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A Music Lover's Impressive Home Theater
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Klaas Jan Guchelaar loves music. So much so that he's found a career as a concert photographer in the Netherlands. When he's not snapping priceless moments at Living Colour concerts he's sitting back...

Computer-Monitor-as-TV-Screen Done Right!

Yeah, yeah. We're always hearing about how your home computer—with it's DVD drive and connectivity to Hulu and Netflix—can completely replace your TV screen and cable box. We've just ne...

A Simple Media Center With Seamless Surround Sound

We love the sound we get from our surround sound speakers. But with the curse of being a renter, it's always tough to lay out the speakers and still keep everything looking fresh......

Two Great DIY Floating Wall Ideas

Here are two inspiring DIY projects created by AVForums member "SparksCW" for his bedroom that use a 9mm MDF for a floating LED back lit headboard with a dimmer feature, alongside an opposite facing...

Ikea Besta Hacked Into Floating Media Center

Why is it that we want our home-sweet-cozy-home to feel like a chic boutique hotel room? We don't have any clue 'Why' but we sure know how to make it happen. Try switching out your media center shelvi...

Flickr Finds: Beautiful Pressure Mounted Media Stand

Finding the perfect vintage piece to hold your new tech is skill. Furniture built pre- televisions, DVD players, video game systems tend not to hold the shelving, cabinets, drawers, and electrical c...

Wheelersean's DIY Muro Media Storage

Yesterday we posted about the Design Within Reach Muro Media Storage, a ingenious customizable flat panel TV and media center solution. Our big gripe was the price, as it's made of MDF board and obvio...

Muro Media Storage for Flat Panel TVs

Here's a case of a great design, but at a price that we're not sure is warranted considering the materials used. The Muro Media Storage from DWR is a very smart design which allows for custom paint or...

Inspiration: Basic Shelves as an Entertainment Center

More often seen hidden in walk-in closets and pantries, your cookie-cutter Elfa-style wall-mounted shelves could find a new use in a high-traffic and high-style room, if you know how to accessorize......

Plastolux's Modern Credenza Ikea Hack

Tyler of design and interior blog Plastolux wanted to build a credenza, inspired by a project done by x818.com we showcased over at Apartment Therapy NY, except Tyler's budget dictated he needed to lo...

1957 Magnavox TV Console Converted Into Media Cabinet

click for more picsMaybe you grandfather has one of these old wood console TV's in his garage or up in an attic somewhere. Or maybe you'll be fortunate to find one at a flea market or garage sale. In ...

Close-Up: A Homemade Media Cabinet to Fit Every Pastime

click for more pics Brian Watkins installs home cabinetry in San Bernardino, California so when his son thought it would be a good idea to have a place that could hold on the newest and greatest video...

Bookshelf By Day, Wicked Projection Theater By Night

Pottery Barn, PB Teen and their endless ability to work tech-friendly solutions into their classicly stylish and versatile furniture is the stuff that Unplggd dreams are made of. It's not rare to see ...

The Retro Mini-Media Center

Most media centers are small and black, which is kind of drab. It's hard to tell them apart since they just all look the same. Well, almost the same. Media center PCs are perfect to plug into your hom...

Jesse Regolo Collection Keeps a Low Profile in Home Theater Storage

One of the tricks of taking away the obvious dominating presence of a large display in a room is placing it in a low position. By positioning a display at around knee to waist height, when seated the ...

Blogging...ReadyMade's Loose Gadget Solution

If you're like us, you've got a lot of gadgets and they tend to be haphazardly lying around. There's no real order to your electronics chaos, other than grouping pieces together that depend on each o...

aud-o-matic's DIY Media Center

Check out that entertainment center up above. Looks like something you'd find offered at one of numerous stylish furnishing retailers...except this one was created in DIY fashion! AT reader aud-o-mati...

Custom Made Media Center Inspired by Vintage Postcard

ATLA has a great House Tour of Steve Prestemon's Venice, CA home. Within the 1340 sq/ft house is this custom made media center, inspired by a postcard Steve found at Urban Outfitters......

Eizo Mouse/Remote Control Combo: Ideal For Home Theater PCs

When you are setting up your home theater system, you will usually look for a way to integrate a PC into the console mix. It's not always easy and doesn't always look nice. However, there a loads of s...

Ikea's TV Solutions

We got a sneak peak of Ikea's October catalog and were impressed by all their nifty media centers. Which one's your fave? Our pick after the jump. ...

Blogging Domino: Sexism with Electronics

This month's Domino had a great idea for hiding televisions, but just a few pages back, in a story for their Decorating: Small Spaces section, the editors get a bit sexist about the role technology p...

Sideboard as Media Center Console

We like this idea the Playmedesign blog proposed about using a sideboard as a media center to offset the heaviness of a flat panel display, whether wall mounted or placed ontop. The only issue is wher...

TAS DesignBuild's Wall to Ceiling Media Center

TAS DesignBuild's custom built media unit for a Toronto client stands out for its unique floor to ceiling feature that helps blend in the wall-mounted display into the background (always a good thing,...

ICFF: Geneva Lab's Latest Furniture Music

Despite only being a prototype, we made a beeline for this beautiful media center as soon as we walked into the International Contemporary Furniture Fair yesterday. Designed by Geneva Lab, who made th...

Look! Best Tech in Small Cool 2008 -- Part 5

This year's Small Cool contest has brought in a lot of great ideas for hiding technology. Dave and Rob of San Francisco are no exception. They used vintage furniture and accessories to help balance t...