All the woodwork in this home is painted an off-white, and so the home owner wanted the same appearance for this fixture. He also wanted the entertainment center to have that “built-in” appearance.
The entertainment center is just over 12 feet long and 88 inches tall. The depth of the unit is 24 inches. While the ceiling in the room is 8 feet high, the height of the entertainment center is defined by the mechanical enclosure on the right side wall. Construction of the entertainment center is birch plywood with maple dimensional lumber for the construction of the face frames.
There are a total of six individual custom made cabinet boxes making up the unit. The unit is divided into two groupings. The lower grouping with the doors features three individual boxes with a single face frame joining them together. Behind the doors are adjustable shelf panels and the electrical supply for the electronics. The black rectangle in the middle of the unit, under the flat screen, houses a speaker. The speaker bay has a spring latch door covered with speaker fabric. The doors were custom made for the unit. The fixed shelf on top of the base group is edged with a simple ogee profile.
The upper grouping of open shelving and flat screen bay is comprised of three boxes with a single face frame unifying the façade. The shelving in the two side bays is fully adjustable. The center bay with the flat screen in it has a practical depth of 12 inches to enable the flat screen to be seen from the side without having a portion of the cabinet obscure the view. The two black bays immediately flanking the flat screen house tower speakers. The spring latch doors are covered with speaker fabric.
The crown molding at the top of the unit mirrors the crown molding trimming the room.
