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Cullen Home Theater v2.0

Posted Oct 18 2014 by in News, Personal, Projects with Comments Off on Cullen Home Theater v2.0

Earlier this year, my wife and I moved to a new home from our condo.  In the condo, I built a home theater in the garage because the cars wouldn’t fit.  It was built in such a way that it could be disassembled if and when we ever moved.  Well it happened and I dismantled v1.x of the theater and brought the pieces with us, including the HD projector, the 10′ self-retracting screen, sound absorption pads, curtains, multi-level seating, and the brains of the system.

So after settling into the new home, I began work on v2.0 of the theater using a 12 x 15 ft bedroom in our finished basement and a lot of help from my family & friends.  While I won’t go into all the details of the work done, here is a summary:

  • 3 custom columns were built with to house sconces run on a remote control dimmer using the existing overhead light mounting box.
  • acoustic sound tiles installed and painted on the ceiling to absorb sound so that it doesn’t disturb the baby’s room directly above.
  • high frequency absorbing sound pads installed/fitted on the walls.
  • window shades replaced with black out curtains along with a full window treatment.
  • seating platform reduced to 1 level and extended to fit across the entire rear of the room.
  • suspended “cloud deck” cut, painted, and hung to add flare to the room and to house lighting, conceal cables and ventilation.
  • Air conditioner duct work added in the ceiling to provide cool air from the air conditioner unit in the next room.
  • an entertainment cabinet converted to be a concession stand with mini-frig, and water cooler.
  • front of room framed out for the screen, speakers, etc.
  • columns and front face equipped with shelves to display models and movie/tv statues
  • theater equipped with 1080p HD projector, 5.1 surround sound, capable of playing almost any modern media as well as playing PC games on the big screen.

There was a lot of work put into this theater to make it awesome room it is.  Unlike its predecessor, this build is permanent to the room.  What took me several years on the original theater to complete, took 2 months to complete, and I want to thank Andrea and Terry Atwood for helping with construction and later decorating, my wife Charla for putting up with me during the build, and my friend Conrad Flynn for the help and ideas he provided.

Check out these photos from the build and the final result:

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ChurchReads.com … a new website

Posted Sep 13 2013 by in News, Projects with Comments Off on ChurchReads.com … a new website

CTS has recently completed a new website at www.churchreads.com.  This website features literary work(s) from ACullen.  Check it out…

 

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Atwoodarts.com … Upgrade Completed!

Posted Feb 26 2013 by in AtwoodArts, Projects with Comments Off on Atwoodarts.com … Upgrade Completed!

Great news! CTS has completed a major upgrade of the atwoodarts.com website.  It’s got a new look and enhanced functionality for Atwood Accounting Services and Andrea Atwood’s Art.  Check out the new and improved www.atwoodarts.com for all your accounting and art needs!

neilcoaccounting.com – update complete…

Posted Feb 1 2013 by in Neil & Company, News, Projects with Comments Off on neilcoaccounting.com – update complete…

CTS has officially completed updating neilcoaccounting.com which will now also post to their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/NeilCompanyCPAsPC.   Check them out for all your accounting needs!

“Please check out our updated and improved website at www.neilcoaccounting.com. It has info on services that we provide, important links that you may find useful, and bio’s on all of the employees. We now can post news links, updates, and tax and accounting tips to the website “News” page and it will also post here on Facebook. Let us know what you think!”

 

TheNexusDragon has new life!

Posted Oct 9 2012 by in News, Projects, TheNexusDragon with Comments Off on TheNexusDragon has new life!

TheNexusDragon was sadly neglected for a while and was used purely for email.  But now it has been re-purposed and is back and getting better all the time!  It has been split into 2 sections: Gamer and Fiction.  The Gamer side of the site is dedicated to games played and loved by its users and eventually it is hoped to have a form of social community that frequents it.  The Fiction side is a place for its writers to publish their literary works, Fan Fiction, Original or otherwise.  We look forward to seeing what these sites offer in the future.

   
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