Taken just before we ripped out this bookcase, painted it black, and moved it to the office.
This was taken while we were still considering buying the house. You get a good view of the black wallpaper in the sun room in the background.
Ooh la-la, I love the paneling.
We actually could not rip this paneling down because it was the back of the kitchen cabinets, so I had to cover it in about 5 layers of joint compound and texture it.
The air vent was a dummy, bypassed by the duct, so we just patched over the hole for a cleaner look.
The stripes are from the adhesive holding the paneling up against the drywall. The drywall was actually in pretty good shape, but needed to be taped and bedded.
The screen is still not hung yet, but you get the idea.
Planning makes perfect. . . and who doesn't want to write on their walls sometimes?
You can see where I cut a strip of the drywall off at the bottom to run wires for the HT and cable stuff.
Running wires in a house with no attic is very, very challenging.
A wirechase was the only option for getting power and signal to the projector.
We really wanted to paint the wood window trim bright white to modernize the look.
I had to cut a rather large panel out to do all of my wire terminations.
By the time it was all said and done, I put 7.2 surround wiring in, 2 runs of coax TV cable, component cable, HDMI, power to the projector and screen, and 2 GFCI outlets.
This was just before I mopped the floor. The color matches the breakfast room.
Viola! The table in the middle does not stay. That is where we will put a sleek sectional when we can afford it.
The rear surround channels blend in very well with the window frames.
See the color match to the other room. We like the way it ties the spaces together. BTW, as soon as we make some other higher priority furniture purchases, we will be replacing the wrought iron/wood dinette with something more appropriate--probably a 50's diner set to match the 'hip' checkerboard floor.
That is the projector screen on the floor in the long box. Still need to hang it and hide it in a black wooden shelf.
7.2 plus HDMI
Still waiting on the projector, but the wiring came out pretty nicely considering we could not put it behind a wall.
Da-Lite HP (2.8 gain) 106" Designer Contour Electrol, hung on 5-12-07
Still need to build the box/shelf to cover the screen housing. The screen's motor is controlled by one of the switches in the triple-gang partially hidden by the rack.
The high gain is most obvious in this shot--it looks like it is luminescent. Should work nicely for a room surrounded with windows.
Nota Bene: That is THE Atomic Birdcage in the corner. By far the coolest vintage mod piece we have found so far. We may convert it to a light fixture. We shall see, but isn't it cool? Hence the blog name.
