So when we started re-doing our home, I asked my husband if he thought a home theater was "do-able". We had the space (closed in patio collecting junk) and my husband is a wonderful "Jack-of-all-trades". The cost wouldn't be THAT big of a deal...because I'm thrifty! And I was determined to build a Grand Royal Theater on a small budget! We had the time. And we weren't afraid of a little hard work. . . .....ok ... ALOT of HARD work!
After discussing and cussing and discussing some more, we decided to do it!
The thought of a theater in my home brought tears to my eyes! With a small budget of about $2,500 and a credit card limit of $2,000...I knew I had to watch every penny.
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| This side view shows the screened-in patio with the rock-walkway. The sidewalk led to the side door. (We re-used the sidewalk too!) |
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| We had to tear down the screened in patio. You can see some of the "collectibles" that lived in there. |
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| This is a better view of the outside.
11' X 25'
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Inside in the middle of "demolition"...
everything was re-used elsewhere on our property.
The cedar posts supporting the porch had to be removed
and replaced by 2x4 studs.
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other end of the patio...Even the Coke machine had to find
a new home. The walls are going up...Those windows and door will be re-used. |
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| more of the walls and the frames for the windows. We re-used the windows we took out of the adjoining wall. And the screen door and storm door were re-used. |
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| This is the outside view where the 3 windows will be. Hubby is standing where the re-used back door will be put in. |
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| Back door installed, insulation installed (partly) now time to move the windows. |
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You can see in the top picture where the round part of our
"house" meets the "patio". The lower pic is the new
addition that is now a theater!
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| view from the other side. 2 of the windows will be 2 four foot wide doorways (support beam kept it from being one big opening) and the 3rd window will be blocked in and covered over. |
OK...enough of the boring construction part. It took us 4 months to get to THIS point of decorating.
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| The lower half of the walls were made to look like gray castle bricks. |
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| I lined the walls with blue painter's tape. Spaced evenly, the brick's were 9" X 18" . The top row were 5" X 9" . I did this over plain sheetrock...no taping or bedding, just started decorating. |
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| I put ready-mixed joint compound on thick! About 1/4 " thick. I mixed some black paint in with the compound and smeared it on. The secret is to pull the tape while it's still wet. Then I let it set for 2 days to dry before painting the grout lines. |
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I opted for black grout lines because I wanted to
"pop" with contrast. The messier I got, the better it
looked.
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| This shows the thinner "bricks". But, overall, the 3-D effect turned into one of my biggest "wow's"! It wasn't smoothed at all. I left it choppy and rough...like brick! |
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| Here's a broader view of the wall with windows. Those are the windows re-used from the house side of the room. |
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| I finished the top part of the walls with gold velvet. Stapled to the top and trimmed with a distressed 1 X 3 Then stapled the gold velvet to the top of the "bricks" and covered with a 1 X 3 The curtains were added to cover the "wall of windows" to darken the room at movie time!   red, almost maroon red. Then I stamped gold fluer de lis. (sorry for poor pic quality) |
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| This is the view from the "director's seat"... mine! ;o) I did red velvet on the opposite walls. 4 wall sconces on dimmers for when the movie starts. The candleabre for looks and theme. It's 88" X 64"...That's a 110" screen in TV terms. |
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| Close up of the wall sconce I used to light the theater. |
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| These are the chairs for the back-row of the theater.
Found in a thrift store and a garage sale.
Pillows and table were from garage. |
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| This is looking out the double entry doors into the rest of the house. When a movie is showing, there's red velvet curtains that are closed. |
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| This shows a better pic of the back wall. We bought the double theater seats from craigslist for 1/4 of the original cost. The back row chairs were thrift store finds. The projector was our biggest expense, Dell, $789...on sale! |
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| The back surround sound speaker and a movie reel for decor. |
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| Top of the curtains that cover the 10' of windows. The sign was a gift from some of my daycare kiddos! |
It was all worth it...
The first movie we watched! It was awe-inspiring and majestic to watch it at home and on a screen that was over 7 foot by 5 foot!
I'm in heaven!!!
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