Turning a Room Into a Movie Theater

Adding theater-themed accessories can add to your theater's atmosphere.

For any film fanatic in your home, turning a room into a movie theater can be a dream made in Tinseltown. Regardless of your project budget and the current equipment you own, transforming a room into a movie theater is possible with a bit of planning and creativity. Using traditional household items and materials in the room for decorations will help to complete the movie theater look and atmosphere.

Things You'll Need

• Paint
• Projector
• Room-darkening shades
• Movie posters
• Bulletin board
• Movie tickets

Instructions

1. Observe the amount of space you have in the room you want to turn into a movie theater. Take note of the size of your television as well as the seating you plan to place in the room. Place individual recliners or separate love seats in aligned rows in the room.

2. Paint your theater room a dark color, using dark reds, blues and even grays. If you are using a projector screen, using dark wall colors will help to heighten colors on the screen while reducing the amount of reflections you may see.

3. Mount and hang a projector screen in your movie theater room to save space or to have more room for additional seating.

4. Use room-darkening and light-blocking shades on all of the windows in your movie theater, keeping all natural light out to allow you to adjust the atmosphere as you see fit.

5. Hang movie posters and photos of famous actors and actresses on the walls of your movie theater. Create a bulletin board with old collected movie tickets of past films you have watched in theaters.

Tips & Warnings

• Consider installing a surround-sound speaker system in your movie theater inside of your walls for the maximum movie theater atmosphere.

References

• HT Market: Home Theater Guide
• Unplggd: Turn Any Room Into a Home Theater
• Money Crashers: How to Build a Home Movie Theater Room on a Budget