Colors go on...

Well.. mixed results so far with the first round of colors in the room. I think we're going to love the color scheme, but as I've always heard, painting red (any shade) is a pain. We've put one coat of red (wine) on the walls and as you'll see, it's going to take at least one more coat. We're only keeping the base coat solid half way up, then there will be a chair rail and the top part will be a Behr 'Bellagio Faux' finish.

I think we learned one thing for sure. My wife was painting the top half of the room and I was coming along behind her doing the lower. Well, if I got too far behind, my coat didn't blend with hers and actually became a second coat where they over lapped. Thus giving us dark overlaps in the middle. I'm hoping it fades a bit as the paint drys, but I don't know... The paint in the pics had only be on the wall for a couple of hours. It's going to deepen much more yet. Or at least it's supposed to.

Dark Primer

Since we're painting the ceiling black and the walls burgundy, we decided to give the entire room a coat of dark gray primer. This should help the final coat cover better and stay true to color.

Primer/Texture applied

Drywall primer and texture applied today. Next step is painting!

Mud, tape done...

Just about all of the mudding and taping of the drywall is done. Just a bit of touch up and some sanding left. We should be putting on texture and sealer/primer before the end of the week. Painting should start this weekend!






The picture below shows how we used drywall mud to smooth out the cinderblock wall by the stairway. We'll add some texture and paint it as a normal wall. Should look pretty good when done.

Drywall and risers done

All the drywall is hung and the risers are built. Drywall is being taped and sanded as I type... Here's some updated photos...

We're getting close now... all the drywall is hung, cornerbead is on... Stage and riser will be built this Friday and the drywall taper starts on Monday. It's really starting to take shape and we can for the first time get a feeling of what it's going to be like when it's all done.

Enjoy the pics...

More work completed today. Some inside room drywall went up and LOTS of insulation went in. It's actually done. Thank God. I placed all the insulation and it about kicked my butt. Hot, sweaty, itchy work. Nasty stuff...









Anyway... tommorow the rest of the drywall, including the ceiling should go up. Then maybe the next day, the rear riser and stage will be built. It looks like all of the construction should be done by the end of this week, and then the drywall taping/finishing will begin on Monday.
See more pics here

Progress is being made...

New photos of the last couple days progress. All wiring is complete. Speaker and electrical. Drywall is going starting to go up. We started on back side of the theater walls.

Cut out in wall is for soon to be built-in component rack.

Click on pics for larger images. Even more photos are here.

Construction: Day 1

We hit the ground running today. Got started at about 8:00 AM this morning and made a lot of progress through the day. My contractor and I worked together throughout the day and man, can I feel it. I knew there was a good reason I worked in IT. This manual labor stuff is TOUGH work.

Anyway... The contractor will continue through the week with his helper and I'll be home again on Friday to pitch in again. At this rate, we're hoping to have the electrical in and have the drywall up by the end of the week.

The first pic is taken from the back of the room and is of the front wall where the screen will go. The next pick is a closer view of the screen wall.

Lots more construction pics can be viewed here.

Okay... here we go....

Well, the time has finally arrived. Construction starts on Monday morning and the basement has been all cleared out. Some of the materials have been moved to the basement and things are ready to proceed. One more day to wait..