I know this seems like a strange dilemma, but my wife and I just purchased a new home. It is twice the size of the one we moved from, and because of this we don't have enough furniture to fill the house. I know this will change as time goes on and we consider how to decorate each room. But in the short term because we spend all of our time in the family room the living room is empty.
I originally planned to use a nice area in the basement for my home theater. This area, about 13x16 would house an SP4805 pointing at a 76 inch screen. My goal was to start slow, get the projector and screen up, add my speakers and the like and then get some chairs and do some decorating.
Well, then the wife got involved. She loved the idea of a theater, but wanted to use the space in the basement as a kids play room. Her idea was to move the theater upstairs into the living room. Her reasoning is this: Use the money we were going to spend to get living room furniture for home theater furniture, and keep the theater on the main floor closer to the kitchen.
The living room is 21x17 and would be a great room with the exception of a few things that needed to be worked around. 3 large windows, a room that might be too big, and walls and ceilings that are already finished, making it difficult to hang speakers, projector, etc.
I see good points to both, but still think the basement with no windows, and better sound proofing, drop ceiling will be a better place to start. Plus it is further from the bedrooms for those days when you feel like cranking up U-571! Any thoughts would be appreciated! Thanks in advance, and sorry this is so long winded.
I originally planned to use a nice area in the basement for my home theater. This area, about 13x16 would house an SP4805 pointing at a 76 inch screen. My goal was to start slow, get the projector and screen up, add my speakers and the like and then get some chairs and do some decorating.
Well, then the wife got involved. She loved the idea of a theater, but wanted to use the space in the basement as a kids play room. Her idea was to move the theater upstairs into the living room. Her reasoning is this: Use the money we were going to spend to get living room furniture for home theater furniture, and keep the theater on the main floor closer to the kitchen.
The living room is 21x17 and would be a great room with the exception of a few things that needed to be worked around. 3 large windows, a room that might be too big, and walls and ceilings that are already finished, making it difficult to hang speakers, projector, etc.
I see good points to both, but still think the basement with no windows, and better sound proofing, drop ceiling will be a better place to start. Plus it is further from the bedrooms for those days when you feel like cranking up U-571! Any thoughts would be appreciated! Thanks in advance, and sorry this is so long winded.