Theater Update

After all the framing work I decided to tackle improving the screen in the home theater.  The plan was to wall mount a 4x8 piece of plywood, sand and paint it.  The wall is to be painted the same dark olive green.  Eventually it will be flanked by sound traps or wood panel pieces, haven't decided which.  However, doing the screen was the first step.

Here is the bare wall, with the laser level indicating the base center point for the screen:

 Here I have mounted treated 2x4's to the wall.  These are mounted with driver nails and liquid nails.

 Here I have one coat of paint on the wall, that is still drying:

 Now dry with the plywood on the wall.  It's screwed in with the screws countersunk and filled in with wood filler and sanded:

 The final result:

At first I tried using spray paint for a smooth finish, but that ended up a mess.  So I got some recommended white paint and redid it with a 1/4" nap roller.  The end result looks great.  The plan is to only be able to see the painted wall through gaps in the eventual panels, but for now only the screen will be up there.  I'll also be working on cable management, but no rush on that as there is more framing to do.  Needless to say the new screen looks much better than the old wall.  You can't even see where the screw holes were and the end finish looks very clean.  I might put some trim on it later, but for now the edges are just painted the dark olive green.