lindmar
11-25-07, 09:20 AM
I posted this on another forum but thought I'd double my chances for advice by posting here as well...
OK..
I am by no means any type of artists or construction guy but I did my best to mock up my basement and what were planning.
I am in a townhome. We have attached neighbors on our south side and our other wall is an outer wall. We want to build a nice L-shaped room. Budget is a factor. We did the math and I figure about 544 Square Feet in total but maybe someone else can tell me I'm wrong.
I'm trying to think of the following.
1) The logical place to mount the TV and place a couch. The original thoughts would be... The TV would go on the outer wall at the back. The couch would sit to the right of the basement stairs.
So when you see the measurements by the staircase, those aren't walls just showing the area the TV, couch, setup would sit in. But essentially the whole L would be OPEN.
Is this making sense?
2) What is the order I need to have things done? Drawall, electricity, hookups, mounts.
3) The equipment I have to hook up and make use of is as follows.
One 46" 780p, 1080i Samsung LCD TV
Samsung Home Theatre in a box HT-X50
Xbox 360 Elite
Nintendo Wii
The 5 Speakers that come with the Home Theatre in a Box
4) Need to think budget in terms of total finishing. Not furnishing. But getting it to the point, the TV is mounted on the wall and all is running, drywall, flooring, trim, electrical, ceiling etc..
5) I imagine the DVD, XBox would be hooked up HDMI, the wii through components. Still would need an area below the TV for the goodies to be stored. Everything is still open so I should be able to have the wires easily run wherever.
6) Another option is to cut the room off at the stairs and go strait across to the north wall. So the room would essentially be 25X14.5 The reason we decided this area for the TV and not another wall is just north of the stairs is a beam which the building inspector says needs to stay! LOL
Anyways, feel free to make any suggestions, pointers, etc. This is really new to us and we've got this TV and system sitting here waiting to go.
The "Doors" to the basement I drew in, are unfinished. Those would be added to add access to the remainder of the basement. So as you can see, the basement is totally unfinished now.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f31/lindmar/untitled5.jpg
Obviously this isnt a blow you away home theatre but for us its a big TV and would make a sweet little room.
Another edit. This is ALL equipment that I won. So again, nothing state of the art but nice for us. Would make a nice little room to watch star wars in.
OK..
I am by no means any type of artists or construction guy but I did my best to mock up my basement and what were planning.
I am in a townhome. We have attached neighbors on our south side and our other wall is an outer wall. We want to build a nice L-shaped room. Budget is a factor. We did the math and I figure about 544 Square Feet in total but maybe someone else can tell me I'm wrong.
I'm trying to think of the following.
1) The logical place to mount the TV and place a couch. The original thoughts would be... The TV would go on the outer wall at the back. The couch would sit to the right of the basement stairs.
So when you see the measurements by the staircase, those aren't walls just showing the area the TV, couch, setup would sit in. But essentially the whole L would be OPEN.
Is this making sense?
2) What is the order I need to have things done? Drawall, electricity, hookups, mounts.
3) The equipment I have to hook up and make use of is as follows.
One 46" 780p, 1080i Samsung LCD TV
Samsung Home Theatre in a box HT-X50
Xbox 360 Elite
Nintendo Wii
The 5 Speakers that come with the Home Theatre in a Box
4) Need to think budget in terms of total finishing. Not furnishing. But getting it to the point, the TV is mounted on the wall and all is running, drywall, flooring, trim, electrical, ceiling etc..
5) I imagine the DVD, XBox would be hooked up HDMI, the wii through components. Still would need an area below the TV for the goodies to be stored. Everything is still open so I should be able to have the wires easily run wherever.
6) Another option is to cut the room off at the stairs and go strait across to the north wall. So the room would essentially be 25X14.5 The reason we decided this area for the TV and not another wall is just north of the stairs is a beam which the building inspector says needs to stay! LOL
Anyways, feel free to make any suggestions, pointers, etc. This is really new to us and we've got this TV and system sitting here waiting to go.
The "Doors" to the basement I drew in, are unfinished. Those would be added to add access to the remainder of the basement. So as you can see, the basement is totally unfinished now.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f31/lindmar/untitled5.jpg
Obviously this isnt a blow you away home theatre but for us its a big TV and would make a sweet little room.
Another edit. This is ALL equipment that I won. So again, nothing state of the art but nice for us. Would make a nice little room to watch star wars in.