Setting up a gaming room
is essential for the right game feel and can even affect your performance. Whether it’s a whole room or a corner, retro or modern, we’ll give you tips on design, decoration, wall and light design, furniture selection, sound insulation and much more.
Gaming Room Ideas
Before we dive into some planning, let’s first take a look at some gaming rooms for inspiration from around the web…
Time and budget for your game room
Setting up a beautiful gaming room is no easy task. The optimal gaming room includes many different components and the furnishing should always be seen as a process. How quickly you want to set up your gaming room, or how far you want to go into detail, depends of course on the size of your wallet on the one hand and on your available time on the other. If you don’t want to spend too much money, be sure to check out ebay, flea markets and other second-hand shops – every now and then you can find cool things to decorate. Depending on how creative and crafty you are, you can also build many things yourself out of wood or other materials. If furnishing an entire room for gaming is too much effort for you or you lack space, you can always limit yourself to furnishing a gaming corner.
Determine room size – gaming palace or gaming corner?
First of all, you should think about how much space you can and want to allocate to your gaming room. How do you want to set it up? Should it be a whole room or more of a gaming corner? We have listed the advantages and disadvantages of each option:
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| Small gaming room / gaming corner (under 15m² / 160 ft²) |
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| Large gaming room (from 15m² / 160 ft²) |
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