Actually, it has no name, but the walls are purple, and I needed a title for this thread!
Anyway, bought our current house a few years ago, and from the entrance nearest the driveway, when you walked in the door, you were in a room about 18' x 16'. You walk straight across the middle of the room to the door that goes into the living room. Kinda weird. Maybe it was used as a bedroom with it's own outside door? Maybe it was a garage converted into extra living space? I don't know, but it quickly became a place to just stack stuff up with an aisle down the middle leading from the exterior door to the living-room door. So about two years ago, I framed out a four-foot-wide hallway on the north and east walls, and I put a new door into the living room at the end of the hallway. What was left was a 12' x 14' room. Hmmm, any ideas what it could be used for? So yeah, it's small, and there are compromises everywhere, but two years later, I finally have a dedicated theater room. Work was slow for a long time, but for the past six months, I'd say, I finally buckled down and got it done. By "done," I just mean that we've started watching movies in there. Still work to do, like panels for the front wall, install the A-lens, entrance-way where the discs will be stored, etc. But hey, I'm close enough now that I can post this thread and not have to explain why nothing's been done for X number of months at a time.
Second post will be for current pictures, then maybe some along-the-way pictures after that. And about the along-the-way process, thanks to everyone at AVS and its users for providing a place to search out information. All the advice found on these forums has been priceless along the way.
Anyway, bought our current house a few years ago, and from the entrance nearest the driveway, when you walked in the door, you were in a room about 18' x 16'. You walk straight across the middle of the room to the door that goes into the living room. Kinda weird. Maybe it was used as a bedroom with it's own outside door? Maybe it was a garage converted into extra living space? I don't know, but it quickly became a place to just stack stuff up with an aisle down the middle leading from the exterior door to the living-room door. So about two years ago, I framed out a four-foot-wide hallway on the north and east walls, and I put a new door into the living room at the end of the hallway. What was left was a 12' x 14' room. Hmmm, any ideas what it could be used for? So yeah, it's small, and there are compromises everywhere, but two years later, I finally have a dedicated theater room. Work was slow for a long time, but for the past six months, I'd say, I finally buckled down and got it done. By "done," I just mean that we've started watching movies in there. Still work to do, like panels for the front wall, install the A-lens, entrance-way where the discs will be stored, etc. But hey, I'm close enough now that I can post this thread and not have to explain why nothing's been done for X number of months at a time.
Second post will be for current pictures, then maybe some along-the-way pictures after that. And about the along-the-way process, thanks to everyone at AVS and its users for providing a place to search out information. All the advice found on these forums has been priceless along the way.
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