Over the past month, I've repainted part of my basement and "installed" a kick-ass home theater screen from Carada. Installed is in quotes because I couldn't find any studs in the wall so I just put the screen on top of some wooden boxes I made with the help of a friend.
Here is what the basement looked like before:
The ivy wallpaper is pretty funky and took a long ass time to take down.
Here is what that part of the basement looks like now:
I got a Panasonic PT-A3000U 1080p projector and it's frickin' bad ass with a Blu-ray movie up. It's pretty much like being in the theater except there are wires running everywhere. I got some 12 gauge speaker wire from Monoprice, but my receiver can't accept 12 gauge for some of the speaker inputs. If I ever save up some money, I'll get a new receiver and put the current one upstairs. I'd like to eventually get some theater seats and then build a riser for a second row so that lots of people can pimp a movie.
Today I ran some calculations to see how to maximize my cash. I need to put money in my 401k to reduce my AGI to get more of the $8k housing credit, but it turns out that I'll get more cash overall by putting less in. I'll have less money overall because I would get both the 401k money (eventually) and the housing credit, but I need cash since I'll have to start making mortgage payments. I'd also like to save up some emergency money as well.
that is one sweet home theatre system. Your basement seems to be bigger than my entire apartment :p
ReplyDeleteSome components are hidden around the corner so you can't see everything.
ReplyDeleteThe finished portion of the basement is probably 400-500 sq feet. The rest of the basement - the workshop and storage area - is probably another 1500-2000 sq feet. The basement is as big as the rest of the house.
It's bone dry and cold down there so it's a great place to go on a hot day, but I'm not sure what to do when winter comes. I might need to get a space heater or two.