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… Well, kind of. I’m in the process of building my home theater and one of the things I want in there is a star ceiling. Building a retractable roof a) isn’t cost effective b) not practical, because the theater is in the basement surrounded in a sound proof room and an open roof wouldn’t be sound proof.
There are a lot of ways to achieve a star ceiling… you can go to your local Arts and Crafts store and buy glow-in-the-dark stickers or paint on stars randomly. Both of those options are pretty ghetto and look cheap and cheesy. Plus, they only glow for 15-20 mins after you turn on the lights for a few minutes — not an option for a home theater. Design-wise, I’m hoping the theater will be very classy and I don’t want it to feel gaudy or over the top cheesy, like I tried to hard. So even considering a star ceiling was pushing it to the gaudy side. The solution, I contacted FOSI, they do all the Rainforest Cafe star features and they are the only source for DIY accurate star placements. I choose a September sky because that’s my birth month and most of the constellations I like are in this month. The star area is 11′ x 12′ and it’s surrounded by a couple of soffits that will be lit (see photo below).
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I ordered a template for $125, which is nicely marked and easy to layout and drill. After all the holes are drilled, I will pull all the fibers (about 800 of them) from the light unit to the star and let them hang out a few inches. Then once I paint the ceiling in a dark midnight blue/purple, I will push the fibers in a couple inches bit and cut the ends to clean the paint. The light unit is pricey, about $900 (with twinkle and ND filters) but hundreds of thousands cheaper than putting in a retractable roof. I’ll post more photos as I work on the process.
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Actually Ajit, that is exactly what I don't want to replicate. IMHO, the one that guy is doing in the post is a bit to cheesy.
Actually Ajit, that is exactly what I don't want to replicate. IMHO, the one that guy is doing in the post is a bit to cheesy.
LOL, I didn't think it was that bad but yeah I get what you are saying. Also in his it doesn't look good at all in daylight.
LOL, I didn't think it was that bad but yeah I get what you are saying. Also in his it doesn't look good at all in daylight.
Yeah, the disco effects and fake ivy kind of makes it a bit to K-Martish. To bad he paid $3k for that... I'm doing mine for a lot less.
Yeah, the disco effects and fake ivy kind of makes it a bit to K-Martish. To bad he paid $3k for that... I'm doing mine for a lot less.
U should give more details of DIY project
U should give more details of DIY project
Danny, you missed the rainforest cafe reference and that squares and circles look a little different from each other. I don't think the ivey is from his home theater.
Danny, you missed the rainforest cafe reference and that squares and circles look a little different from each other. I don't think the ivey is from his home theater.