Project overview
The brief, in a sentence: make it belong.
A living room that needed to be a cinema, a library and a calm family space at once. Our slatted western-red-cedar media wall hides a 65-inch screen, full AV rack, log store and toy cupboards behind acoustically backed slats with integrated lighting.
Project facts
- Category — Built-In Storage
- Location — Minneapolis
- Client — Private residential
- Completed — 2025, over 6 weeks
Challenge
What made it hard
Cedar moves and AV gear runs hot. Slats ride on a ventilated acoustic plinth with shadow gaps sized for seasonal movement; the rack bay breathes through concealed slots, and every cable route was mapped before a single slat was fixed.
Materials
What it is made of
Western red cedar slats with acoustic fleece backing, smoked-oak plinth and cupboards, blackened steel screen recess and dimmable 2700K linear LEDs.
Craftsmanship
How we built it
AV consultant coordinated from day one, elevations approved with finish samples in evening light, six weeks from survey to handover including two evenings of lighting tuning.
Result
How it lives now
Movie nights with cinema sound and none of the gear visible; Sunday mornings with the screen shuttered behind cedar. The room finally does all three jobs.
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