Starting out, unfinished basement. Whats the tarps for? I used this basement as a batting cage for my son in the winter!
Quite a mess, general storage and other.
View from the front of the theater back out to the rest of the basement. Or, 'homeplate' as it was.
View of front of future theater, inset in the wall will be shelf location for flat panel TV.
Framing complete. Includes raised 7 inch riser floor at the rear of the theater and a double pocket door entrance with rounded step.
Rounded entry step leading to raised floor.
View from front of theater, looking back to the riser and the theater entrance doors.
Double tray ceiling framing for architectural aesthetics and where the projector will mount.
View of theater through entrance doors.
Insulation underway, along with wiring.
Insulation still underway, rear of theater around rear riser.
Additional framing at front of theater to house flat panel television that will be inset in the wall, so that a motorized projector screen can come down in front of it at movie time.
Drywall completed.
Coming together, you can begin to see pillar architecture around room and 'bump-out' above television shelf that will serve to conceal the center channel speaker as well as provide a nice mount for the motorized projector screen.
Rear view of theater after drywall.
AV cabinet, located just outside the theater.
Theater entrance, drywalled.
COLOR!!! Paint, carpet, wallpaper and things are coming together! Carpeted with a commercial grade print carpet. Plan for the spills and accidents now, its gonna happen; its a theater!
Front view of theater after paint, wallpaper, drop-tile acoustic ceiling. Wall sconces mounted to pillars, chair-rail on walls has begun.
Rear view of theater, still doing trim work.
Complete theater view. Movie poster up, black leather theater seating installed. Theater seats 8 total. Projector screen down.
Complete theater front view.
Complete theater rear right view.
Complete theater rear view, from screen perspective. Note illuminated double-tray ceiling above and the Panasonic projector.
Theater entrance, completed. AV closet located to the left, white door.
AV closet entrance, roughly 24" x 24" wide. 18" door entrance.
AV closet. Simple shelving to hold components. For flexible wire management, I've utilized wire duct - a rectangular wire-channel with removeable lid that houses all low-voltage wiring and really cleans up the internals of the cabinet. As you can see, plenty of room for growth. I'm using some X-10 Infrared repeater prisms as my IR blasters in the cabinet. Notice the mirror on the inside of the door, this assist with the IR reproduction inside the cabinet ensure visibility to all components without the need for individual IR blasters for each component!
Closer view of Onkyo receiver, the wire duct management is on rear right of the cabinet.
