Trophy room lighting

[FrogFire7]

I don't have a trophy room, but personally like a LOT of light - I try to overkill and then section off the room with switches, or use dimmers. I'd rather have too much (hasn't happened yet) than not enough. Aesthetically, not much worse than a poorly lit room to me

 

[Buffalobwana]

Carefull with the cans over the mounts to not shadow the underside. You are not looking at them from above.
Tom

Yep! Thanks. That's why I'm gathering good info from you guys.

 

[Buffalobwana]

Got it framed and ready for electrical. I believe I have my lights sorted out. I'm wiring for more than I'll need, and add cans or track lights as necessary.

12.5' walls, 22x24' a big 48x84" entry door. And no windows.

It looks a bit awkward from the outside, but I'll frame the upstairs in the future to make it look more like it fits.

I have decided to put a big slatwall on tracks to cover up the breaker box. It's a bit unsightly. It will be similar to my old room, just a lot bigger.

One wall is dedicated to reloading and workshop space. The other three walls are for critters.

 

[K.E.C. Darkside]

Might look at a big, quiet exhaust fan.
I like one in my reloading- gun room.

 

[Hatrick]

Looks great. I sheathed the wall with 3/4 plywood before final covering to allow hanging heads without worrying about hitting studs. They make really quiet high cfm bath fans for over your bench.
Tom

 

[Buffalobwana]

Looks great. I sheathed the wall with 3/4 plywood before final covering to allow hanging heads without worrying about hitting studs. They make really quiet high cfm bath fans for over your bench.
Tom

KEC and Hattrick,

Never thought about an exhaust fan. Might be a pretty good idea.

I have a stack of 3/4" plywood for the walls. That was a universal recommendation.

Will spray foam after electrical, before plywood and SR.

Bought an 18k BTU AC and heater to keep the temperature constant year round.

 

[LRNut]

All of that.....for your one mounted animal.....sucker born every minute...
Don't waste the money...go on another hunt....

If mounting animals causes you to defer a hunt, you have a point. However, you have no idea if this the case with the OP.

I have probably close to 75 mounts between the two houses I own. I am much more selective now in what I decide to mount, but it doesn't require me to not book a hunt.

 

[LRNut]

I did my TR in AZ with 3/4" plywood but really heavy stuff requires either a lag bolt in a stud or a wing anchor.

Like you, my original plan was to not put in any windows in my AZ TR. However, the GC building my house cautioned me against doing this because:
1. It is going to be dark as hell in there
2. You are going to have huge problems if you ever decide to sell a house that has a big room with no windows.

So I went with his advice. He originally included three small windows above the French doors that lead out to my pool, but I nixed that idea. My TR height is 14" with a smaller portion at 10' (the 4 foot height section between the two is great for mounting smaller stuff with big horns (for their body) such as ibex, Grant's gazelle, etc.

The windows I have are all below 8 foot or so. Works for life size mounts and bigger stuff like eland, Cape buffalo, etc., as well as skull mounts of things like kudu, gemsbok, etc.

The other thing I did is buy triple pane windows with UV filters. So far, I am happy with my decision.

I have dedicated reloading rooms in both places. My CO place has a vault door leading to my gun room, which is cinder block with rebar - SLV Hunter here built that house.

Here is a pic of my AZ TR taken with a security camera (I am not there right now). It isn't a bright in real life (sun was shining in as well).

 

[Buffalobwana]

I did my TR in AZ with 3/4" plywood but really heavy stuff requires either a lag bolt in a stud or a wing anchor.

Like you, my original plan was to not put in any windows in my AZ TR. However, the GC building my house cautioned me against doing this because:
1. It is going to be dark as hell in there
2. You are going to have huge problems if you ever decide to sell a house that has a big room with no windows.

So I went with his advice. He originally included three small windows above the French doors that lead out to my pool, but I nixed that idea. My TR height is 14" with a smaller portion at 10' (the 4 foot height section between the two is great for mounting smaller stuff with big horns (for their body) such as ibex, Grant's gazelle, etc.

The windows I have are all below 8 foot or so. Works for life size mounts and bigger stuff like eland, Cape buffalo, etc., as well as skull mounts of things like kudu, gemsbok, etc.

The other thing I did is buy triple pane windows with UV filters. So far, I am happy with my decision.

Here is a pic of my AZ TR taken with a security camera (I am not there right now).

Your initials wouldn't be JA would they?

 

[LRNut]

Are yours WR?

 

[Buffalobwana]

Are yours WR?

Yup!

 

[LRNut]

Yup!

We have to catch up one of these days - just got back from Normandy for the 80th anniversary of D Day.

 

[Buffalobwana]

We have to catch up one of these days - just got back from Normandy for the 80th anniversary of D Day.

Absolutely. It's been a while. Hope you are well.