I'm hoping to crowdsource some wisdom here. I'm building a new house, and trying to decide what i want to do with my theater.
In my current home (I think you can see the build in my signature here) I have a completely closed off theater - row of 5 seats in the back on a riser and 4 seats in front of that. I also have a stage in the front. I want to keep MOST of that the same...I want a riser for the back row of seats, and a stage in the front. This theater is roughly the same width as my current theater (within inches) but is about 5 feet longer. What I'm trying to decide is if I am going to completely close this one off or not.
A attached a couple of drafts, but I'm debating between a full wall on the back (left), a wall with openings on each side, a wall with an "eye level" opening and a bar on the family room side, to keeping it entirely open on the back, etc...
I feel like we don't use the theater as often as we'd like with it being closed off...so I'm just brainstorming here. I'd love your input/ideas. I have 4 sons who all have a ton of friends...so I want something that works well with the fact that they're always up and down, in and out, etc... Our current situation, with the only entry point being the french doors on the side...it doesn't work really well. Hopefully all that makes sense.
In my current home (I think you can see the build in my signature here) I have a completely closed off theater - row of 5 seats in the back on a riser and 4 seats in front of that. I also have a stage in the front. I want to keep MOST of that the same...I want a riser for the back row of seats, and a stage in the front. This theater is roughly the same width as my current theater (within inches) but is about 5 feet longer. What I'm trying to decide is if I am going to completely close this one off or not.
A attached a couple of drafts, but I'm debating between a full wall on the back (left), a wall with openings on each side, a wall with an "eye level" opening and a bar on the family room side, to keeping it entirely open on the back, etc...
I feel like we don't use the theater as often as we'd like with it being closed off...so I'm just brainstorming here. I'd love your input/ideas. I have 4 sons who all have a ton of friends...so I want something that works well with the fact that they're always up and down, in and out, etc... Our current situation, with the only entry point being the french doors on the side...it doesn't work really well. Hopefully all that makes sense.