Hey Everyone,
Long time lurker, first time poster here. I'm moving into a new apartment and I have an ambitious idea. I'm a bit limited in space, and I wanted to get creative in furniture positioning, so I came up with the idea of having the projector project onto the wall in the living room with the windows. Now how would this work? I have two large windows and a glass door to a balcony. What I'd like to do is make a retractable blackout curtain that can go up/down at will. Not only will it serve as a blackout curtain, but once it's down it'll have a projector screen on the inside. I'll have a ceiling mounted projector pointed straight at the windows. Okay, so it's a bit hard to visualize, so I've attached my floor plan (the far left wall/window area is where I'd have the curtains) and a visualization of what I want to try to do. My only issue is... I only have a vague idea on how to proceed and was wondering if anyone has seen this done before or has any suggestions?
Also, another suggestion is to have one set of drapes, and just a separate screen mounted to the ceiling. The only thing is that our ceilings are pretty high (10ft), so I'm afraid we'd have to creak our necks up to view the movie, which wouldn't be too comfortable, but I suppose it's just a factor of how far back we sit. Anyway, any suggestions/ideas are welcome! Thanks!
Please see the attached images (made with my awesome ms paint skills) for a better idea... thanks everyone!
Long time lurker, first time poster here. I'm moving into a new apartment and I have an ambitious idea. I'm a bit limited in space, and I wanted to get creative in furniture positioning, so I came up with the idea of having the projector project onto the wall in the living room with the windows. Now how would this work? I have two large windows and a glass door to a balcony. What I'd like to do is make a retractable blackout curtain that can go up/down at will. Not only will it serve as a blackout curtain, but once it's down it'll have a projector screen on the inside. I'll have a ceiling mounted projector pointed straight at the windows. Okay, so it's a bit hard to visualize, so I've attached my floor plan (the far left wall/window area is where I'd have the curtains) and a visualization of what I want to try to do. My only issue is... I only have a vague idea on how to proceed and was wondering if anyone has seen this done before or has any suggestions?
Also, another suggestion is to have one set of drapes, and just a separate screen mounted to the ceiling. The only thing is that our ceilings are pretty high (10ft), so I'm afraid we'd have to creak our necks up to view the movie, which wouldn't be too comfortable, but I suppose it's just a factor of how far back we sit. Anyway, any suggestions/ideas are welcome! Thanks!
Please see the attached images (made with my awesome ms paint skills) for a better idea... thanks everyone!