Upcoming Home Theatre improvements planned

I'm going to run through the list of home theatre improvements I have planned over the next couple of weeks (while on holiday).

Tomorrow morning we're heading out to Ikea for an hour or two to have a look at shelving units (on our way to seeing Iron Man 2). The projector has been sitting on a couple of boxes for much too long now. I'm thinking, then, that something spacious, tall, and with at least 4 adjustable shelves should hit the spot. The projector will sit on the topmost shelf.

At first I was also planning on storing our Blu-Rays on this unit, but that's not going to happen now. For starters, I was never keen on housing them on a simple shelving unit (that's what bookcases are for; less deep and with backing).

It occured to me though, while watching Iron Man tonight, that I'd really like to get the receiver and the Blu-Ray player back there too. The Blu-Ray player isn't so bad, but with the room's lights out, the receiver's front panel is lit up like a Christmas tree. It will be really nice to be able to look straight forward at the screen and not also have that bright light staring you in the face. Granted, I'm going to have to follow this change up with quite a bit of rewiring, but hey, I live for this shit!

The other change involves the front wall itself. We're renting, so we can't exactly mount up a projector screen, but a workmate (who watched my Seaton SubMersive Youtube video) recommended sticking up some dark wrapping paper on the wall around where the image hits. Getting some of that should be easy enough, and I like the thought of such a change bringing some much-needed emphasis to the screen itself, but I am a little concerned about double-sided tape taking off the paint when I try to remove it down the track.

We take pretty good care of this house though (have done so for years), and if such a change can make our experience that much more rewarding, it's a chance I'm willing to take.

The shelving unit is first in line though, and with that said, I'm outta here. Wish me luck :)