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New House and setting up theater
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantBill MacNeill
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Haven't been on in ages. Was looking for a new home which we just moved into 3 weeks ago. It came with a 600 SQ ft bonus room which is going to be the home theater/entertainment room in the house. I am trying to figure out the best way to set this room up with a pool table and bar to go with the theater. Here are a couple of pics. I welcome all suggestions. I am not sure if I should go to the ceiling with the top of the image or bring it down. Screen size is also something I am trying to figure out. I have 92" pull down draper. I can go bigger but I am not wanting over kill.


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I like the turntable! Thorens?
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There are 2 one is a 1957 Webcor, It is the consolette, The other is a 64 Dual 1009. I have a large vinyl collection as well as my DVD obsession.
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Cool! I still have my vinyl too!


I guess if it were my room I would build a couple of walls and dedicate about a 23x14 foot area to a sound room\HT. That will seat at least 8 in the theater and still allow enough space for a pool table and other things like DVD storage.

I had about 750 square feet and this is what I did with mine.



The storage\Utility became a kitchenette with fridge, dishwasher and stove\oven and I removed the window in the theater room.
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I thought about divding the room in half. It would give me "2"  12.5ft by 25ft rooms. I then thought it would take away from the room by doing this and make it feel small on the game room side and give it the bowling alley feel. I thought that this would be easy with such a large room but it actually made it harder.
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I like this... Hmmmmm Wheels spinning now. Do you have some pics to show me what you did.
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Quoting Bill MacNeill:
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I like this... Hmmmmm Wheels spinning now. Do you have some pics to show me what you did.

Hmmmmm............ pictures eh?

Here's the entry before it was finished.



I'll have to see where my pictures of the other rooms are.
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Bill,


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EDIT: I removed the the images because this thread s about Bills room, not mine. Link to my build thread at AVS
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This is absolutely fabulous. I am going to have to get an architect to draw up this space
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Ouch! That can get expensive. Good luck with it!

I was lucky, I did all the work myself. Plans, framing, sheetrock, floors ceiling ..... the whole shootin' match.

Well, that isn't exactly true. I hired an electrician, a plumber and there was a problem spot on the floor that had to be rebuilt so I hired a couple of guys to help me with that too.
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I have a friend that can do it. Won't cost me more than a bottle of Knob Creek and I get to drink half of it. The actual building of the space I will do myself.
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That's great! With the help of an architect, maybe yours will turn out nicer than mine. Hopefully he can divide the space better than I did mine. I just wish I had a few extra feet in each direction but it's an 85 year old building and that wasn't an option.

Good luck with your project.
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nice setup

I see that you have some DVD 
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Thanks!

Just a few. 
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Dan:

Very nice, especially since I know what it looked like BEEFORE. I am going to have to convince Rae to come down, probably time for another run at the Sac O' Sudds anyway.

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Do you think they'll have any tuna?
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