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Amazing Home Theater Designs

By: Mary Kenkel
When designing a home theater, you can hand-pick everything from seating to lighting to equipment to create your ideal movie-watching environment. Here are some incredible home theaters to inspire your own project.
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1920s Style Home Theater

The pinnacle of class and elegance, this home theater was designed to resemble a 1920s movie palace, complete with 12 plush chairs with custom-patterned fabric, a chandelier and wall sconces to add warmth. The space also features a coffered ceiling treatment with custom moldings and an embossed copper ceiling. Photo courtesy of Elite Home Theater Seating

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Photo: Wes Calvin, Platinum Productions

User-Friendly Home Theater Controls

In this home theater the control system provides easy, full-featured use, and a custom screen allows for an optimum viewing experience in a room that is shallow in depth. The seating is arranged in tiers, and the room is completely blocked off from light and outside sound. Photo courtesy of Dynamic A/V, Inc.

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To the Batcave!

The Batcave is the perfect place to watch a flick. This home theater is designed for the ultimate Batman fan, and it also features a life-size replica of the Bat Mobile seen in The Dark Knight, which sits in an adjacent room. Photo courtesy of Elite Home Theater Seating

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Trendy Theater

This modern home theater was designed to create a high-performance space for movies and sporting events. Isolated acoustically and equipped with complete surround sound, the room provides a high-quality, immersive experience. The sound system features 20 discrete channels: the main left, center and right speakers; four side surrounds; two back-wall surrounds; and 11 subwoofers. The room also has an independent cooling system to provide ultimate comfort. Photo courtesy of La Scala in Vancouver, B.C.

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