Cinema Room - Wretham

Wretham Cinema Room

Location:

Wretham, Norfolk

Project Type:

Residential

Services:

Fully project managed renovation

The Brief

To design a TV/cinema room and living space with a real ‘wow’ factor. The design style needs to work well with the new kitchen diner space leading from it.

About The Project

This TV/cinema room design formed part of a project involving the design and renovation of three connecting rooms; the kitchen diner, utility. This is a listed period property and my clients are always keen that the design and finished look is sympathetic to the property, but also has an entirely bespoke and ‘wow’ factor. 

Rebecca Coulby

Cinema room with dark wall panelling and oak flooring
Cinema room with oak flooring and wood burner
Bespoke dark media wall with lit inlaid glass art deco detailing
Cinema room with a bespoke built-in media wall and art-deco style
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About The Project

This room really lent itself to my clients favourite era; Art Deco. It was hugely enjoyable to create this themed room. With a 75 inch TV at the centre, I designed each piece of wooden panelling carefully so that I it added to the overall look. The top and side sections were to have glass with a bespoke monogrammed graphic that I had designed with key Art Deco elements. 

These were to be subtly lit to form mood lighting whilst viewing that was soft enough not to cause a distraction. The dimmable Art Deco wall lights add further decorative lighting, particularly when the TV is not in use. Below the TV are hand made storage cabinets for games with a solid black granite surface.

To the other side of the room, around the fireplace I designed a complete wall of bespoke, hand-painted panelling. This is an entirely new stud wall, brought forward to create a void for a glass pocket door to slide into. This way, this room can remain connected to the large kitchen diner space for when my clients are entertaining, but can also be closed for TV viewing whilst still allowing the light to flow. 

To add to this, I planned the layout of the solid oak flooring so that it runs straight through the cinema room into the kitchen diner without a join and along the centre of the walkway.

This wall contains further storage cupboards built into the panelling discreetly, and wall lights to match. The bespoke fireplace is fully clad in black granite and the new wood burner and cast iron radiators will provide plenty of warmth during the winter months.

The finished room remains one of my all time favourites -it is so elegant and beautiful on its own that the fact it is a TV room is rather incidental. My clients have informed me that it has been very much admired by their friends and family.

Rebecca Coulby

What Our Client Say

‘My expectations were high as all the projects we’ve had from Coulby Interiors have been remarkable, of exceptional quality, workmanship, detail and finish. There is no doubt the Drawing room and office are beautiful and just as you designed. We are both very very pleased with them. We had the family round yesterday, showing them all the rooms you designed with lots of compliments and wows! And All asking which room next.’

 Mrs. H Andrews