Home Cinema Room Ideas and Designs

Design ideas for a contemporary open plan home cinema in Other with green walls, medium hardwood flooring, a projector screen, brown floors and a feature wall.

Popcorn + Pool

Susan Venn Design

Traditional home cinema in Surrey with a feature wall.

Sea Glass

SV Design

A desire for a more modern and zen-like environment in a historical, turn of the century stone and stucco house was the drive and challenge for this sophisticated Siemasko + Verbridge Interiors project. Along with a fresh color palette, new furniture is woven with antiques, books, and artwork to enliven the space. Carefully selected finishes enhance the openness of the glass pool structure, without competing with the grand ocean views. Thoughtfully designed cabinetry and family friendly furnishings, including a kitchenette, billiard area, and home theater, were designed for both kids and adults.

Greensboro Residence

SSI Design Group, Inc.

Photography by Kara Sheppard
Inspiration for a traditional home cinema in Other with multi-coloured floors.

Pehle Lower Level

College City Design Build

Photo of a large classic enclosed home cinema in Minneapolis with brown walls, carpet and a built-in media unit.

Contemporary Home Theater

Design ideas for a contemporary home cinema in Portland.

Pinnacle Country Club

Celtic Custom Homes

Design ideas for a classic home cinema in Little Rock with carpet and a projector screen.

Woodland Residence

DESIGNS! - Susan Hoffman Interior Designs

Photo of an eclectic home cinema in Minneapolis with a projector screen.

Detail of Hardware on Wet Bar

Talianko Design Group, LLC

A Media Room is the perfect place to add dramatic color and rich, masculine accents and the feeling of a true bachelor pad. Perfect for entertaining, this room offers a bar, media equipment and will accommodate up to 12 people. To achieve this style we incorporated a wall of glass tile and bar. A large sectional offers lots of pillows for movie watchers. Backlit movie posters on canvas add theatre ambience. Just add popcorn and you are good to go. In this remodel the existing media room was attached to the home via a new vestibule and stairway. The entire room was resurfaced and revamped. We added thick wool carpeting for better acoustics, repainted top to bottom, added beautifully hand-carved custom wooden barn doors as well as a wet bar in the back of the room. A full wall of mosaic glass tile in the back of the media room is lit by LED tape lighting which is built-into the custom wood shelves. Warm tones of olive green, oranges, browns and golds as well as custom-built tables and barstools make this room feel like a “man-cave”. A custom designed bar height table that sits behind the sectional was commissioned to match the new barn doors. This bar table adds extra seating to the room. Adjacent the movie screen, a custom fabric panel was constructed and hides the media tower and cables. It matches the blackout Roman shades, which keep out light and nearly disappear into the wall. Photography by Erika Bierman

Glenbrook Home Remodel

CMI Construction

Large home remodel with addition of theater room, covered deck with outdoor kitchen. Photography-Digital Art 1
This is an example of a large classic enclosed home cinema in Other with beige walls, carpet and a projector screen.

Breezy Point Waterfront, Camano Island WA

Dan Nelson, Designs Northwest Architects

Photography by Ian Gleadle.
Design ideas for a traditional home cinema in Seattle.

Media Room

Rockefeller Kempel Architects

Photography: Eric Staudenmaier
Contemporary enclosed home cinema in Los Angeles with a projector screen and a feature wall.

Easily Entertain

G.A. White Homes

Traditional open plan home cinema in Other with carpet, a projector screen, multi-coloured floors and a feature wall.

Sundance Cabin

Scholz & Associates

Sothebys Realty
This is an example of a rustic home cinema in Salt Lake City.

Craftsman Style Residence

J. W. McCarter & Associates

This is an example of a large traditional enclosed home cinema in San Diego with brown walls, carpet and brown floors.

Pellet Stove

Day or Night Home and Hearth Services

Inspiration for a classic home cinema in Baltimore.

kids bonus room

CONNELL BUILDING COMPANY

Photo of a classic home cinema in Detroit.

Home Theater

Steiner Design Interiors

This home theater was an addition to the client's basement. Comfortable leather theater seating was installed in a tiered fashion to allow for optimal viewing. The custom millwork, complete with built-in wall speakers, houses all the A/V equipment and pull out racks for DVD storage. A lighted cove ceiling creates an intimate theater experience. Walls are upholstered with a fun polka dot fabric for both acoustical and aesthetic value. There is even a candy bar for movie watchers with a sweet tooth. Photography by Jerry Blow Architectural Photography

Orrington Organic Modern

Patterson Custom Homes

Inspiration for a modern home cinema in Los Angeles with a feature wall.

Wes Armstrong

Multipurpose/Multifunctional Media Room and Man Caves - Golf simulator, Movie Theater, and unparalleled Video Gaming
This is an example of a classic home cinema in San Diego.

Home Cinema Room Ideas and Designs

A home cinema is one of those luxuries that film lovers dream about, but if you are fortunate enough to have a spare room, basement or garage that’s sitting empty, a cinema room conversion with a home entertainment system may be easier to install than you think. And the great news is, a home theatre experience isn’t a reality reserved solely for homeowners with the space to turn a whole room into a home cinema. Replicating the experience of a cinema at home is an attainable goal even for those of us with a regular old living room, but of course, the more realistic cinema experience you want, the more changes and commitments you’ll need to make. Take a look through home cinema photos to get some ideas.

How do I turn my living room into a home cinema?

Sound is the most important element for transforming a TV room into a home theatre. Invest in a quality surround sound system – this can comprise of a number of small speakers dotted around your makeshift home theatre with a subwoofer for boosting the sound. Wireless speakers are ideal for placing around the home cinema without the worry of tripping over cables in the dark. If you’re not working with a large space, a big, widescreen TV could be overbearing, especially if you want to use the room for more purposes than just TV watching, so consider a projector and foldaway screen that will hide your home entertainment system when not needed. With a quality home cinema sound system installed, it won’t matter that you don’t have the built-in speakers of a TV in your new, pop-up cinema room. Good insulation is equally important to fortify sound quality in a home cinema; without the right flooring, door and window protection, your superior sound good might just sound sub-par. Carpeted floors are ideal for absorbing sound, but if your living room has wooden floorboards cover them with a large rug to minimise reverberations. Heavy curtains will do a similar job on windows and if you can, replace flimsy doors with heavier alternatives such as fire proof doors. It might sound extreme, but we did say a home theatre would require commitment!

What furniture does my home cinema need?

Furniture for a cinema room should be minimal, comfortable and functional. Chairs and sofas you can sink into are a must, and the beauty of this room is that you can introduce home comforts such as throws and cushions to the cinematic experience of your home theatre. Or, you can go the whole hog and invest in some real cinema chairs so it will really feel like you’ve stepped out of your own home and into the cinema – either revamp some original cinema seating, buy new ones, commission your own design or adapt some regular chairs to become your chosen comfy home cinema seats. You may want to keep the room free of distractions if you’re choosing a full home cinema system and installing it in a dedicated home theatre room, with only TV stands or media cabinets to house your DVDs, DVD players and sound systems. If you choose to wall-mount your TV or projector screen, avoid giving yourself a crick in the neck by keeping it at roughly eye height (when seated) – unless your sofas are particularly high, this may rule out a TV above the fireplace.

How should I decorate my home cinema?

The thing about sitting in the dark is that, well, you can’t see much! In a dedicated cinema room or home theatre, decor can be kept minimalistic. Opt for black-out curtains on windows and keep colour schemes muted and neutral. If your living room is doubling as a home cinema, be aware of glass or shiny surfaces around the room such as picture frames, mirrors and coffee tables that can reflect the screen and create a distraction. If you’re struggling to work out how to put together your perfect home theatre room or space, consider contacting home cinema specialists who can design and install bespoke home cinemas. Even if you don’t want to go for a full renovation, they’ll be able to give you advice on acoustics, projectors and how to create the right feel for a home cinema.

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