Upon attaining adulthood, the things associated with youth must be put away. The toys, the clothes, the attitudes of playfulness and irresponsibility have to go. These things are replaced by jobs, dependability, and a mortgage. However, a mortgage means a house of your own with rooms you can decorate any way you want, and you want just one room that’s really cool. A room that’s grungy cool, Gretsch guitar cool, concert poster cool.

Dark is Good

You may not want to use the living room for the poster. A basement room is good or a room carved out of the garage, and it should be dark ? a dark room that you can add just the kind and amount of light that you want to create the exact mood you need. First, pick an era. It could be the decade of your own teen years or maybe the decade you wish you lived your teen years in. The 60s or 70s are good eras to choose.

Imagine a room underground with dark faux paneling and second-hand furniture. Beaded curtains separate the different areas of the space. In front of the couch is a big wooden cable spool for a table and on it is a psychedelic lava lamp. For a room this cool, you need a black light for the concert poster area. If you don’t have the music on vinyl, you’ll have to hide the CD player. Even if they existed in this era you have chosen, the really cool people didn’t deal in material possessions.

If you’re into the 80s, you’ll need room for dancing and light to see by. It was all about the appearance back then, so you can bring out the CD player. Material girls were very in, so frizz the hair and poof the sleeves. You can put up every concert poster you can get your hands on, but if you decorate for the 80s, you may not achieve concert poster cool. Still, play a little Pac-Man, crank up some music videos, and dig the fun.

Grunge is Good

For the 90s Seattle sound, the dark room with the lava lamp and black lamp will do just fine. This wasn’t a time when mommy took you to the concerts. The angst, the grunge, the surreal art is cool to start with. You can get jiggy with the scene and still achieve concert poster cool. The point is that, no matter what your old friends are up to, you all have your teens in common. So get the gang together and rock on.