Comments on: How Do You Paint A Media Room?

By: Kelly Smith

Kelly Smith — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:11:40 +0000

I am quickly going to do a media room, with little time and painters are practically on the way. I was thinking the wine colored walls because the furniture in the next room is wine colored leather. When I read your comments I may go with the Behr Chianti as suggested for ease. It fits what I was looking for and again I am into the no hassle media room at this point. I told my husband to expect several coats (he wanted to do it himself) and said the primer would prevent several coats. I suggested calling the painter (we wives figure these things out pretty quickly) so he agreed. By telling me it takes several coats I will purchase enough paint and let the painters know what to expect especially since it already has a medium blue on the walls. Thanks for the tips!

By: RThomas

RThomas — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:53:47 +0000

Dave,
You have mentioned that a wood floor is a bad choice for a media room. We are in process of building a media room, and is thinking about putting wood floor with a sound reducing padding. The reason why we want wood is because the whole family suffers from allergies. Would sound absorbing wall panels take of the echoes completely?

By: kkdtechi

kkdtechi — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:25:29 +0000

Dave, Thanks for the info. Very useful. Was thinking of leaving the ceiling in white color, Decided to paint my ceiling now with dark color.

By: Lynda

Lynda — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:55:50 +0000

I have enjoyed reading the comments. My concern is I have a huge gameroom that I want to convert to a media room. I have two big windows. How do I block out the light. I have shades, but the light comes through the side.

By: Tina

Tina — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:44:15 +0000

Dave, thanks for the info. I have been stressing out for days on what colors to paint my media room. It is actually a media/exercise room on the bottom floor which is the first floor that sits into a hill, so we consider it the first floor/basement. I put a sample patch of dark blueish/greenish color from Sherwin Williams called Cascade and my husband flipped when he saw it. So here I am reading your article and after learning I shouldn’t go with blue or green, am happy to get some pointers. Thanks for the blog!

By: Harshal

Harshal — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:12:03 +0000

Also, I was thinking of going with a flat dark(est) orange color (rather than a red), with the trims painted cherry wood. This would all fit well with my existing cherry wood coloured leather recliners and existing furniture.

By: Harshal

Harshal — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:09:30 +0000

Hello Dave,
I came across your blog, and it has definitely helped me. I have an existing media room that is all light – Grey and the ceilings have those blocks (that come from a finished basements, the ones that you can lift up).
Now I like your idea of coloring the ceiling, but i was wondering if those blocks on the ceiling can be individually painted? My guess is yes.
We have tiles on the floor – and I wasn’t really intending to spend on carpet, until I came across this page. It does make sense for sound absorption, but it looks like I might need to give that a thought. Would a large rug do the same job? I am trying to cut costs here.
Thanks for the help

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:49:33 +0000

Hi Olivia, a tray ceiling painted in gold with rope lighting may not be out of the question. I think it depends on how big of an area you’re talking about and where it is in relation to the screen and seating areas. Like I’ve tried to stress in my writings above, the most important thing is to keep reflective surfaces out of the line of sight when you’re in your seating and watching the screen. If the rest of the room minimizes reflections too, then a little gold on the ceiling may be totally acceptable. I’m assuming you’ll also be able to turn off the rope lighting when watching those dark movies where contrast is critical to making out the details of the picture?

In short, it all comes down to the geometry of your room.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:27:52 +0000

Trying to decide on a ceiling color for our Media room. We’ve selected Threatre Red for wall color, trim (crown molding, floor boards , doors will be painted dark brown. Not sure what color to paint the ceiling. Will have a tray ceiling in the room and thought a gold color with the rope lighting would look nice. After reading this article , gold will not be the choice. Any advice is needed. Thanks

By: Roni

Roni — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:37:43 +0000

Thanks so much for this article Dave. I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to paint my media room for 6 months and your articles helped me come up with some good ideas.