rwttm001
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Hey all
After 2 and a half years of my plasma being sat on a stand in the corner of the room I'm finally getting close to doing something a little more integrated. This has mainly come about as we now have a 9 month old who has taken to crawling to the very front of the stand and gazing longingly at the tv! This, coupled with my impending 30th
has finally made the Mrs see the light and let me go ahead
. I'll also be taking the opportunity to get my first 5.1 sound setup too, which will either be inwall only or inwall fronts and inceiling rears to make sure the little boy can't get his little mitts on my new kit.
The lounge is actually in pretty good nick already with walnut flooring and plastered walls so this isn't a complete renovation and I'm hoping it won't take too long once we start. The 2 designs we've looked at are Groove's and Drexyls.
The configuration of the room is perfect for a Groove friendly large L-shaped corner sofa and a nice corner armchair/rocking chair but as the wife has been off work for a year coffers are low (and we really like our 3/2 sofas) so we'll be keeping our furniture which means the Drexyl false chimney design is the one that's most practical. The sketchups don't show it very well but design means that the TV won't be visible to anyone sat on the left of the smaller sofa.
I've done some sketchups of the room (in 2 styles as could'nt make up my mind which looked best), and I'd appreciate some advice on a few things:
Brush Strokes
Blueprint
The more eagle eyed of you will notice that there's nowhere for my AV kit! The designs don't show that we have an opening through to a dining area, so there's there option to house everything there, or I could do what Drexyl did and hide it in low units to the side, or lastly get some kind of small cabinet under the window to the right of the proposed chimney build. This has a couple of advantages as the feeds from my satellite dish and aerial terminate here already so would reduce the need to get these rerouted but may not look quite right and also puts my AV kit back in kiddie range so kind of defeats the object of the build!
The other thing I'd like advice on is whether the 3 front speakers should all be under the plasma, or would it be better to just have the center there and left and right in the adjacent wall sections as shown in the diagrams. Also, should the rears be housed in the side or rear walls? It might be easier to put them in the ceiling if that's an option? I need to keep costs down, would something like the Canton Inwall 500 series suffice?
I'll post some shots of the lounge as is later on which should give a better idea of the dimesions involved and the dining area where I could house the AV kit.
After 2 and a half years of my plasma being sat on a stand in the corner of the room I'm finally getting close to doing something a little more integrated. This has mainly come about as we now have a 9 month old who has taken to crawling to the very front of the stand and gazing longingly at the tv! This, coupled with my impending 30th
has finally made the Mrs see the light and let me go ahead
. I'll also be taking the opportunity to get my first 5.1 sound setup too, which will either be inwall only or inwall fronts and inceiling rears to make sure the little boy can't get his little mitts on my new kit.The lounge is actually in pretty good nick already with walnut flooring and plastered walls so this isn't a complete renovation and I'm hoping it won't take too long once we start
. The 2 designs we've looked at are Groove's and Drexyls. The configuration of the room is perfect for a Groove friendly large L-shaped corner sofa and a nice corner armchair/rocking chair but as the wife has been off work for a year coffers are low (and we really like our 3/2 sofas) so we'll be keeping our furniture which means the Drexyl false chimney design is the one that's most practical. The sketchups don't show it very well but design means that the TV won't be visible to anyone sat on the left of the smaller sofa.
I've done some sketchups of the room (in 2 styles as could'nt make up my mind which looked best), and I'd appreciate some advice on a few things:
Brush Strokes
Blueprint
The more eagle eyed of you will notice that there's nowhere for my AV kit!
The designs don't show that we have an opening through to a dining area, so there's there option to house everything there, or I could do what Drexyl did and hide it in low units to the side, or lastly get some kind of small cabinet under the window to the right of the proposed chimney build. This has a couple of advantages as the feeds from my satellite dish and aerial terminate here already so would reduce the need to get these rerouted but may not look quite right and also puts my AV kit back in kiddie range so kind of defeats the object of the build!The other thing I'd like advice on is whether the 3 front speakers should all be under the plasma, or would it be better to just have the center there and left and right in the adjacent wall sections as shown in the diagrams. Also, should the rears be housed in the side or rear walls? It might be easier to put them in the ceiling if that's an option? I need to keep costs down, would something like the Canton Inwall 500 series suffice?
I'll post some shots of the lounge as is later on which should give a better idea of the dimesions involved and the dining area where I could house the AV kit.
