Day 84 - The Acid Test

Nancy and Mel came over to watch Van Helsing.

Mel said, "This is better than a real theatre!"

'Nuff said...

Day 64 - All You Need Is...SEATS!

Well, just to keep you in suspense, first we'll take a look
at the hallway. We intended to put two media shelving units
along the back wall of the theatre. Due to some minor
miscalculations on our part, we had to find a home
for one of the storage units. It looks kinda nice here!

The picture will be hung as soon as we
have the nerve to put a hole in the wall!

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AND NOW...


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FOR THE FIRST TIME...


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THE LONG - AWAITED...


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LADNER THEATRE!


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And now, on with the show!

Day 63 - The First Movie

Oh... By the way... THE SEATS GOT HERE YESTERDAY!!! There will be pictures. Hold your horses, or other livestock, whatever you got... Barb will do the pics soon...

Lance and Heather Claussen were weekend guests at Chez Ladnier, and, as the seats were delivered on Saturday, it fell to them to choose the first movie. Lance is LL's genius graphics guy, and his wife Heather is perfectly lovely and wonderful. We had a great weekend with them.

I don't know if it was my rabid insistence over the course of the project that 'A Hard Day's Night' was going to be the first film, or that they really wanted to see it, but, the first official film in the Ladner Theatre, it was! (I say the first official film because Barb had warmed up the theatre on Saturday with a personal viewing of 'Top Gun' and 'Forrest Gump'.)

The experience was climactic. This desire had built up for ten years. Some of you probably tired of hearing about "someday we'll have a theatre in the basement". I don't blame you, I was tired of hearing it, too. And, I was the guy saying it!

All I can say is that it has been worth the wait. The picture is great, the sound is tremendous. Audience comfort was at a high level in these soft-as-a-cloud chairs. Everyone was happy!

Anyway, I just wanted it on the record about the first film, so I'll say goodbye for now...

Dave

Day 59 - The End Is Near!...

Photo credit
Picture from the Direct Furniture Website
Seats manufactured by CenterStage

The custom seats will be delivered on SATURDAY!
This is a picture of what we are installing so it is time
to visit LadnerWeb and pick out your movie for your screening.
We'll be seeing you soon!

Day 49 - So Very Quiet...

We just want you to know that we haven't forgotten the blog. There is just nothing much to document.

We are in the process of moving back a lot of things that belong in the studio and theatre plus the storage areas.

Kendra was a HUGE help and is also taking a lot of the furniture that we no longer need. We hope our neighbors will be able to purchase the Sony Trintron for their basement. Then we have just a few pieces for Amvets.

We are not happy with the remote control we purchased for the theatre. We are not sure if it is bad programming by Tweeter to just a bad design overall. Dave will be dealing with this and we may return it and buy something more user-friendly.

Seats are supposed to ship on Friday, March 10th so we suspect that the next posting will be of the completed project...WITH SEATS.

Then you can finally expect to be hearing from us to get you over here to enjoy a movie.

Day 31 - For the Benefit of Mr. Kite....

There will be a show tonight!
Okay, not really - the seats haven't arrived yet!

Well, here we are...a few shots of the theatre
and an idea of how the new TV looks.
Animation is the best way to show off a TV
and "Shark Tale" was on while shooting!
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We can't wait until the seats arrive!
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Just another picture with the overheads on.
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This is the rack in the studio with all the theatre
and studio components installed.
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WOW! This looks like a mess but Dave says
this is really a great installation.
What do I know?
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Missing seats!

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It's hard to leave!
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Okay, go upstairs!
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NOW!
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This is the 43" plasma we installed in the Master Bedroom.
Told you the cord and telephones would disappear!
It's like having your own personal drive-in.
Keep your minds out of the gutter!
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Day 30 - Free As A Bird...

We continue in the selected Tweeter theme
and free - at least for us - Tweeter paid the bill!

We are back to nice, perfect wall because it was
Justin, Wes and Custom Home Improvements to the
rescue. In less than one day, they erased all signs
of yesterdays error.

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Look at that gorgeous color!

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Up close and you can't tell at all!
Beautiful job!
The next pictures you see should be of the
completed audio/video installation with the
TV where it is supposed to be...

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