Upon the theater’s completion, Saad popped in a Blu-ray of The Hulk. “You feel him running around and stomping, and it’s very bassy and loud. I cranked it on the Pioneer [receiver], shut the doors and went upstairs, and all you could really hear was some muffled bass that wasn’t disturbing at all. In the bedrooms on the third level you couldn’t hear anything.”

Projector placement proved to be another well-planned solution to a potential problem. Bulkhead ductwork ran across the middle of the room, so a projector mounted behind it would have its image cut off, and there wasn’t enough throw distance to mount it in front. So Saad and Cammaert framed the 12-inch bulkhead into a soffit to make it look like a natural aspect of the room, then carved a V-shaped niche in front of the projector so the light beams through unobstructed. To minimize the soffit visually, a cove was framed into the rear half of the room, with can and rope lighting installed to emphasize that area.

Saad took more steps to recreate the theater experience by adding popcorn and candy and even a working ticket booth. “I realized there was some dead space underneath the stairs, so I can actually sit in there,” he enthuses, “and there’s a ticket maker so you can print tickets off the computer.”

But even this theater might not be Saad’s golden ticket, as there’s always room for upgrades. “Automated curtains and blinds triggered via remote, perhaps a larger screen and 2.35:1 aspect ratio and anamorphic lens—but I guess that’s OK, because I hope to have the opportunity to build another theater in the future.”

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