I've spent the last couple of weeks working on these designs that will maximize much needed storage in our home. Also needed to have these designs before hand due to rewiring the electrical in this entire room, great time to also get sound wire, Ethernet, RG6, etc all run through the walls (5.1 setup). None of my equipment is new by any standard, but we had it hooked up a couple years ago before major home renovations started under way and we were really happy with it all. Receiver: Onkyo SV-636, Front L/R: Jamo 68(s), Center: Mission 73c, Rear L/R: Mission 731(s), Sub: Optimus pro sw200p, and 65" no frills Vizio TV that meets my needs for now. Current plan is for all of the cabinet carcasses to be made up of 3/4" cherry plywood (1/2" rear panels), with solid cherry face framing/doors/shelf edges all throughout (inset doors and drawers). Counter tops will be a lighter wood for accent purposes, likely hard maple. No stain will be used, just a quality clear coat. Crown molding on all upper cabinets and some form of paneling will be done behind the TV area, just hasn't been modeled since I don't know what profile I want. Any of the cabinets with electronics/speakers will have rattan mesh as the door panels to allow for ventilation as well as sound transparency. (Sub in the center-most bottom cabinet on an isolating pad, receiver in the left adjacent cabinet, L/R speakers in the upper rattan mesh covered cabinets, and center in the small cabinets below the TV, and the rear speakers in the two rear corner hutches). AC Infinity front blowing smart fan will be used above the receiver to help with the noticeable heat it tends to produce as well. The TV will be mounted as low as possible, or possibly even just stand on top of those center cabinets, which is not reflected in this model (I realize it's probably already too high for most people's preferences but I want the center speaker at the height it's at, and the ceiling in this room is quite low, 94.5"). I'll be finishing up the wiring in the following week or two, and then hopefully begin on all of the cabinet construction. I realize putting the sub inside of the cabinets is likely to be frowned upon, but I'm not terribly worried about it. We always found the sub to maybe be a tad bit overpowered anyway (it would shake the windows at around 10%-15% volume/power with the front dial). Aside from the caveats I've already mentioned, anything stand out (good and bad)? Looking for constructive feedback, if anything. Pretty excited to take on my first large scale wood working project that ties a bunch of my hobbies together.   submitted by   /u/DorgannS   to   r/hometheater [link]   [comments]