[sjdeighton]

Want your house so bad

[Ross82]

Originally Posted by Rick2102

Love the pad Ross.

The rubik's cube is amazing, and the bits of colour with the white looks really good.

Like the wall lighting too

Cheers Rick,
We're real pleased. It's great as the cube is so many different colours we can pretty much have whatever we want in there and chances are it'll match one section of it
The wall lights are just decking lights with frosted glass spotlights as covers to help disperse the light a bit more. We just chased the cables behind the plasterboard (benefits to a modern house eh?) we wanted to try and create a subtle feature out of an area that normally just gets forgotten.

[Ross82]

Originally Posted by kevinf40

Great place mate
I find the same - as long as the white is very matt, not too bad for reflection - the compromises we have to make when not having a dedicated cinema room eh!

I know! Was great to have a dedicated room last time round but this house is nicer. Compromise.....oh, and I've still got a dj room so........

[Daddy k]

Love the front speaker arrangement

[Ross82]

Originally Posted by danb123

Very clean and tidy a white lounge always gets a thumbs up from me! Dead jealous of that rubiks cube looks awesome.

It's become a talking point that's for sure!

[Ross82]

Originally Posted by sjdeighton

Want your house so bad

You can have it......as it is..........




At a price

[Ross82]

Originally Posted by Daddy k

Love the front speaker arrangement

Again, we wanted a subtle as possible and building a shelf within the wall not only hides the speakers but means whoever has it after us can just put a similar set up in, or worst case scenario just use it as a shelf for books or whatever. Rear speakers seemed better in the ceiling as we were trying to save as much floor space as possible. It's a small but open plan room so it was just a case of making looks as bright and open as possible.

[Rick2102]

Originally Posted by Ross82

Cheers Rick,
We're real pleased. It's great as the cube is so many different colours we can pretty much have whatever we want in there and chances are it'll match one section of it
The wall lights are just decking lights with frosted glass spotlights as covers to help disperse the light a bit more. We just chased the cables behind the plasterboard (benefits to a modern house eh?) we wanted to try and create a subtle feature out of an area that normally just gets forgotten.

No probs. Yeah the cube is AMAZING and I will be digging to see if I can find something similar when we do a playroom If not I may have a word with my sister in law as she is an artist. This isn't yet thou so plenty of time to look.

That's a good idea with the frosting, I have just put lights in the kitchen in the plinths have added a pic for anyone interested, and they are deck lights. Yeah it does have benefits
Yeah it does look mega, think I am going to put on landing, hall and up the stairs when we get to that stage.

Enjoy your pad it is very nice

[Ross82]

Originally Posted by Rick2102

No probs. Yeah the cube is AMAZING and I will be digging to see if I can find something similar when we do a playroom If not I may have a word with my sister in law as she is an artist. This isn't yet thou so plenty of time to look.

That's a good idea with the frosting, I have just put lights in the kitchen in the plinths have added a pic for anyone interested, and they are deck lights. Yeah it does have benefits
Yeah it does look mega, think I am going to put on landing, hall and up the stairs when we get to that stage.

Enjoy your pad it is very nice

Yea, they did work well. Kitchen lights look great man! Make sure you take some pics if you ever do the hallway/stairs/landing. Would love to see how you get on!

[Rick2102]

Originally Posted by Ross82

Yea, they did work well. Kitchen lights look great man! Make sure you take some pics if you ever do the hallway/stairs/landing. Would love to see how you get on!

Cheers, really happy with them, when the cat walks through the kitchen at night her shadow makes her look like a panther

Yeah defo will, looking forward to doing hall, landing stairs, with the lighting it will look mega. Just doing bedrooms atm, done daughters and the spare room, kitchen and moving on to our bedroom in the next month or so, will put all pics together and get some up, just not enough hours in the day. They aren't anything exciting AV wise, there will be a bit in our room, ceiling speakers, new tv etc.

[jimmylin97]

how big is your projector screen?

[Ross82]

Originally Posted by Rick2102

Cheers, really happy with them, when the cat walks through the kitchen at night her shadow makes her look like a panther

Yeah defo will, looking forward to doing hall, landing stairs, with the lighting it will look mega. Just doing bedrooms atm, done daughters and the spare room, kitchen and moving on to our bedroom in the next month or so, will put all pics together and get some up, just not enough hours in the day. They aren't anything exciting AV wise, there will be a bit in our room, ceiling speakers, new tv etc.

Will be worth it though. Good luck!

[Ross82]

Originally Posted by jimmylin97

how big is your projector screen?

I think it is 84" I tried to get the closest match to the ceiling width before the slant starts. If I remember right, it was about 210cm width which made the screen about 84" diagonal. Hope that helps!

[elliott1381]

Originally Posted by Ross82

Thanks man. We're dead happy with it too. The sofa was from a company called Nabru (google them) and came flat pack. You can custom built them to fit your space and choose your covers and cushion softness etc. as we were tight for space and I'm a lanky sod we opted for small corner which does the job perfectly. We've got standard softness (that'll make sense when you go online) and its dot on (I'm not a big fan of proper squishy sofas). Real good prices too - just be prepared to receive a pallet an build the thing yourself!

Hi Ross

Lovely room, what fabric did you choose for the sofa?

[Ross82]

Originally Posted by elliott1381

Hi Ross

Lovely room, what fabric did you choose for the sofa?

I cant remember I'm honest. Or a least I can't remember what it was called. It was a black cord material I we wanted something a bit more hard wearing. If i remember, it was pretty much the only black cord on there so should be pretty easy to locate from the sample sheet. Good luck!

[Rick2102]

Originally Posted by Ross82

Will be worth it though. Good luck!

Thanks Ross. Yeah, it will.

[retrogames]

Nice dj room! Nice everything, in fact.

On p1 you mentioned converting your vinyl to mp3 being too much of a hassle, I say do it, I converted mine and it gives many more options for tweaking the recordings. Something I always wanted to play out was Bug Powder Dust by Bomb the Bass & Justin Wharfield, but the pressing is awful, really quiet and distorted when amped up. Once on the pc I added a new stereo image, brightened key frequencies, compressed it, and it really stands out in my sets now. Of course, once on the pc it's an easy next step to edit the track too, I rarely play anything that hasn't seen some sort of original mix or mashup.

[Ross82]

Originally Posted by retrogames

Nice dj room! Nice everything, in fact.

On p1 you mentioned converting your vinyl to mp3 being too much of a hassle, I say do it, I converted mine and it gives many more options for tweaking the recordings. Something I always wanted to play out was Bug Powder Dust by Bomb the Bass & Justin Wharfield, but the pressing is awful, really quiet and distorted when amped up. Once on the pc I added a new stereo image, brightened key frequencies, compressed it, and it really stands out in my sets now. Of course, once on the pc it's an easy next step to edit the track too, I rarely play anything that hasn't seen some sort of original mix or mashup.

Yea, there would be a select few I would transfer if I really wanted to play them but I wouldn't transfer the whole collection as it would be such a chore! I'd rather just play them on vinyl. I transferred all my DVDs to hard drive earlier this year and that was enough!

[retrogames]

Yeah, I did my films (from Betamax to dvd) and my 90s cassette collection... It took months. Then a year later I looked at the films and deleted a third of them. Like, when am I going to watch Wimbledon with Kirstin Dunst ever again... sigh!

[garylythgoe]

Buddy! Hats off to you! Absolutely fantastic place! Is it an apartment, coach house, house or what?

I've just bought my first place a few months ago (a coach house), and i'm in the middle of deciding/saving for some bits and bobs to do, I've got my 2nd bedroom going to be my 'DJ room' too, I can't wait!

A few questions, are they active KRK's? Where did you get those 'hell house vinyl/pic' things from? (Love them!)

Also your hallway lighting, obviously you chased the cabling out in the walls, but how are they turned on? Did you connect them up to the existing overhead lighting? Also where are the pics of the kitchen for completion!

Top work fella :D

[Ross82]

Originally Posted by garylythgoe

Buddy! Hats off to you! Absolutely fantastic place! Is it an apartment, coach house, house or what?

I've just bought my first place a few months ago (a coach house), and i'm in the middle of deciding/saving for some bits and bobs to do, I've got my 2nd bedroom going to be my 'DJ room' too, I can't wait!

A few questions, are they active KRK's? Where did you get those 'hell house vinyl/pic' things from? (Love them!)

Also your hallway lighting, obviously you chased the cabling out in the walls, but how are they turned on? Did you connect them up to the existing overhead lighting? Also where are the pics of the kitchen for completion!

Top work fella :D

Lol! Cheers buddy. Fair play on the first purchase man! Yea, it's a coach house - above 3 garages so if yours is anything like ours you're gonna have a hoot!

KRK's - yes, active Rockit 5's plugged straight into the mixing desk. I got offered 8's but just couldn't fit them in (I think he's still selling if you want me to enquire).

HELLHOUSE VINYL - the display units are just standard vinyl display frames. My were a Xmas pressie but I think I saw them last in iwantoneofthose. The vinyls however are from my collection and took a fair few years to find. The red one was rare as hen's teeth (until they re-pressed it) but its yoji biomehanika's label if you want to start hunting. As far as visual sleeves go we normally leave those in or any of the overdose (scot project) 12" as they all have a theme. Have a look.

LIGHTS - yep, chased the cables and used a 3 pin plug which is just sat plugged in behind the fish tank out of sight.

KITCHEN - finished too but it didn't have any 'gadgets' which warranted me putting it on here. I can if you really want though.

Keep me posted with your progress though - more than happy to try and help or advise. I hadn't really had any DIY experience before starting this!

[garylythgoe]

Originally Posted by Ross82

Lol! Cheers buddy. Fair play on the first purchase man! Yea, it's a coach house - above 3 garages so if yours is anything like ours you're gonna have a hoot!

KRK's - yes, active Rockit 5's plugged straight into the mixing desk. I got offered 8's but just couldn't fit them in (I think he's still selling if you want me to enquire).

HELLHOUSE VINYL - the display units are just standard vinyl display frames. My were a Xmas pressie but I think I saw them last in iwantoneofthose. The vinyls however are from my collection and took a fair few years to find. The red one was rare as hen's teeth (until they re-pressed it) but its yoji biomehanika's label if you want to start hunting. As far as visual sleeves go we normally leave those in or any of the overdose (scot project) 12" as they all have a theme. Have a look.

LIGHTS - yep, chased the cables and used a 3 pin plug which is just sat plugged in behind the fish tank out of sight.

KITCHEN - finished too but it didn't have any 'gadgets' which warranted me putting it on here. I can if you really want though.

Keep me posted with your progress though - more than happy to try and help or advise. I hadn't really had any DIY experience before starting this!

Mine is above 4 garages, with a little juliet balcony. Its my first place and purchase on my billy todd, and I'm pleased as punch. Especially seeing how well you've made yours look!

The KRK's look/sound like a great purchase, my mate has the 8's and I think I will treat myself to some 5's soon like you!

Ah, I thought the vinyl's were some kind of awesome pic I shall I end my enquiries

Oh thats quite a simple then having just plugged them into the mains, do you turn them on at the mains, or is there a switch?

I think my first question is, how deep is the cavity between plasterboard, and block on the main walls? I'm thinking about a few DIY bits including my 46" Sony LED on the wall for a start!

Kitchen pics are all good to show the rest of it ... Well for me!

Look forward mate

[garylythgoe]

Another question if you dont mind, after I was sat thinking about this!

Where did you get your blinds from, and how did you fix them in? Screw to wall, plasterboard, window frame?

Ta

[Ross82]

Originally Posted by garylythgoe

deep is the cavity between plasterboard, and block on the main walls?

from internal to external I would say about 1" 1/2 - 2" give or take. Yours might be different though so don't use mine as gospel. If yours is like ours though. It's thermablock so your gonna need some pretty decent fixings as that stuff is soft as hell!

The blinds are just blackout blinds from Dunelm cut to the right size and fitted to the plasterboard around the windows. Easy peasy job that!

I'll sort some kitchen pics put then if you really want them!

Which reminds me - I've for to put some of the pj on for someone as well I think?!?

Will try it this weekend!

[garylythgoe]

Where were the pics!

[Ross82]

Lol! Honestly? I got side tracked due to a leak we found in the bathroom. Nothing major thank god but my time and efforts were taken up making sure its was ok. I WILL take some pics o the kitchen and also at night with the pj on. I will - sorry!

[garylythgoe]

I fitted a dunelm blackout blind last night thanks to your advice! Easy!

Look forward to it

[Ross82]

Good man - glad to hear it ls working out! Keep it up!

[Ross82]

Originally Posted by garylythgoe

Where were the pics!

Here you go - Kitchen as requested buddy!

[Iccz]

Great thanks for that, it's almost midnight and I'm craving doughnuts...