Home Cinema Room with a Built-in Media Unit Ideas and Designs

Despite natural light to one side of this lower ground floor, the space comes alive at night. The area is divided into a games area with glass wine cabinetry display pertaining the bar and pool table from this super relaxed media area with an array of lighting controls.

West Dulwich Family Home

Imperfect Interiors

This detached home in West Dulwich was opened up & extended across the back to create a large open plan kitchen diner & seating area for the family to enjoy together. We added oak herringbone parquet and texture wallpaper to the cinema room which was tucked behind the kitchen

Floating Bookshelves Dust Grey TV Units in Walnut | Inspired Elements | London

Inspired Elements Ltd

Floating Bookshelves living room unit dust grey tv units in walnut with storage along with a Graphite Grey TV units in natural dijon walnut finish. Also check out our Wooden Bookcases Office Area shelving.

Transitional Home Theater

Design ideas for a medium sized traditional enclosed home cinema in Atlanta with carpet, a built-in media unit, beige floors and beige walls.

Custom Built-In Entertainment Centers

Brian Klaas Inc

Brian Klaas Inc thrives on creating custom built in cabinetry for entertainment centers. We love creating a unique and beautiful piece of furniture that will serve as a useful and stunning addition to a family room.

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.

Williams Bentwater Home

LaMay Designs

Photo of a large contemporary enclosed home cinema in Houston with a built-in media unit.

Better Than A Finished Basement on the North Shore

Annette Jaffe Interiors

This 4,500 sq ft basement in Long Island is high on luxe, style, and fun. It has a full gym, golf simulator, arcade room, home theater, bar, full bath, storage, and an entry mud area. The palette is tight with a wood tile pattern to define areas and keep the space integrated. We used an open floor plan but still kept each space defined. The golf simulator ceiling is deep blue to simulate the night sky. It works with the room/doors that are integrated into the paneling — on shiplap and blue. We also added lights on the shuffleboard and integrated inset gym mirrors into the shiplap. We integrated ductwork and HVAC into the columns and ceiling, a brass foot rail at the bar, and pop-up chargers and a USB in the theater and the bar. The center arm of the theater seats can be raised for cuddling. LED lights have been added to the stone at the threshold of the arcade, and the games in the arcade are turned on with a light switch. --- Project designed by Long Island interior design studio Annette Jaffe Interiors. They serve Long Island including the Hamptons, as well as NYC, the tri-state area, and Boca Raton, FL. For more about Annette Jaffe Interiors, click here: https://annettejaffeinteriors.com/ To learn more about this project, click here: https://annettejaffeinteriors.com/basement-entertainment-renovation-long-island/

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Atlanta Home Theater

Photo of a medium sized modern enclosed home cinema in Atlanta with brown walls, dark hardwood flooring, a built-in media unit and brown floors.

Private Residence Golf Simulator Room

Lawler Design Studio, Inc.

Photo of an expansive classic open plan home cinema in Tampa with beige walls, dark hardwood flooring and a built-in media unit.

Home Theatre

Intune Home Theater, LLC

Photo of a medium sized traditional open plan home cinema in Miami with white walls, a built-in media unit and medium hardwood flooring.

Transitional Craftsman Custom Home

Prestige Custom Homes

Jason Hartog
This is an example of a large classic open plan home cinema in Toronto with grey walls, dark hardwood flooring and a built-in media unit.

Bliss Home Theaters & Automation, Inc. - www.BLISSHTA.com

Bliss Home Theaters & Automation, Inc

Inspiration for a contemporary enclosed home cinema in Los Angeles with a built-in media unit and a feature wall.

illume

Alair Homes - Salt Lake

Brad Montgomery
Design ideas for a large traditional open plan home cinema in Salt Lake City with grey walls, carpet, a built-in media unit and grey floors.

Theater Furniture

Fratantoni Luxury Estates Design/Build/Remodeling

Home theater's coffered ceilings and built-in seating.
Inspiration for an expansive retro enclosed home cinema in Phoenix with a built-in media unit, carpet, white walls and multi-coloured floors.

Floor TV Units in Crema Beige Lava | Inspired Elements

Inspired Elements Ltd

Fitted Wall TV Unit Design | Order Your Bespoke TV Units & Storage Today | Inspired Elements London The floating design is a wall-mounted unit that allows for completely open floor space and a clean, unobtrusive look. These contain shelving and, often, cord concealment. TVs can be stood on top, or wall-mounted themselves above the floating stand. Offering ample storage space, this fully assembled extra-wide TV stand features a fixed open shelf with cable access

Minneapolis Whole House Renovation

Revision LLC

Spacecrafting
Photo of a medium sized classic enclosed home cinema in Minneapolis with beige walls, carpet and a built-in media unit.

St. Andrews

Digital Home Lifestyles

This is an 80" Sharp TV recessed into a custom cabinet with an Artison sound bar mounted below the TV with a custom grill to match TV giving it the appearance that it's part of the TV. The stereo and other equipment are located in a closet about 60' away.

Various Work

Connect Consulting, INC

© Lisa Russman Photography www.lisarussman.com
Large traditional open plan home cinema in New York with carpet, a built-in media unit, blue walls and multi-coloured floors.

6 Sunset Harbor

Bowman Group Media

Bowman Group Architectural Photography
Large mediterranean enclosed home cinema in Orange County with brown walls, carpet, a built-in media unit and multi-coloured floors.

Home Cinema Room with a Built-in Media Unit 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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