Home theater/whiskey room in a loft space? Need help! (1 Viewer)

[jswinsky1203]

Hey Guys,
I am currently building a new home and shooting myself in the foot for opting for a "loft" instead of a closed off media room. I have attached a diagram of the loft space in this thread. I will be putting in a 5.2.2 set up and wiring everything myself. My question is that there is about a 8' opening that opens to the 3 other bedrooms upstairs as well as the stairs to below...I am trying to find a clever way to either close that off...or just paint the "media room" a dark color but worried that it might look off.

Hopefully my diagram makes sense. On the right side will be a built in bar with a round table for seating, and over to the left will be a sectional couch. Eventually I will be adding atmos speakers to the ceiling as well.

Any one have any ideas or maybe I should position the room any differently?

 

[Dave Upton]

Hi Justin, and welcome to HTF!

Do you need to control sound leaving that area, or is it more about light control? That will be a major factor here

 

[jswinsky1203]

Hi Justin, and welcome to HTF!

Do you need to control sound leaving that area, or is it more about light control? That will be a major factor here

I know that I will have issues with sound leaving, as well as light control. The space will have blackout blinds in all the windows and I was planning on having a blackout curtain to close the space off when watching movies to control the light.

Obviously I know the best solution would be to close that off with a wall and add a door, but the significant other likes the way the loft looks without the door so I am trying to get the best sound/light control, while keeping her happy haha.

Not sure if a heavy curtain to close that off when in use would help with the audio side of things...

I may end up just closing off the wall and adding a door down the road to get the best sound possible.

What would your thoughts be?