Creative Safe Room Uses
Pinterest is teeming with creative, safe room uses. Aesthetically pleasing renderings of wine cellars, movie theaters, and gun safes get the creative juices flowing for safe room owners looking to maximize the extra floorspace, normally reserved for worst-case scenarios. Although safe rooms and bomb shelters are designed to protect loved ones from severe weather and domestic unrest, resourceful DIY’ers are going back to the drawing board to breathe new life into the emergency annexes. Safe rooms should never be relegated to museum status, collecting dust as an afterthought from a bygone Cold War fixation of impending Soviet nuclear annihilation. Moreover, safe rooms weren’t like granny’s furniture. There’s no need to keep the plastic coverings intact during cozy visits. Panelized safe rooms are like a revving Ferrari sitting in the garage, begging for a steel test drive. We will discuss some lesser-known creative, safe room uses to set your safety abode apart from the Spartan decor.
Zombie Apocalypse Night!
Game nights with Monopoly and Pictionary are overplayed and predictable. Today’s tech-savvy kids can’t be pried away from screentime with friends long enough to enjoy a romp through zero-sum stakes capitalism or care to guess what lame caricature creepy Uncle Joe is drawing. Family game nights should be more interactive and adrenaline-pumping. Zombies are all the rage today. Since the Walking Dead stole the primetime slot from Breaking Bad years ago, flesh-rotting animatrons have become today’s “Twilight” vampires. Who knew playing dead would bring life back to quality time – even if it’s slightly macabre? Panelized safe room kits exhume family game night by doubling as a zombie crypt, allowing your ghoulish, soulless little zombies a base of attack while parents scramble for safety in an updated game of hide-and-seek! At the very least, Zombie Night gives parents the excuse of “getting lost” while World War Z plays out in the living room before cosplaying zombies retreat to the crypt. And, who knows? The transitioning zombies could be lured into the safe room as a permanent play area, finally giving Mom and Dad a break on snow days and during the summer break.
An Improvised Romantic Retreat
Quality time with your partner is in short supply with a growing family. Finding a sitter for a quick date night is becoming increasingly difficult in a gig economy. Even the master bedroom isn’t off limits to stir-crazy kiddos looking for any excuse to barge in during downtime. The helicopter parent movement has backfired with a less than self-reliant generation constantly tugging at the apron strings when their iPads’ batteries are finally zapped (Good luck finding the power supply with rapacious teens shuttering digital accessories in their debris-strewn bedrooms). With no time left for impromptu handholding or sneaky kisses while micromanaging chore-resistant children, a clandestine safe room can give affection-deprived partners a brief moment to collect their breath while renewing the vowels in the thankless job of parenting. Although we urge you to keep the PDA on the PG spectrum, having a moment’s reprieve during manic adolescence can still your nerves behind steel protection. The next time the kids throw shade on you to “Get a room!” when mom and dad vicariously revisit their hot-and-heavy honeymoon months – you know, before the kids, which for some reason, has become your entire life – take them up on the offer. Grab a steel safe room, and relive your high school days of stealing kisses before the bell rings or tornado sirens begin to blare. Your marriage might not survive the storm, but your family will always be protected.
Gamer’s Delight
More than 60 percent of Americans play video games – often to the chagrin and annoyance of loved ones. Whether powering up the PlayStation or mindlessly crushing obstacles on Candy Crush, almost everyone has satiated their digital fix with the latest game. But not everyone revels in our online glory and marathon gaming sessions. Console gaming rigs hijack the family living room, rendering it useless for channel surfing or downtime for others. A panelized safe room kit relocates voracious gamers to a quiet and remote setting while preserving the household’s relative calm. Steel panel walls already engender a bunker and wartime feel, accentuating the gaming experience while leveling up during Call of Duty or Fortnite killing sprees. Hardware and gaming furniture should be kept at a minimum so as not to impede the family’s quick retreat during tornadoes or break-ins. Unlike video games, real life doesn’t afford extra lives, and there’s no respawning after a violent storm.
Family Arts Renaissance for Creative Safe Room Uses
Have you ever wanted to pick up crocheting or learn sewing? American home crafts have become a lost art. Go-go-go work and school schedules need to be more conducive to crafting, which requires intense concentration while improving manual dexterity for threading needles or sculpting clay. Recapturing skills for family heirlooms necessitates a quiet place of study. Out-of-the-way safe rooms, retrofitted in an existing bedroom or office, give you the space and solace for candle making or repurposing old clothing for patching together quilts – just like grandma used to make! As with other hobbies, keep gear and paraphernalia to a minimum so as not to deprive your family of readily available egress for a hastily yet safe retreat. Patching up hand-me-downs is easier than sewing up fresh wounds.
Songwriter’s Solacing Sound Rooms
Everyone should learn to play an instrument. Stringing a guitar or tickling the fake plastic ivory improves muscle dexterity and brain plasticity, allowing an interdisciplinary approach to understanding other complicated subjects. But mastering music fundamentals comes with a steep learning curve. It’s also deafening for your de facto yet reluctant home audience. Panelized safe rooms can double as improvised music studios. Quarter-inch steel paneling will keep out not only 250-mile-per-hour debris but also missed notes that drive loved ones bonkers.
Staying Prepared While Protecting What Matters Most
Creative safe room uses aren’t all fun and games. While inherently versatile, safe rooms are designed to protect what matters most: your family. Any alternative accommodations should never take up too much space to crowd out loved ones during violent storms or domestic unrest. Routine organization enhances creative safe room uses without impeding emergency planning. Families should routinely practice tornado and home break-in drills during downtime so they’re better prepared for real life danger. Safe rooms’ versatility isn’t only unmatched by their superior strength in protection and durability. Each panelized kit can be discreetly delivered and installed in your home with minimal disturbance to existing foundation. Contact us today for a free quote and consultation!