Planning for an entertainment room in your new home? Here are plenty of ideas for you!
An entertainment room is sure to have plenty of footfall and will house a lot of expensive gadgets, and furniture. It’s also a great idea to keep the room separate from the rest of the house if you want to jam with friends over loud music or play your movies with surround sound. And while it should look chic and beautiful, it should also be functional.
We’ve put together the best entertainment room design ideas, and a detailed checklist of essentials – so that you can design your entertainment room meticulously.
A Games Room for the Sport in You
If you’re a billiards, table tennis, chess, or board game lover make provisions for these games here. Position a pool table, a foosball table, a ping pong table, or a carrom board table as the centrepiece. Mount a dartboard on the wall. Set up a small table and a few chairs around as the corner of a card.
Also, plan enough seating area in the room for relaxation in the recreation zone.
Design a Movie Theatre or Media Room
Pick the right-sized TV for your room. Make sure you don’t buy a huge one if the distance from your seating area will be too less. Or set up a projector for video games and long movie nights. And bring on the popcorn.
Make it a Multifunctional Space
Create a multifunctional space to watch movies, listen to music, relax, or engage in a sport. If the space is large enough, carve out smaller nooks for each of these activities. Add a games zone in one corner, a plush seating area in another, a bar counter in another, and so on. There could be something for everyone at home to do here.
Whatever be the design of your entertainment room, here are some of the essential elements that you need to take care of. You could use this as a checklist while designing one.
Entertainment Room Furniture
If gadgets or games are going to be the focal point of your entertainment room, then plan which gadgets you’re going to buy first. Plan your main entertainment unit in such a way that there is enough space for them. For instance, a music system may come with several speakers; you would need a separate rack for all of them. Or floating ledges to hold them in different parts of the room. Next, consider how much space is left and then pick up the rest of your furniture.
Pick ultra-comfortable seating options. Invest in a good-quality sofa set, recliners, or armchairs. Also, have seating options that are flexible so that you can add more seating when more guests join. For instance, use nested stools, or a sofa-cum-bed as add-on seating elements. Add a comfortable swing to up the cosiness quotient. The key here is to make the space inviting for you and your friends to lounge in.
Have enough tables to place your remote controls, cocktail glasses, and so on while the entertaining is in full swing. Nested tables will come in very handy. And how about a sliding-top dining table that hides a pool table beneath?
Place a bookshelf if you want to create a reading nook too. You could even have a bar counter in the entertainment room where you can serve drinks and snacks during a movie or a game.
Entertainment Room Storage
It’s easy for an entertainment room to get cluttered. It’s a space used by many people who may or may not take care to leave it as organized as it were. Wires, battery chargers, CDs, records, USBs, and so on can easily add to the clutter and become an eyesore if left outside.
You’ve got to plan carefully here. Take into account all the gadgets that you will position here. Then think of their accessories, and build enough closed storage to keep the accessories and chargers away from eyesight. Plan smart storage options that will conceal all wires.
Use open shelving if you want to show off your record collection or your stash of books.
Acoustic System
If you have an entertainment unit and plan to keep the volume high often, make sure the walls, windows, and door are soundproof. Use sound-absorbing materials like carpets, thick curtains, and acoustic panelling on the walls. Or install acoustic sound-deadening drywalls (zero-sound drywalls). This will also make sure you get good sound quality inside the room.
Entertainment Room Lighting
Use natural light as much as possible, with the provision to darken the room when you want to switch on a movie.
The right lighting will create the right ambience in the room. It should also minimize the screen glare from the TV. Add spotlights or pendant lights above your prized gadgets and games – above a billiards table, for example – or and let them shine. Add designer floor lamps, wall scones and an elegant chandelier.
Flooring
Incorporate carpets, or a wall-to-wall carpet, with a cushy pad below it to absorb ambient sound.
Décor Accents
Lastly, add your décor flourishes – cushions and more of them, throws, massive artwork on the walls, photographs, framed memorabilia, plants on the ledges and corners, and so on. Use some of your sports equipment as décor – mount some table tennis rackets on the wall, or an old snakes-and-ladders board, maybe?
Need help? The experienced designers at HomeLane can help you create the perfect entertainment room incorporating all your requirements. Reach out to us to give wings to your ideas!
