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Been lurking on this site for some time, but I bit the bullet on a new home and the wife has granted me a dedicated home theater room. I'm very excited about it and have started drawing up ideas of how I would like it to be set up. I am at work now and will later add in some images of my space and also a napkin prelim drawing of my ideas for the room. Once things get started. I will add in build progress images to boot.
I'd love for anyone to chime in with their experiences and advice as I am a first timer and can use all the help I can get.
I don't have hobbies outside of this so the DIY aspect of it is important to me, so here goes.
The space I will be working in is 16'x21'x9.5'
I am thinking of a 120 inch AT screen built onto a screen wall with an approximately 30" space behind it to hold the front, center and subwoofers.
The screen size is limited to 120" due to the fact the wall available has 2 doors on it (one leads to a bathroom and the other to the AV closet (wiring for surround speakers, projector, cable and power are already placed [from last owner]).

You can see from the image above the two doors on the screen wall, and another door on the side wall in what will be the back corner of the room.
I haven't decided whether I would like the back the back row of seats all the way against the back wall (or at least closer to it) because the air vents come through the floor below two large windows (that will be filled with sound absorbing material and covered) and ventilation would need to be routed out of the riser. Right now I have a "wall" behind the last row, but I don't know if I like that idea just yet.
I'd like the seating to be a 4 seat row with loveseat in the middle. I am neither for nor against reclining seats.
On the screen wall I'd like to add curtains to the sides so that the doors to the AV closet and bathroom are obscured.
I could use advise on anything and everything, so hit me with it as I'd like to do it right the first time.
Thanks all.
(I'll add pictures of the room when I get to my home computer.)
Been lurking on this site for some time, but I bit the bullet on a new home and the wife has granted me a dedicated home theater room. I'm very excited about it and have started drawing up ideas of how I would like it to be set up. I am at work now and will later add in some images of my space and also a napkin prelim drawing of my ideas for the room. Once things get started. I will add in build progress images to boot.
I'd love for anyone to chime in with their experiences and advice as I am a first timer and can use all the help I can get.
I don't have hobbies outside of this so the DIY aspect of it is important to me, so here goes.
The space I will be working in is 16'x21'x9.5'
I am thinking of a 120 inch AT screen built onto a screen wall with an approximately 30" space behind it to hold the front, center and subwoofers.
The screen size is limited to 120" due to the fact the wall available has 2 doors on it (one leads to a bathroom and the other to the AV closet (wiring for surround speakers, projector, cable and power are already placed [from last owner]).
You can see from the image above the two doors on the screen wall, and another door on the side wall in what will be the back corner of the room.
I haven't decided whether I would like the back the back row of seats all the way against the back wall (or at least closer to it) because the air vents come through the floor below two large windows (that will be filled with sound absorbing material and covered) and ventilation would need to be routed out of the riser. Right now I have a "wall" behind the last row, but I don't know if I like that idea just yet.
I'd like the seating to be a 4 seat row with loveseat in the middle. I am neither for nor against reclining seats.
On the screen wall I'd like to add curtains to the sides so that the doors to the AV closet and bathroom are obscured.
I could use advise on anything and everything, so hit me with it as I'd like to do it right the first time.
Thanks all.
(I'll add pictures of the room when I get to my home computer.)