| If you have gone to the trouble of building a new home | | | | wallpaper can also produce good results acoustically |
| cinema room in your home then congratulations! You | | | | as the paper will 'mop up' a certain amount of |
| have done the hard part and now is time for the fun. In | | | | unwanted reflections. |
| a previous article we discussed how construction of | | | | In a new cinema we would always recommend |
| the room can ensure your acoustics are as good as | | | | carpet - a good carpet and underlay will stop a lot of |
| possible and how to avoid sound leakage in to the rest | | | | sound travelling outside the room in addition to |
| of the home. There are some simple things you can | | | | absorbing unwanted reflections. Again dark colours |
| do to make the most of your space, some are | | | | work best as they stop reflections and ensure that |
| obvious and some aren't but it is handy to have them | | | | you are not distracted from the projector screen. |
| detailed. | | | | Seating is a huge part of the experience. Regardless |
| In a newly built room you most likely have newly | | | | of whether you choose to go for custom designed |
| plastered walls ready for painting - this is the one room | | | | home cinema seating or an off the shelf sofa or chairs |
| in the house were you can afford to be bold! The | | | | they must be comfortable! A good seat should enable |
| room is a dedicated cinema so you don't want the | | | | you to sit watching a film for a couple of hours without |
| nice light colours you favour through the rest of the | | | | feeling uncomfortable or restless. One of our clients |
| home, in fact dark and deep colours in this room will | | | | compared our seating to airline first class comfort! |
| give a feeling of luxury and cosyness - the perfect | | | | To summarise then be bold with dark colours and rich |
| atmosphere for a home cinema. Ideally paint should | | | | textures - not only will it make the room look and feel |
| have a non-reflective quality to it - something like a | | | | luxurious it will increase your enjoyment of the film! |
| soft sheen or even a textured paint finish. Utilising thick | | | | |