These theaters had to overcome tough challenges to become reality.
Odd-Shaped Room: After
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Odd-Shaped Room: Before

A small TV and sparse decor, combined with big viewing appetites and enthusiasm for the latest video technology, made this room an easy target for home theater upgrade. Because it wasn’t a dedicated room closed off to the rest of the house, Union Place had to control the lighting from both the interior spaces and the exterior window. The room opened up into others in the house, so that was another reason it didn’t make for the ideal dedicated theater.

Read more: Odd-Shaped Room Optimized as 'Scope Theater