"Xzener's Dedicated Theater" Construction Thread - Page 6

Black looks good with darker walls, I think white would be better in your case - or maybe even a satin / semi-gloss of the same color as the wall.

Looking forward to seeing your results - I'm wavering on my decision to to a fiber optic ceiling. I may end up going the painted route also. It looks like the painted ceilings have some advantages.

The one area I am concerned with is that I think it would be nice sometimes to have the stars visible in a well lit room.

The soffit and crown molding turned out really nice. Great job!

A little late to this thread, glad I found it...nice job and cant wait to see it finished.

Nice job, that really turned out great!

I cant believe how quickly you are making progress!!! I feel like such a slacker reading your thread. Unfortunately some other projects sidelined the theatre a bit. But seeing your work is motivating me to finish up the last bit of painting and trim! Good job!

That looks awesome! Very nicely done!

I cant wait to see the star mural although I have no idea what you are going to do...but it sounds like its gonna be awesome...(pssst....I am kind of confused as you just put in the sky mural...what are you gonna do? )

Sky mural for the day, night-sky mural for... you guessed it, the morning! Wait, or is it the afternoon? Now *I'm* getting confused too!

So there is some sort of sliding masking system that at the push of a button, one mask slides over the next mask.


I cant wait to see this turn out.

Oh, and those Berklines look sweet (I hear they are going out of business )

No, the stars are invisible when the light is on. When the lights are off you obviously can't see the blue sky but what you see are shining stars

Looks like a gorgeous room, xzener! Great job on the day mural. I'm amazed at the quality you came up with and I can't wait to see the nigh-sky mural. I know Jeff will steer you right.

Xzener,

Looks incredible..where did you get your rope lighting....Late to the thread sorry if you already covered it

Xzener...

OK, I continue to be amazed at the look of your day-sky. It really came out looking nice. What so many people don't realize is that the theater room doesn't just have to be a theater room. It can double as a relaxation room too. I have so many people tell me that they will go into the theater room, turn out the lights, turn on some relaxing music and listen as they sit under the night sky. And, with your day-sky too, you can also put up some red lights and you can create a nice sunset up there too. Put your different colored lights on dimmers and you would have no stress left in your life. Or at least you would just smile at it while your friends get ulcers. :-)

I was thinking... your room is turning out so nice that after you do the stencil stars, I might be willing to add in a few more of the smaller stars too, besides the Milky Way. So, do what you feel comfortable doing... and then stop. I want that room to look as nice in the dark as it does in the day. Now, don't spread this around because everyone will do the stencil and then call me to add in extra stars, but that is looking so nice that I will help you out if you'd like.

Seriously nice look to the room. And, with the nice soffit that you have, the light from the projector and screen shouldn't bounce up too much, so your ceiling will be nice and dark.

Jeff

One more quick thing.... I will help you with the small stars if you will show me how to do clouds like that. Deal? I have people ask me all the time if I do those too... but I usually have to find someone in their area to do that part before I arrive. It would be nice to do both.

Jeff