A great home theater experience requires more than just a rack full of expensive equipment, a big screen and possibly a comfortable seat. 

You simply wouldn't capture the Hollywood magic in your home theater room if your home theater design efforts stop there.

Every single aspect in your home theater room design has to be taken care of - not the least should be the furnishings and room decorations. 

The overall home theater decor will help transform the ambience of your room to induce a more visually appealing cinema feeling. It helps create a better-suited atmosphere that greatly improves your home theater experience.

Establishing an overall design concept

Plan your home theater look and feel! 

Do not just put in furnishings and a few home theater decorations. The overall home theater decor should go to establish the overall design concept that you plan to have for your home theater room.

This means that you should aim at involving a theme and style that help guide the viewer into a more immersing movie experience. 

Possible themes might involve topics related to great movie classics.

1. Decorate your home theater room  with a few movie posters from recent and classic films and related memorabilia that go with your design concept. The use of movie posters - in particular - is a very easy and effective way to bring about the Hollywood magic into your home theater.  In fact, hanging up a few great movie posters can do an incredible job to bring about that much desired cinema feeling. To learn more about the fascinating world of movie posters, check our Movie Poster Guide.

Selecting posters for your home theater is a matter of preference; the best approach is to go for pictures of some great 'all-time' movies that fit with your home theater decor theme. (For an interesting list of great all-timers, check out the following web-page at Findlove-Keeplove.com .)

2. Pay attention to furnishings, color and finishes, lightning, detail, etc.; these all play a crucial part in enhancing your home cinema experience.

If budget permits, call for professional assistance; home theater interior design can turn out to be a complex subject.

For that extra touch of class, go for some 'designer' home theater furniture. An interesting line of affordable media cabinets is the Maria Yee Line of EcoLuxury™ Home Theater Furniture available at the Magnolia Home Theater Stores in New York and Los Angeles. This innovative line represents an exclusive three-piece collection of AV cabinets that offers more than just style and functionality. More information is available on our site at Home Media Cabinets for that Unique Finishing Touch

A lot of information on home theater decor is also available for free. Search around in home theater magazines and online for possible home theater decor ideas that you may apply for your home theater room. 

Check also our Home Theater Pictures Visitor's Gallery page to see what others are doing in this respect. Search also online for 'home theater pictures' and 'home theater photos'. A number of home theater related sites have got a special web page dedicated to pictures of home theaters build by their readers. Home theater pictures can help trigger your ideas for an overall design concept to adopt as well as the home theater decor to use for your movie theater room.

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A great resource in this respect, to anyone interested in creating a beautiful and comfortable home theater, is the book by Krissy Rushing - Home Theater Design - Planning and Decorating Media-Savvy Interiors. It guides the reader through the necessary steps to create the home theater of her or his dreams - within the limitations of available spaces. It examines current technology, space planning, acoustics, functionality, lifestyle, and overall aesthetics, to help you plan and design an entertainment system that's right for you.

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Suggested links for additional information:

We suggest that you take a look at the following interesting sites for possible design ideas:

• The Home Theater Magazine: An interesting source of home theater related articles covering various aspects of home theater design - including some practical home theater decor considerations

• Home Theater Decor: For a complete range of home theater furnishings to Home Owners, Interior Decorators, and Builders to create the right movie theater ambiance.

• Home Theater Interiors: A complete one-stop source  covering home theater decor items, furnishings, home theater lighting, etc.

• Modern Home Theater is a monthly web publication that features insider access to some of the world's most fantastic 'wired' homes - including some great home theaters.

 

• Check also our LINKS PAGE. In particular, check links under the Forums and Magazines sections, as well as major home theater screen manufacturers links listed under the Projection Screen section.