Richard Fenn
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Many of you will remember my first front room thread which can be found here. It has been well used and enjoyed by the family but in hindsight I should have done it the way it was suggested by InstructorUK.
Anyway after a bit of saving I decided to crack on with revamping the room. There isn't too many build photos I'm afraid as I'm the sort of person that just cracks on with jobs until they're done. I also needed to have the room finished in time for when the recliners arrived so pausing to take photos would also have meant grabbing a beer from the fridge (there's some logic there somewhere ).
So the idea was to have two cupboards either side of the chimney breast with the screen built in to these. The speakers would be hidden behind the screen and all the AV gear and blu-rays etc in the cupboards.
So first job was to remove old screen and devore panels etc.
I decided early on that I would have a new AT Cinemascope screen with the front speakers behind. However, I also wanted to keep a TV in the room so decided that having a tv that rose up on a lift in front of the screen would be the best idea as previously it had been very close to the floor and wasn't ideal.
So it was on to building a big MDF box to hide the tv when not in use. I got some 18mm MDF sheets cut to size at B&Q and set to work. Again apologies for the lack of build photos ...
The hole in the front was an after thought as I realised the signal for the tv remote wouldn't go through MDF
And before anyone mentions them, IR extenders were an after, after thought
I then wrapped the whole box in devore which had been recycled from the old panels.
Unfortunately the TV lift I really wanted was out of my budget range so I had to go for one that had a build height of 89cm. This makes the TV quite high up when it's out but isn't as bad as I first feared. This in turn though meant I would have to have my Cinemascope screen higher up so that the TV didn't block the centre speaker when fully extended but again once you're reclined in the seats it really isn't so bad at all.
I then set to work building the units to fit either side of the chimney breast. Another trip to B&Q along with recycling the old AV unit and a couple of hours later I had these built and in place:
You can see the speakers in the gaps where the screen slots into place ...
Anyway after a bit of saving I decided to crack on with revamping the room. There isn't too many build photos I'm afraid as I'm the sort of person that just cracks on with jobs until they're done. I also needed to have the room finished in time for when the recliners arrived so pausing to take photos would also have meant grabbing a beer from the fridge (there's some logic there somewhere ).
So the idea was to have two cupboards either side of the chimney breast with the screen built in to these. The speakers would be hidden behind the screen and all the AV gear and blu-rays etc in the cupboards.
So first job was to remove old screen and devore panels etc.
I decided early on that I would have a new AT Cinemascope screen with the front speakers behind. However, I also wanted to keep a TV in the room so decided that having a tv that rose up on a lift in front of the screen would be the best idea as previously it had been very close to the floor and wasn't ideal.
So it was on to building a big MDF box to hide the tv when not in use. I got some 18mm MDF sheets cut to size at B&Q and set to work. Again apologies for the lack of build photos ...
The hole in the front was an after thought as I realised the signal for the tv remote wouldn't go through MDF
And before anyone mentions them, IR extenders were an after, after thought
I then wrapped the whole box in devore which had been recycled from the old panels.
Unfortunately the TV lift I really wanted was out of my budget range so I had to go for one that had a build height of 89cm. This makes the TV quite high up when it's out but isn't as bad as I first feared. This in turn though meant I would have to have my Cinemascope screen higher up so that the TV didn't block the centre speaker when fully extended but again once you're reclined in the seats it really isn't so bad at all.
I then set to work building the units to fit either side of the chimney breast. Another trip to B&Q along with recycling the old AV unit and a couple of hours later I had these built and in place:
You can see the speakers in the gaps where the screen slots into place ...