  I am going to give you an overview of them here then will be posting individual blogs about many of them.

The first step was to agree on what color to do the room, it took a little persuasion and sneakiness but I got my way :)

I wanted gold and black but my husband wasn't quite as excited about that as I was.  He should know better than to send me to Home Depot without him when I have a plan that's he's not on board with.  But we needed something for another project so off I went.  Of course I had to stop in the paint department (just to get some color ideas) and wouldn't you know they had the most beautiful gold paint I have ever seen.  It was Martha Steward gold metallic and $50 a gallon!!  I am usually very frugal and mostly buy their marked down oops paint but once I saw this I had to have it.  Couldn't wait to get home and show him, and as expected he wasn't as excited as I was but agreed since I had already bought it I could go ahead.  Love it when I get my way!!!

There is a sliding glass door that leads into the casino from the back patio so we decided to use my Cricut machine and cut vinyl letters with the name Li'l Redneck Casino.   They had to be cut backward and put on from the inside so it was a little challenging for me but we got it done.  There's one more addition to make, were going to add in smaller letter "AKA June's Town" for a very close friend of ours who uses this as her hideaway.

Once we started on the gold paint my husband agree to using black as the accent.  So the wall behind the machines, the ceiling, the trim and the door are all a glossy black.  To make this wall pop I again used the Cricut machine and cut out large stencils for "Casino".  We cut these out of thin wood using my scroll saw then painted them red and put on a coat of glue and glitter.  Even with the lights out the glitter still shows up great.  My husband cut 1" dowel rods and glued them to the back so they stand out from the wall just a little for some 3D effect.

We were given a folding poker table and chairs by June.  They really needed a little tlc and I'm pleased how they turned out.  I will be doing another blog on just how we did this.  There are 3 more chairs that we are finishing up now.  Six chairs will make for the perfect size poker group.

For my birthday another friend Dianne gave me this Game Room sign.  I knew I wanted to do something besides just hang it on the wall so I made a cornice for the window with the sign as the focal point.  She was so happy with how it turned out and so was I.

These two lights were glass plates for slot machines that we turned into lighted additions.  The pictures definitely do not do them justice, they are gorgeous.  

I am a HUGE ASU Sun Devil and Arizona Cardinals football fan so I printed their schedule for the year and put each in a frame with glass.  I left a place to fill in the scores along with a win/loss column and just use a Sharpie marker to fill in the blanks on the outside of the glass.  Hopefully I end up with a lot more W's than L's at the end of the season.

This picture is of a large neon light that I used Gallery Glass to paint.  I shared this on the Funky Junk Facebook page and had many positive replies so I am eventually going to do another blog on how to use that paint, which if you've never tried is really simple.

My husband was very adamant about wanting the right atmosphere so he didn't want the overhead lights too bright.  Another friend Paul suggested painting peg board black and inserting inside the frame.  Turned out great now it looks sort of like stars twinkling at night.  What would we have done without our friends for this redo? The refrigerator in the corner will be made to look like a slot machine some time down the road. 

Another little touch we added was to make wood dice as the finials for the curtain on the large glass door. We found two wood blocks and painted them like dice.  My husband just drilled holes in the sides and glued them on the conduit pipe we used for the curtain rods.  In case you don't know conduit is a metal pipe used in construction and extremely inexpensive.  It comes in 10' lengths and can be cut however long you need it and painted to match your decor.

Since our friends are such an important part of our life we started a Winners Wall.  Another friend Bud got us a couple pieces of metal that we painted black so it they would blend in and attached to the wall.  Each time someone hits the big one they get their picture taken and I use my Xyron machine to put them on magnets.  If you look closely you can see 3 of our grandchildren have made the wall too :)

We still have a few more additions to make but for now it's time to sit back, relax and throw some money in the machine.  Please take a minute to give us your feedback on this room and I'd love to hear about anything you may have tackled like this.  Wish me luck at the machine!!!

I had to share what this room originally looked like.  I don't know what the people were thinking that painted this room purple with ugly dropped ceilings.

Here is what it looked like when it was my office, we had already moved almost everything before I remembered to take a picture.  Much better than the purple thanks to another friend Jeff who completely tore down the walls and ceiling and remodeled for us.