The theater in the basement, an obsession
Once I had completed my desk, it was time to create an entertainment room, the theater, or as it is effectionality known the bat cave. Origianlly it was just a sheet on the wall with the projector, xbox 360, home theater PC (HTPC) and a reciever with surround sound, but, as with all good things, it has gotten better with time, much better.
Like most things this involved money, a bit more than I had imagined but it also took some elbow grease. But the first step was to build a screen. Easy enough, while building the screen was pretty simple painting it along proved to be a bit more challenging. Once the screen was built it was onto finializing somethings in the theater itself, adding a shelf instead of the mini fridge as a place to house the equiptment, hanging the speakers on the wall and hiding the wires (this is not quite done). So after all of that here is where it is today.
The picture is actually crystal clear, but I am too shaky to get a good picture with my camera, need a tripod. I am very happy with the way it turned out, its awesome playing Halo that big or watching a movie. Also it is in the basement so it contains the rumbles pretty well and keeps the neighbors at bay.
So what did it take, here is the rundown:
1 – 4′x8′ Sheet of 5/8″ Drywall
3 – 1″x4″x8′ Popular Boards
3 – 1″x2″x8′ Popular Boards
3 – 8′ sections of trim
1 Tube Liquid Nails
Tite Bond Wood Glue
4 steel corner brackets
4 steel T brackets
2 Heavy Duty Mirror Hangers (Lowes)
1-16 oz Bottle Auto Air Aluminum Fine (Black Widow Screen Covering)
1 Gallon Valspar Ultra Premium Flat Bermuda Beige (base for screen covering, note it looks PINK before mixed)
1 Gallon Kilz 2 White Pigmented Primer
1 Quart Valspar Tintable Primer (did not like this stuff get something else)
1 Quart Valspar Ultra Premium Flat Black (for trim)
6 Chenille 9″ Paint Rollers
4 Foam 3″ Paint Rollers
And about 2 hours to build and a day to paint the screen. And it looks AWESOME!
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