Just starting on finishing the Theatre room in my house. The previous owner built it but didn't finish it out.
First things first. I have a large opening of 12 ft on right wall from viewing position to enable more flow to and from the game room adjacent.
the room is 25 deep x 15 wide x 10 tall
Primary purpose: Watching football games and entertaining. Xbox Gaming. Movie watching.
Primary Equipment:
Epson 6010 UB Projector - Split screen hdmi source for watching multiple games or playing multiple xbox as well as parallel source to duplicate into game room.
Denon 3313ci Amp - For multi-zone audio for attached game room
Def Tech 8060 Floors and 8040 Center and Surrounds.
I painted the LED cans. They were a little more time consuming since they didn't have pop out lights.
they turned out nice
Also I painted the cords outlet for the projector
Some one asked over PM what paint I used specifically so here you are
Next time for some ceiling paint.
The color is Flint from Restoration Hardware matched locally at the paint store
Full light spray paint item against ceiling color.
Oh ! hit the led lights connectors with paint!
time for the handy iphone screw driver to scrape it off with a few swipes
All better
Color in more light. Had the theater back up in time for my daughters bday. 5 girls will soon trash it with popcorn and candy!
We rolled out the red carpet for her.
Kid Crack
I learned what the hole in the ladder is for....
If your can light baffles are not tight to the ceiling you can bend the little tab in the mount up and slightly bend the holding prongs out a little and it will suck the can light baffle in tight.
I have really enjoyed using the room while under construction. It is such a long process that it helps to keep the motivation even if I am just listening to Pandora on the speakers vs a small radio.
I made some good progress today.
I finished up all the front facing on the stage and riser.
Next up was routing the oak riser trim with a 3/4 roundover and attaching pine to the bottom of it with the same routing. I left a 1 in overhang around the edge.
I finished a few of the cuts and installed the fornt part of the riser with liquid nails and brads
I don't seam to get that many comments so I guess my build is not that interesting or good compared to some of the other builds here.
I am assuming you are going to stain the riser trim? If so, what color were you thinking? I would love to see some close up photos to see how the oak and pine look together once they are stained.
And, I sometimes wondered the same as I was proceeding through my build. :bigsmile:
However, just take a look at the number of views - people are definitely following along as you are close to 3000 views. You are doing a bang up job and I enjoy reading your posts as you always have a quip that makes me grin. :T
I am actually going for the painted look. I used oak only because it will be in a traffic area and most other woods don't hold up as well for the price. Hence that is why I did the bottom in pine where it doesn't matter.
For the stage and riser fronts I needed a smooth finished surface. I decided to use 5 MM 8x4 underlayment (used normally under tile to build up floor height.
Its $10 a 4x8 sheet at HD and very easy to work with. I used the non-staining side because it has the smoother surface. The staining side has thin wood facing similar to 1/4 in plywood. I could have used plywood but the extra $50 for 2 sheets would not have added any value. Also this material is bendable and easy to patch. I might stain a section of scrap for you to see just for grins. I have maple color stain so lets see what that looks like.
Wow - good find and way to save a bit of cash! I am looking forward to seeing how those look painted - I did stain mine and put on 4 coats of poly but I can see where there are a couple chips already. What color are you going to use?
The beauty of paint is that you can patch and repaint!!
By popular request (1 person out of the 2 commentators of my thread) hear is the stained version.
On top is the 5mm Home Depot luan underlayment.
wood veneer side to the left and manufactured board side to the right.
Oak is on the bottom and pine is the round over trim.
I stained the left 2 inch of each in Minwax maple color stain and the right in Minwax pine stain.
Lesson learned...
Pine and Maple stain are gimmick words for stain and stain. I dare you to tell the difference on 4 types of wood.
The pine took no stain as it is Home Depot's "premium pine wood". I used it because I think that normally 1 out of 64 boards are strait at home depot. The wood clearly has a hardener and some filler and is as hard as oak and it way too straight for pine sitting on a shelf. However, if you have a router and a table saw you can take a 6" wide board (5 1/4) and make 5 - 10 ft 1 in trim pieces that are extremely straight and rout which ever style you like for the edge.
Tonight I fished some riser trim and installed lighting for the steps. I was able to sand and prime some of the trim. Big accomplishment!
here is my glorified work station
right side of risers. need to patch the bottom light as my measurements were off and light is coming through over the plastic light guard
I need to remove the covers and spray paint next.
These are $12 120V 7 W lights from amazon. I threw them on a dimmer and they look very nice in the dark and light despite the iphone pics.
Here is an uninteresting picture I took that I don't have room for on Facebook...
Since I now know I have to ask questions to receive comments I will try this question.....
Lava, Alligators, Snakes, or any other type of monster could be included in there... did anyone have any separate colored carpet patterns that avoided as a kid? I did... lol.
Oh and BTW Nice Build! I enjoy learning and seeing what I might be able to do someday
I guess my comment is that when you're a kid, lava isn't just between couches. The world is a scary place, it felt like I was living on Mount Doom with all the lava everywhere.
The trim on the riser is looking great! I fear finishing wood, I can deal with wood framing all day, but ultimately the only wood you'll see in my theater will be baseboard and crown molding, and that will almost certainly be painted, because I don't know the first thing about making it look nice.
You are right - the only one I could really see a difference in is the oak - and I like that finish. I might just have to pick up some maple stain.
One thing I have discovered through this whole process is that these big box places just do not know how to store lumber properly. My local Menards has all their sanded oak standing on end! Not even straight mind you - it leans back at about 20 degrees. I have lost count of the amount of time I have spent looking for semi straight boards.
And, duuuuuude, that looks awesome! I love how that riser trim turned out! :T:T
I laughed when I saw the work area- I have that same exact table saw! Oh, and you guys are sooo lucky. Being able to work outside in January - sheesh!
And, is it weird that I STILL play those games?! :rofl2:
in the dark with the LED and floor lights (without covers)
just the floor lights on 100%
This is one coat of oil based paint on top of grey primer. I am going to let it cure for a week until the carpet arrives. I will let them scratch it up a bit before I put down the final coats.
It always pays to use a large contractors discount at the paint store. The premium retail $65 gallon of oil paint turned into $32
I shopped carpet and pad around for a bit. I wanted the premium 1/2 in 8 lb pad and that was $$. The carpet is a Shaw brand and because of the pattern it was going to be $$$. Since 90% of the carpet comes out of Dalton Ga I called a distributor there and they are shipping me both for $23 less per yd! Then I found the guy that installs carpet for a Big Box and he gave a quote of $300. I believe the normal carpet store makes around $1200 profit based upon my calcs for an order like this.
Wish I could get some experience putting on together but AL is pretty far drive, plus I went to Mississippi State....it would just be wrong helping you out :rofl:
You might have posted this earlier but what screen material did you end up going with?
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