Sci-Fi Home Theater is Portal to Another World A couple of sci-fi fans get the ultimate movie room in a new StarGate Home Theater. Grant Clauser • February 2, 2015 Grant Clauser • February 2, 2015 Grant Clauser • February 2, 2015 When Carey Schafer, vice president of Cinema Design Group of Boca Raton, FL meets […]
A Private Entertainment Palace in Malibu June 27, 2014 by Grant Clauser About four years ago, Kyle Steele, president of Global Wave Integration (GWI), West Hills, Calif., was called to a construction site for a new 7,500-square-foot home. He was shown the concrete block basement where the homeowner wanted a theater installed and was […]
November 12, 2013 by Lisa Montgomery 2013 Homes The owner of this home office has the best of both worlds: Seclusion and privacy when he’s hard at work, and the ability to interact with the rest of the family when he’s not. A huge expanse of glass opens up the office to the rest of […]
March 25, 2013 by Lisa Montgomery The well-stocked bookshelves might fool you into thinking this is a room where quiet reading and contemplation takes place … and it does. But there’s much, much more to this newly constructed space than meets the eye. Hidden behind wooden cabinetry at the front is a independently air conditioned […]
March 04, 2013 by Lisa Montgomery When designing a home theater, often the surrounding decorative elements are just as important to the overall experience as the electronic gear. In this 19-by-24-foot space, the owners lined the walls with specialty fabric paneling to evoke two very unique environments. Printed on one side of the room’s six […]
February 11, 2013 by Arlen Schweiger Every movie night in this Florida Keys home theater begins with a blazing sunset—even when it’s raining. That’s because the blazing colors adorning this theater come from the real thing, as seen and captured through the Nikon D80 digital camera lens of the homeowner. When the […]
February 22, 2010 by Arlen Schweiger This is no ordinary looking theater room. And that’s probably because it couldn’t be, based on some of the homeowners’ requests. For one thing, the owners wanted a set of glass doors to let light into the room. Not exactly a theater-friendly decision when you want a dark […]
June 16, 2009 by Steven Castle In “Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith,” Chancellor Palpatine invites Jedi warrior Anakin Skywalker into his impressive office overlooking the capital Galactic City (aka Imperial City). It’s a pivotal moment in the film and the saga, for it is there that Palpatine invites the young Jedi to be […]
May 04, 2009 by Steven Castle New York Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett likes things big and powerful. He has a big contract and powerful cars. So a big and powerful home theater was a no-brainer. A Runco 1080p DLP projector and a superwide 104-inch Stewart Filmscreen CinemaScope display, combined with a 7.2-channel surround-sound system consisting […]
September 16, 2008 by Steven Castle It was inevitable that we’d soon see green home theater furniture. Start with new line of totally green Royal home theater recliners from CDGi (Cinema Design Group International). According to Carey Schafer, vice president of engineering, the wood used in the framing is Baltic birch, there are no formaldehydes, […]
