OK --
Now that I'm approaching three years since starting this project, and have asked for tons of advice and read through tons of posts along the way, I am finally entering the home stretch (as I mentioned yesterday in my original thread here -- http://www.avsforum.com/t/1196367/anyone-willing-to-help-an-overwhelmed-newbie-with-design/60 )
I took some quick pictures today of where I stand on this project -- basically I'm in immersed in the trim carpentry stage at this point, and hoping to finish up in a few weeks. Then I'll need to stain the trim, have carpet installed, finish my DIY screen, and then I'll be ready to add the finishing touches -- installing the projector and other electronics, black-out shade on the windows, etc. I have purchased my seating and most of the components (receiver, speakers, subwoofer, projector), so I really do expect the theater to be ready for a "grand opening" within the next 6 weeks or so.
While the pictures are not great, they will give some idea as to how things look at this point.
Here's a picture as you enter through the main door into the hallway which leads to the theater:
Here's a picture a few steps into the hallway; you can see the entrance into the main theater straight ahead, and then another entrance into a smaller room off to the left -- this is a "kitchenette," and behind it, my equipment closet:
Here's a look from the hallway into the kitchenette; obviously, I still need a countertop; there will be a microwave and a popcorn popper on the counter, and a mini-fridge in that space in the base cabinets:
Now, stepping through the back of the kitchenette, here's a look into the equipment closet (note that you can see through the "rack" opening into the theater room itself):
Walking back out of the kitchenette, and through the entry into the main theater -- looking back toward the rear of the room to the riser area:
Here's a look at the right-hand wall of the theater, from roughly the first seating row position, with the screen wall to the left, and the riser area to the right of the picture. The openings in the wall are for the equipment rack, and below that the subwoofer "nook," and then to the right of those is an opening that will house some shelves for DVDs and CDs:
Here's a view of the screen wall, from up on the front edge of the "riser level"...note the openings for L/R speakers either side of the screen, and for the center speaker above; these openings will be within paneled wood columns, with the "panel" where the speaker opening exists being covered in black GOM cloth:
And finally, here's a view of the screen wall looking a bit diagonally from the front of the riser level, near the right-hand wall:
While the pictures are not great, they give some idea of where this project stands!
Thanks for looking,
Steve
Now that I'm approaching three years since starting this project, and have asked for tons of advice and read through tons of posts along the way, I am finally entering the home stretch (as I mentioned yesterday in my original thread here -- http://www.avsforum.com/t/1196367/anyone-willing-to-help-an-overwhelmed-newbie-with-design/60 )
I took some quick pictures today of where I stand on this project -- basically I'm in immersed in the trim carpentry stage at this point, and hoping to finish up in a few weeks. Then I'll need to stain the trim, have carpet installed, finish my DIY screen, and then I'll be ready to add the finishing touches -- installing the projector and other electronics, black-out shade on the windows, etc. I have purchased my seating and most of the components (receiver, speakers, subwoofer, projector), so I really do expect the theater to be ready for a "grand opening" within the next 6 weeks or so.
While the pictures are not great, they will give some idea as to how things look at this point.
Here's a picture as you enter through the main door into the hallway which leads to the theater:
Here's a picture a few steps into the hallway; you can see the entrance into the main theater straight ahead, and then another entrance into a smaller room off to the left -- this is a "kitchenette," and behind it, my equipment closet:
Here's a look from the hallway into the kitchenette; obviously, I still need a countertop; there will be a microwave and a popcorn popper on the counter, and a mini-fridge in that space in the base cabinets:
Now, stepping through the back of the kitchenette, here's a look into the equipment closet (note that you can see through the "rack" opening into the theater room itself):
Walking back out of the kitchenette, and through the entry into the main theater -- looking back toward the rear of the room to the riser area:
Here's a look at the right-hand wall of the theater, from roughly the first seating row position, with the screen wall to the left, and the riser area to the right of the picture. The openings in the wall are for the equipment rack, and below that the subwoofer "nook," and then to the right of those is an opening that will house some shelves for DVDs and CDs:
Here's a view of the screen wall, from up on the front edge of the "riser level"...note the openings for L/R speakers either side of the screen, and for the center speaker above; these openings will be within paneled wood columns, with the "panel" where the speaker opening exists being covered in black GOM cloth:
And finally, here's a view of the screen wall looking a bit diagonally from the front of the riser level, near the right-hand wall:
While the pictures are not great, they give some idea of where this project stands!
Thanks for looking,
Steve
