Hey folks!
I'm smack dab in the middle of a very ambitious project that I've nicknamed "Quadomated" to build a passive solar smart automated home for me, a ski lift engineer who after breaking his neck in a skiing accident is paralyzed throughout the majority of my body. I've got a very cool house and room in construction that I have planned for all sorts of things, but am having a tough time figuring out how to put all the conflicting themes (i.e. a sunroom and home theater) together.
The centerpiece of this project and where I'll spend all my days is a sunroom/techno-home theater that is a wide open 24 x 24 foot room with cathedral ceilings and lots of windows. My plan is to have my computer outfitted with three 27 inch monitors, a few couches, poker tables, and a gigantic front projection screen. I've already purchased the projector, a Samsung SP-800B, for a steal off of eBay and am now trying to make heads or tails of where I'll place the projector screen and dangle the projector.
Now onto the extreme challenges. I live up in the supercold Northern Maine and due to my disability don't managed so well at regulating my body temperature. That's why all the windows… to hopefully bring in lots of heat/light and make me feel like I'm not cooped up all winter long. But technology is my game and what makes me feel alive so I must make this room’s setup kick the ole rear.
Initially my plan was to have my drywall/painter spray on a superclean 120+ inch silver fire mix onto the western wall between the two windows you see below,
but the more I thought about this the more foolish it seemed to have the couch and main sitting area facing away from the sunshine, all those windows, and the beautiful view. Then I started thinking about having a motorized screen drop down from the ceiling in front of the three big picture windows below.
I'm kind of stuck on this idea now, but can’t handle how much the Da-lite high-power motorized screens cost, think I could probably do better with paint, and would really prefer keeping some sort of DIYing into the mix.
I've got a clean slate here guys, any idea on where I should place my projection screen and how I can get the best performance for the fewest bucks. I only paid $900 for my Sammy projector, so it's really tough to swallow spending much more than that on my screen. I'd love to have my couches facing the windows… and yes, I've got motorized blinds, but it'll obviously be pretty tough to get rid of the ambient light with all of these windows.
To help you all orientate yourselves with the room/this project I've included a floorplan and a basic 3-D rendering of the room.
Thanks a bunch! I hope someone here has some incredible ideas because I'm definitely stuck in the mud!
I'm smack dab in the middle of a very ambitious project that I've nicknamed "Quadomated" to build a passive solar smart automated home for me, a ski lift engineer who after breaking his neck in a skiing accident is paralyzed throughout the majority of my body. I've got a very cool house and room in construction that I have planned for all sorts of things, but am having a tough time figuring out how to put all the conflicting themes (i.e. a sunroom and home theater) together.
The centerpiece of this project and where I'll spend all my days is a sunroom/techno-home theater that is a wide open 24 x 24 foot room with cathedral ceilings and lots of windows. My plan is to have my computer outfitted with three 27 inch monitors, a few couches, poker tables, and a gigantic front projection screen. I've already purchased the projector, a Samsung SP-800B, for a steal off of eBay and am now trying to make heads or tails of where I'll place the projector screen and dangle the projector.
Now onto the extreme challenges. I live up in the supercold Northern Maine and due to my disability don't managed so well at regulating my body temperature. That's why all the windows… to hopefully bring in lots of heat/light and make me feel like I'm not cooped up all winter long. But technology is my game and what makes me feel alive so I must make this room’s setup kick the ole rear.
Initially my plan was to have my drywall/painter spray on a superclean 120+ inch silver fire mix onto the western wall between the two windows you see below,
but the more I thought about this the more foolish it seemed to have the couch and main sitting area facing away from the sunshine, all those windows, and the beautiful view. Then I started thinking about having a motorized screen drop down from the ceiling in front of the three big picture windows below.
I'm kind of stuck on this idea now, but can’t handle how much the Da-lite high-power motorized screens cost, think I could probably do better with paint, and would really prefer keeping some sort of DIYing into the mix.
I've got a clean slate here guys, any idea on where I should place my projection screen and how I can get the best performance for the fewest bucks. I only paid $900 for my Sammy projector, so it's really tough to swallow spending much more than that on my screen. I'd love to have my couches facing the windows… and yes, I've got motorized blinds, but it'll obviously be pretty tough to get rid of the ambient light with all of these windows.
To help you all orientate yourselves with the room/this project I've included a floorplan and a basic 3-D rendering of the room.
Thanks a bunch! I hope someone here has some incredible ideas because I'm definitely stuck in the mud!