CuznEddy Cinema Project Begins - Page 6

Klipschhead,

Thanks for the encouraging words. Some day I'll be done enough to consider a demo or HT meet - I'll let you know if I ever get to that point.

So you are in the Chicago area..? I'm in the NW burbs (Palatine/Hoffman area).

By chance; did you attend Zamboniman's meet a few weeks ago?
If so we probably met.

Johnny,

Thanks! - good inputs.

I will need to do some "photoshopping" to visualize a choice of soffit colors; dark grey, black , or a dark brown/cocoa color. If dark grey or cocoa > this will become my 3rd color for use on other areas as well.

As for this week; I am staining and applying poly to my wet bar cabinetry. Hopefully I can finish that phase and post some new photos soon

Iusteve,

Thanks for stopping by. Sure enough i am staining those stock Oak cabinets from the big-box store. Last night was my second night night of staining.

I had to go with two different shades of stain on the oak to get the shade I am after. This was necessary to get the Oak cabinets to match the stained Pine doors. I am very close and will start applying Poly tonight.

That Cocoa color in your thread is one I am considering for my 3rd color. But still not sure how it will go with Burgundy and black....?

WOOlly,

Thanks for kind words.

I am so glad that all of the drywall activities are behind me. I was originally going to do it all myself. After drywalling, and mudding the bathroom; I decided enough for me.

I hired a crew to drywall-mud-tape the rest of the basement. No doubt the best money spent.

Iusteve,

Good info on the colors. Seems we may end up with a similar color scheme.

So yesterday; I come into our office and the landlord's painter is putting the finishing touches in our building foyer. He was painting some trim with a very interesting "leather/bronze" accent color. So I asked him to paint me a large sample chip. Took it home and the WAF was surprisingly good! WOW - Is it possible that I may have found a good 3rd color for my accent color..?

This weekend I'll test my photography skills and attempt a few photos with some sample chips shown against my Burgundy GOM and Burgundy drapes.


Have you decided what you will be doing for carpet?

Hanesian,

Thanks - I'll give this some more consideration, might work for me.

Good Afternoon All;

Another weekend in the basement found me finishing and poly top-coating my cabinetry: 4 coats of wipe on poly brought the cabinets to a furniture grade finish (Thank to WOOlly for his finishing tips). Next Up; was to install the cabinet boxes for the wet bar area.

I chose to put a 3/4" plywood backer up for my wall cabinets. This allowed for better anchoring and a better surface to contact cement veneer to later. Because my plan included some low voltage LED under-cabinet lighting, a switched receptacle was also added above the wall cabinets. I then cut a shallow vertical slot into the backer to hide the LED wire feed to the left side light, for the right corner cabinet this wire is off to the right edge of the backer board (these areas are covered by the foil tape).


Then: Level and screw a temporary cleat into the wall to aid in mounting the cabinets. Note the light kit has also been temporarily located and tested.


And with the veneer installed in between the wall cabinets. I am thinking about some glass shelves for the space in-between? The crown above and between the cabinets will have the same LED downlight:


And another with the lights on:


And a shot of the base and wall cabinets at the pantry near the bottom of the stairs. This base cabinet had to be stretched 4" in width to fill the opening to the fridge:


The next photo is a possible accent color for the HT room. I will be doing the larger wall surfaces in black or a dark cocoa. The accent color is a bronze/carmel look as shown here (sorry - still waiting for our office painter to confirm the exact name).

Curious if anyone has opinions of this color ?
If I go with it; it will be used either for:

1) the face of the soffits
2) or for the underside of the soffits...?



Last photo is the same color sample on the soffit face?


Also I have a forum type question:
How does one edit the name of one's thread? I feel like changing the title from "Begins" to the "End is near", truly a Happy Thing !

Tonight I intend to mount cabinet doors, work on the bridge across the top of the wet bar, and a crown mould to trim upper edges. Hopefully more photos tomorrow.

Bump ..bump....

Looking for opinions to the questions posted above.
Also How do edit my thread title..?

Thanks!

Queen,

Thanks for stopping by:

If I do go with the bronze/carmel color it will be as an accent color with limited useage (underside of soffits or the soffit face).

The majority of my walls likely be black or the dark Cocoa. You are correct; I need to go to photshop to visualize, Just need to take the time out from basement work to play with photoshop.

Dave / Mike,

Thank you both for stopping by. Since posting that question; I checked the FAQs - seems from the point one starts a thread you have only 2 hours in which you can edit a title.

As for my colors:
I will need to post some better mock-ups to help visualize what we have been thinking. Short Summary - we need to pick something that will go good with Burgundy GOM and Burgundy drapes, we are thinking of black and/or shades of brown, bronze, rust ,etc...

My better half has already indicated that we have enough grey in other parts of the house

Mike,

Thanks; I revisited your thread and indeed I like the brown paint you selected. I agree it seems that it would go well with Burgundy drapes.

My apologies if you have already answered this question (I think you did , but i couldn't find the answer). So Again; What was the paint color and brand?

As for Burgundy drapes:
We got ours at Penney's - if you wait a short while you will find that they run terrific sales often. I think we got about 60% off the normal price for ours

Weekend progress;

The weekend was split between small projects and my son's 14th birthday party (3 of his friends, Whirlyball, followed by Pizza and "mancave" movies, including Quantum of Solace). His friends had not been in the basement since this madness started. After the jawdropes, a couple of interesting responses: How come my chair is shaking? Can we turn up the bass higher, How much does this cost, >> even an offer to help finish - priceless!!

Project time was divided as follows:

Ordered some cabinet tops for the wet bar and pantry areas. We are going with one of the new granite "look-a-like" countertops.

Received my bar sink from
www.premiercopperproducts.com
(posted the source as I know some watchers are currently exploring sink options). I went with a dark finish as opposed to the bright copper. Looks good, can't wait to get the counter-top and faucet, so I can finish the wetbar.


I then moved back to the HT room and wrapped both of my "screen-flanking-walls" with the Burgundy GOM.
Right Side Before:


And After:


I think we have finally narrowed the wall and color choices down, next update Ill try and post some photo shop examples...

MIke,

Appreciate the paint colors. Sounds like you are about to kick back and enjoy your efforts for a while - enjoy!!

Thanks DC Pilgrim,

I did check out the "show me" thread.
The one shown was especially useful, some comments:

-Appear to be the same drapes I am using
-Shows that the brown/tan tones can work quite well
-I am thinking of going with even darker shades of brown.

Sometimes I think too many choices make the selection task near impossible. I am getting to the point of:
Just stop procrastinating, and go buy the paint !

Dave,

At risk of sharing my ignorance, I will ask:
So you can get paint mixed in small sample jars, even at the big-box stores..?