Home Theatre Colour

coljacqld · Apr 24, 2008 11:32 am

Hi Michelle

Painters have started today at our place and we have the option of getting them to paint our home thearte a different colour to the rest of the house by paying them direct.

The room is 6m long 4.5m wide. Double cavity sliders on one side towards the wall that has a feature cutout to use for the screen. We also have a window on the other 6m wall towards the same end. We have to use a bristol colour and 99% of the time this will only be used as a home thearte. Carpet & Window coverings are yet to be chosen.

The two colours we are leaning towards are Elephant Walk or Cracked Slate. The entire room would be painted in a flat paint ie walls , ceiling doors window surrounds. The only area that will be flat white is the screen.

I suppose what I really want to know is if there is anything reason we shouldn't do this. Any problems that may arise in the future that I haven't thought of. The rest of the house is as follows: (have gone fairly neutral/brown tonings)

Wall, ceiling & Cornice - Bristol - Ashwood
Door, Skirting, Architraves - Bristol - Nomadic Ivory

Below is a photo of the area the screen will project into. (this is the only one I have at the moment

Many Thanks
Anne
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Michelle · Apr 24, 2008 11:43 am

Hi Anne…..I don’t know these colours, but I can have a look when I get home.

I don’t think you will regret having one room in your home as a wow factor!!
Theatre rooms should be darker anyway, remember to keep your carpet in this room dark also.

I think it’s nice to have room that creates a different sense of felling to the rest of the house!

I have made my office totally different to my home, for this reason, I spend so much time in there I need to feel like it is a sanctum compared to my home.

I say go for it……after all, it is only paint, which can be re-done later if you truly don’t like it.

Casa2 · Apr 24, 2008 1:35 pm

I agree. Go for a dark wall and carpet colour in the home theatre (even if you intent to use it as a dual purpose theatre/sitting room lik me).

VJ · Apr 24, 2008 3:00 pm

Anne,

We're also planning to paint the HT in dark colour and use dark-coloured carpet (similar to Matt's).
We might choose the brownish shade... just like melting chocolate! yum!

coljacqld · Apr 26, 2008 3:59 pm

looks like there is no hurry to choose a colour now. They wanted to charge us $450 to do it and the paint only cost $58 for 15l.

That's for a room they have to paint anyway. So looks like that's another job for after handover.

Thanks for the input

Anne

Paula · Apr 26, 2008 4:05 pm

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They wanted to charge us $450 to do it and the paint only cost $58 for 15l.

That's for a room they have to paint anyway.