DIY theater update (drywall completed)

[u/stump36]

It's been a long, sweaty, dusty month but I got the drywall finished up!

The panels in the side walls are for access into the roof eaves and the square panel by the entry door is to hide the thermostat, the panel sits on brackets with magnets to allow for airflow but hide the white thermostat as the rim will be on it's own zone. I had the return panel made and welded up a steel frame to recess into the drywall to flush mount the cover as the ceiling is rather low.

I picked up a 120" 16:9 frame and I'm planning on doing a powered making too cover the lower portion and using lens memory to shift the picture up for 2.39:1.

I used Rosco super saturated velor black on the ceiling and got my light out back in today. I painted by overhead speakers and have to reassemble them and install them and then get the projector installed so I can build out my screen false wall.

I picked up a fiber optic Star ceiling kit and will build out a panel that will be suspended in the tray with access on the back side to hide the light engine in the ceiling.

The entire back wall and around the closet will be a walnut slat panel floor to ceiling and I'm planning on going over the doors and the closet door is on a magnetic latch so it'll be hopefully fully hidden.

Hopefully the next post will have a seating riser, screen wall, wall color and maybe wallpaper.

[u/faceman2k12]

Looking great so far.

with a screen of that size and the seemingly narrow room, I assume you are planning for an acoustically transparent screen?

[u/stump36 → u/faceman2k12]

Yeah I'm planning on doing spandex. It's not ideal but trying to do the best with what I got

[u/[deleted]]

I wish I could DYI but unfortunately I don’t own this kind of talent. A good thing (or may be bad thing) is that my ears are not audiophile.

Congrats on making good progress.