Fun Rooms: Home Theaters, Music Studios, Game Rooms, and More | 
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| Author: Ana G. Canizares
Publisher: Collins Design
Category: Book
List Price: $35.00
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 727179
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 9.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0060829915
Dewey Decimal Number: 747.791
EAN: 9780060829919
ASIN: 0060829915
Publication Date: January 1, 2006
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Condition: New in shrinkwrap! No remainder marks. This is an OVERSIZE book and can only ship priority or outside the USA by special arrangement.Ships within hours from Charleston, SC. Established seller with nearly 10 years of online history.
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Product Description
Lifestyles today are often defined by hectic schedules, and more and more people want a special room in their own home where they can relax and enjoy their leisure time. And with the sophisticated technology and wide range of products -- inlcuding plasma TVs, home theater, game stations, and surround sound -- now available to the general public, any room can be transformed into an incredibly fun and engaging space. Rooms for Fun contains everything consumers need to know to renovate or convert unused space -- whether it's the garage, the basement, or an extra bedroom -- into a room devoted to enjoyment and tailored to their individual tastes and interests. Full-color photographs will inspire, detailed layouts will aid in construction and decoration, and an extensive resource section will help locate manufacturers. The fun rooms featured in the book include: Home Theater: audio visual equipment, including the latest information on plasma screen TVs, DVD players, and other electronic devices; speakers and the different ways of installing them; seating options; and soundproofing. Entertainment Center: billiard tables, ping pong tables, dart boards, game stations, fun accessories, decor, a home bar, and more. Sports & Fitness Room: gym equipment, small indoor pools, and even basketball courts. Home Studio: the ideal set-ups for painting, drawing, sculpting, ceramics, writing, and astronomy. Music Room: sound systems, CD storage, and more. Also included is a resource section for more information on the included designs.
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Very dissapointed in this book February 8, 2008
Richard Sherwood (Detroit, MI)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am a custom carpenter in Metro Detroit and purchased this book hoping to get some ideas for home theater rooms. I was very dissapointed. There are more ideas in one industry magazine than in this entire book. If this is what you are looking for, save your money. This book is not an idea book. Rather, it is better suited to be a coffee table book for someone with the type of taste that is prevelant in this book. There is not a lot of variety in terms of style either, so be forwarned.
 Major Disappointment - Just a coffee table book. January 3, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
What a huge disappointment this book was. I was looking for a book that included ideas for designing my home theater/game room and thought this book would provide some good material. What I found was a book that featured very high end, exclusive "fun rooms." This is not a book about designing or decorating your home theater room unless you have a very large disposable income and home worth $2 million or more. It's a really just a coffee table book of lavish homes from around the world. Let me put it this way - if you have the money to build a room like is featured in this book, then your interior designer & architect will provide you with plenty of ideas and you don't need this book. I'm really not sure there's a use for this book for the average middle or upper middle income household.
 Very nice detailed pictures, but this is NOT a how to book October 4, 2006
G. Mohr (Medford, NY United States)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
When I ordered this book I thought it was going to show me some home theatre and home rec rooms and go into some details in how the rooms were created and put together. Instead it is really a coffee table picture book and NOT what the description above says.
I quote:
"Rooms for Fun contains everything consumers need to know to renovate or convert unused space -- whether it's the garage, the basement, or an extra bedroom -- into a room devoted to enjoyment and tailored to their individual tastes and interests. Full-color photographs will inspire, detailed layouts will aid in construction and decoration, and an extensive resource section will help locate manufacturers."
The big blooper is right in the first line. "Everything consumers need to know". Need to know usually implies SOME kind of instruction. I am sorry, but there are NO instructions here whatsoever. There is a small one paragraph blurb that just describes the room. That is it.
In terms of the book itself the pictures are great and it could be a good source of inspiration and it is a really good coffee table book for the home entertainement enthusiast. But due to the poor description above, I was lead to believe it was one thing, when in fact it was another.
At first I was just going to add the book to my coffee table book collection, but then again, I already have plenty books for that purpose. And what I was looking for is a DIY instruction book. So it is going back to Amazon.
Note to Amazon: Sorry guys, but after countless orders and being satisfied with each and every one (mainly due to your superb descriptions), I am a bit surprised at this description and this is the first time I had to return something to you. The description above looks like it was written without someone actually opening and looking into the book. Ok, I will give the benefit of the doubt if you lifted the description from the publisher, then you have my apologies, but for the sake of your future customers and to prevent this from happening again, the description HAS to be changed.
Thank You.
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