The home is ~1500 sq feet plus 24x24 garage, sitting on 1.6 acres. It's no dream home, but is our first home and we are very excited. We fell into a pretty reasonable deal, so I feel like we can live there a few years, sell it and possibly make a small profit.
It's going to be a single floor ( no basement unfortunately) vinyl siding home. 3 bedroom /2 bath. Open kitchen / living room floor plan with vaulted ceiling, Standard 8' ceilings everywhere else. The master bedroom measures 16x13, the second 14x13, and the third slightly smaller.
Siding color is "maple" which is a tan with a bit of yellow. Shutters are going to be a cranberry color, and the roofing will be 3d shingles.
The cabinets are going to be a cherry stained maple, and we plan to do bottom of the line whirlpool stainless appliances. The countertop that is diagonally hanging out toward the living area is kind of a bar /island with the sink and dish washer.
I asked for power to be ran into the cabinets, so I can later do under cabinet and above cabinet led lighting... I have it wired to a switch where I plan to put a dimmer so I can set the mood woo !
A few goals I had (AVS related) was:
- Wire the house for in wall surround speakers
- Wire the garage for zone 2 / speaker b listening.
My thoughts were the current surrounds I had would have looked stupid hanging on the walls since they are a bit large, so I decided to upgrade to some klipsch in walls.
Current Gear:
-Panasonic G50
-Denon AVS 1910
-Klipsch F-30 Towers
-Klipsch C-30 Center
-Klipsch S-30 Surrounds
-(2) Sony SA-W3800 sw
Newly Purchased Gear:
- (2) Klipsch R-5800-W II in wall
Some Pics!
TV wall:
Surround Wall. I had intended to mount the speakers 6' high, but a bathroom light fixture is in the way so I've moved them down to 5'.
Wiring going in behind TV:
Surround wiring through ceiling:
Surround wiring ( see unfortunate light fixture placement, speaker depth does not allow for placement here)
MISC.
R-3650 surrounds I had previously decided on. I found some great deals at hifibuys in nashville, TN and returned the 3650s, upgraded to 5800s, and still saved money.
I've also ran wires around the back side of the house to the garage, and will have binding post plates in both corners. The idea is that when piddling around, or washing cars etc. I'll be able to listen to the main source receiver / computer / i tunes etc. This will allow for remote control via iPhone through iTunes.
Or, If i just want to blare tune all over the house I can haha. When I want to turn the garage off, I simply turn speaker set B off. I believe I can play different sources to different zones with the Denon, but haven't really looked into it yet.
At this point, we'l likely be using the Klipsch S-30's in the garage, or some old sony bookshelf speakers. The S-30s have two horn tweeters and a single 6.5" woofer, so not sure how they'll sound by themselves.
Some Floorplanner.com photos:
Id appreciate any input / comments!
It's going to be a single floor ( no basement unfortunately) vinyl siding home. 3 bedroom /2 bath. Open kitchen / living room floor plan with vaulted ceiling, Standard 8' ceilings everywhere else. The master bedroom measures 16x13, the second 14x13, and the third slightly smaller.
Siding color is "maple" which is a tan with a bit of yellow. Shutters are going to be a cranberry color, and the roofing will be 3d shingles.
The cabinets are going to be a cherry stained maple, and we plan to do bottom of the line whirlpool stainless appliances. The countertop that is diagonally hanging out toward the living area is kind of a bar /island with the sink and dish washer.
I asked for power to be ran into the cabinets, so I can later do under cabinet and above cabinet led lighting... I have it wired to a switch where I plan to put a dimmer so I can set the mood woo !
A few goals I had (AVS related) was:
- Wire the house for in wall surround speakers
- Wire the garage for zone 2 / speaker b listening.
My thoughts were the current surrounds I had would have looked stupid hanging on the walls since they are a bit large, so I decided to upgrade to some klipsch in walls.
Current Gear:
-Panasonic G50
-Denon AVS 1910
-Klipsch F-30 Towers
-Klipsch C-30 Center
-Klipsch S-30 Surrounds
-(2) Sony SA-W3800 sw
Newly Purchased Gear:
- (2) Klipsch R-5800-W II in wall
Some Pics!
TV wall:
Surround Wall. I had intended to mount the speakers 6' high, but a bathroom light fixture is in the way so I've moved them down to 5'.
Wiring going in behind TV:
Surround wiring through ceiling:
Surround wiring ( see unfortunate light fixture placement, speaker depth does not allow for placement here)
MISC.
R-3650 surrounds I had previously decided on. I found some great deals at hifibuys in nashville, TN and returned the 3650s, upgraded to 5800s, and still saved money.
I've also ran wires around the back side of the house to the garage, and will have binding post plates in both corners. The idea is that when piddling around, or washing cars etc. I'll be able to listen to the main source receiver / computer / i tunes etc. This will allow for remote control via iPhone through iTunes.
Or, If i just want to blare tune all over the house I can haha. When I want to turn the garage off, I simply turn speaker set B off. I believe I can play different sources to different zones with the Denon, but haven't really looked into it yet.
At this point, we'l likely be using the Klipsch S-30's in the garage, or some old sony bookshelf speakers. The S-30s have two horn tweeters and a single 6.5" woofer, so not sure how they'll sound by themselves.
Some Floorplanner.com photos:
Id appreciate any input / comments!
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