How to Transform Your Family Room Into a Multi-Purpose Media Room
Family room by day, entertainment center by night — you can enjoy both with a few smart upgrades to your space
If you don’t have space or resources right now to construct a private home theater in your Lafayette, LA, home, you can still create a dedicated entertainment space for you and your family.
With a few smart home upgrades, you can transform your existing family or living room into a multi-purpose environment. Adding a home AV system, hidden equipment and smart lighting control will allow you to capture the movie theater experience from the comfort of your family room couch. Keep reading to learn more.
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Install a Whole Home Audio Video System
A home AV system adds value to your entire house and allows you to quickly and easily transform your existing spaces into entertainment centers. Distributed AV involves a centralized system that can transmit audio and video to multiple AV devices in your home. In the middle of a dramatic movie scene, but the popcorn is running low? Don’t pause the movie and disrupt the experience — access your AV control system on a smartphone or tablet, press one button, and continue playing the movie on the small TV in your kitchen while you prepare more snacks. Your video will play uninterrupted on both devices at once.
Whole-home audio and video make it simple and convenient to access your favorite entertainment anytime, anywhere.
Conceal Audio and Video Equipment
If you’re converting your family room into a multi-purpose media room, then hidden TVs and speakers will maintain the room aesthetic you already have.
You have many options for concealing your entertainment devices:
- Artwork cover-up
- Mirror TVs
- Hidden TV lift cabinets
- TV ceiling suspension
- In-wall and in-ceiling speakers
Concealing your audio and video equipment will save space, and bulky devices won’t clutter up an area when you need to use the room for another purpose. If your family or living room serves as a home office or home school room during the day, then cleverly conceal your entertainment devices so they’ll be less of a distraction.
Invest in Smart Lighting and Motorized Shades
The right lighting sets the mood for any occasion, especially movie night. With a few smart home additions, you can recreate the feel of a real movie theater from your living room when you and the family settle in to watch a movie together.
Use a smart lighting system to control all the lighting fixtures in your house with a smartphone, remote or dedicated touchpad. Press one button and the lights in your media room will start to dim as the movie begins playing. Need more popcorn in the middle of the show? Press another button to illuminate a pathway to the kitchen with soft, low lighting that won’t disrupt the theater ambiance.
You can also control the lighting in your space with automated window treatments. Install motorized shades that you can open or close using your smartphone or tablet. If you leave the shades open to let sunlight into the living room during the day, press one button to close them and prevent glare and other unwanted light while you’re using the space as a media room.
Ready to start making the most out of your space? At Electronics Professionals, our experienced integrators can help you install the right equipment to optimize your Lafayette, LA, home to include a media setup that will keep the whole family entertained. Call us today at 337-268-9753 or fill out our contact form. We also offer live chat — click on the box at the bottom righthand corner of your screen!
