Posts Tagged ‘Design’

Your Home Theater as a Multi-Purpose Room

February 15th, 2010 By: Lauren

Most of us would love to have a dedicated home theater room. A place to call our own when we want to hunker down for the night with a bowl of popcorn, a nice plush leather seat and this week’s latest blockbuster. However, for some of us that’s just not possible – we have to use our home theater space for other purposes when we’re not in movie-mode.

If you’ve found that your house is short on space, or you just want to convert your home theater/family room into a more versatile area, read on. Being economical with your space doesn’t mean that you have to give up any of that great audio or video you’d expect from a dedicated home theater, nor does it mean that you have to give up the stylish elements like a custom frame from HD Envy. It just means you’re going to have to get a little creative.

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Home Theater Installation Tips and Tricks: Planning makes Perfect

August 23rd, 2009 By: Lauren

Whether you’re looking for that sophisticated, polished look, or you just want to create a home theater that is unified in style, there are some guidelines that you must keep in mind when doing things yourself. The DIY approach is popular with home theater enthusiasts because it gives you complete customization and control over the outcome. So if you’re ready to get your hands a bit dirty, grab your tools, home theater equipment and your imagination, and read on.

The level of hands-on depth you want to embrace while putting together your home theater is completely up to you. Some people prefer to conceptually design the layout and get a professional to do the actual installations and setup. Others take on small tasks themselves: you might decide that mounting your flat panel display is something you can handle, or maybe you want to play with your home theater speaker layout yourself to find that “sweet spot”. If you decide that a whole-room renovation is up your alley, or just a few adjustments, read on for some home theater installation tips and tricks to get you through the rough patches of DIY home theater construction.

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The Traditional TV Frame: Simple Elegance

July 13th, 2009 By: Lauren

A home theater should reflect a part of you: your creativity, love of movies, music obsession, inner interior decorator. Whatever part of yourself you want reflected in your home theater, the Traditional TV Frame from HD Envy can be incorporated as a finishing touch. By framing your flat screen TV in this simple and elegant frame, you will create a unique look that can be customized to highlight your entire room.

The Traditional TV Frame is constructed from solid wood and stained in your choice of eleven sophisticated and tasteful colors. By using only top-quality wood and industry guidelines in its construction, this flat panel TV frame will be a durable addition to your home theater that is able to easily mount to any make or model HDTV. (more…)