The Merrimont trace Theater has begun - Page 9

Thanks Big they would not of happened today without your help Thank you again ....
I have nothing to reference the staples to because this was my first time working with fabric panels .... but they stapled and the fabric is nice and snug

oh here is the color of fabric i told you about today on the website it looks tan but in person it is grey like a nickel
http://www.fabricmatestore.com/p-426-fr701-coin.aspx

i will have to take pic with it next to the baltic or when i buy you that beer i will just bring the sample

the lower mdf and the columns and light trey will all be solitude grey
http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/solitude

better shots and also screen wall!!!

i changed to better lens on the camera so here is some better shots of the fabric panels


shot of how i did around the switch box (temp switches)





i have had these foam wedges for a while and i just wanted to see how they would turn out so what the heck i was off to the races











later i will have blue led up lights behind to screen to give i nice affect

thanks!! quick ? when doing the fabric panels are the staples suppose to be as close as i did them like around the light switch box ?? just seems like a ton of staples but the panels is very secure that is for sure

thanks guys ..... quick and cheap????? HA!!! cheap yes quick no... trust me i looked all over for them yesterday no stores carry them .... quick to ship from amazon maybe LOL!!

notice how the baltic blue looks little different from your room with it being on the bottom and mine being on top and i think for now my room is much brighter because of the extra work lights.... i still hope my end results are close to your workmanship

thanks ..... oh no your room is beautiful ..... but now the pressure is on for sure .....

i wonder if i am the only one that my day is made when Big says your space looks great LOL!!!!

took a little break well sorta ...my friends wife has been watching my progress and after there basement got logan'ed by Sandy, she decided she wanted to updated there media room
so i helped him build a small stage 2x6's with a little curve looks very nice ...... once they saw that part done now they want a soffit and curve above the stage and middle atlantic rack the pulls out and swivels ...
i think they got the bug ........ they really have a great rom to go all out if they really wanted to and that is the hard part for me because i see what the room could be but it is not mine, so my vision is very different from theres but i am very happy to help them fulfill what they want from the room.... they already have the panny 7000 and a elite screen but he wanting to go to bigger screen that is acoustic so i will recommend a nice seymour screen 140" .

they bought all the wood to finish my riser just for building them a stage so it was a nice trade it thought.... he had a day laborer there doing some work outside on the whole house generator they will be installed this weekend
and he had already bought the wood for the stage the night before so it was nice to show up to build the stage and watch the helped carry all the sand in

Was visiting my parents over Christmas so no work got done, but home now and working on the riser and the rest of the fabric panels so should have updated pics up soon ... Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a happy new year... Back to work everyone !! Lets hope this year brings some more great builds.
Edited by snickers1 - 1/1/13 at 9:46am

fabric panels almost complete just have one left and also 98% of the riser is done

the wife wanted to test out her new nikon 1 J1 camera so i let go to town taking pics ... she is still learning it
but when she has the settings right it takes incredible pics







only reason why i didn't not finish the last panel is because i still decided exactly how i want to do it because the bar top starts right where the panel will end, but i think i have figured it out and will finish it tomorrow



some pics of the basetraps




hoping to finish the last fabric panel tomorrow and also the front and back of the riser wall... then it is off to trimming the rest of the basement and the bar and the floor around the bar and the equipment closet OY!!!! so much to do

worked on the riser

i had some 3/4 mdf left over so used that for the outer pieces of the riser then used 1/2 mdf for the front and back.
trimmed it out with base molding and the used the same base but upside down along the top.





i think on the back i am do shadow boxes like what is is below the chair rail in the theater area.

i am hoping that the lights i put behind will make it so you can see the speakers and wedges .... after all that work i will put 20 lights back there to get the effect i want LOL!!!!

i am hoping that combo of blue and white spots lights will do the trick .... i know sandmanx got to work ... but i think his pic is photoshoped ... will see i guess

Thanks!! i still have so much to do ... if i was just building the theater i would feel like i was in the home stretch somewhat but it is a whole basement build so the list doesn't seem to be getting any shorter


i do have one and i used for priming the whole basement, to be honest i hated using it maybe i am just not very good at it but it just seemed so messy.... so i think i will be just taking my time and using the roller and brush
I would pay money to have Mario's father in law from the Cinemar build come down and paint my room LOL!! , i love the way the paint turned out in his room.

finished Riser.... decided to ad shadow boxes to the back the riser because there will not be stools there all the time and i thought i just looked plain so added them

I have been looking at plain MDF long enough time to start priming

all the MDF has two coats sand and sealer and was sanded to a smooth finish, went through and cleaned up the room and took a tack rag to everything before started to priming,
and then i was off...... the room 5 hours later of taking my time and got a little over half done.... the two coats of sanding sealer mad a huge difference the paint went on so nice and smooth i tested one column and took steal wool to it once it was dry and it silky smooth i will do this to everything else once done and also between the first and final coat of paint.










then decided to try the panorama function of the iphone 5 ... came out a little fuzzy but still pretty cool



let everything dry for about 6 hours and then put the panels back in ... i would leave them out but afraid they may flex or warp if leave them out to long.... they would probably be fine but i am just paranoid i guess