Design the room for comfort and to enjoy favorite movie genres.
If you have the space and budget to create an in-home theater room, consider yourself fortunate. You should first develop a budget for the project and dedicate the great majority of the budget to the video and audio equipment. How movies are displayed and projected are one of the most important aspects to make the room entertaining and enjoyable. From there, the sky is the limit to how you decorate the room. By using themes, you can help to narrow down choices to create a room with a signature style and look that's unlike any other home theater on the block. Does this Spark an idea?
Oscar Wall of Fame
Create a wall of honor to Oscar Winners. Frame posters of winning movies and their stars. You don't have to make the wall complete. You can even reprint movie reviews from newspapers, magazines and websites to frame and add underneath pictures and posters about Oscar-winning movies. Paint the wall red in honor of the traditional "red carpet" that silver-screen celebrities walk on, or incorporate a red carpet and velvet rope along the expanse of the wall of honor. When you complete your wall of fame, hold a party and ask guests to put their hand or footprints on a slab of concrete to place on the floor underneath the wall. Save wall space for upcoming winners so you can add to the wall of honor every year.
Action and Adventure Theme
If action is your movie passion, turn that into the inspiration for designing your home theater. In addition to the big screen monitor, include big-size furniture so that everyone can sit back, relax and get ready for action. Decorate walls with classic movie posters from movies like "Jaws" and the Matrix, Bat Man, and Star Wars trilogies and series. If your budget permits, include a Wii system or arcade games. Place electrical outlets strategically so that video game players and devices are easily hooked up. Most importantly, dedicate money for the best sound and audio system you can afford. The sound effects drive the enjoyment and excitement of action and adventure movies.
Chick Flick Friendly
Single women can create a home theater that's all about "chick flicks." Or married women can ensure that the home theater design includes homage to all-time chick flick favorites and has "female friendly" accouterments. A truly chick-flick friendly theater has comfortable seating and pillows at-the-ready to grab during key emotional moments of movies. The in-home movie library would have to include favorites like "When Harry Met Sally," "Waiting to Exhale," and "Thelma and Louise." Movie posters of stars like Kathryn Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Julia Roberts and others should adorn the walls. And remember to strategically place boxes of tissue so that the girls can grab and dab away tears whenever they need to.
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