My Home Imagineering - Home Theater Starfield

[crazyj4488]

I spent over 4 months, tons of man hours (my buddy Q on the forums and the one on my podcast from time to time constructed it with me), and over $3000 installing about 4 miles of fiber optics into my ceiling directly above my home theater. This was a huge home imagineering project but was worth it in the end...it is a beautiful display / art installation and a pleasure to enjoy...watching movies under the stars and trees at night is great!!

There is one small color changing light rig running over 1400 points of light which are 1/2 mm in diameter. The entire ceiling is turned on and off via remote control...all equipment is invisible to the naked eye including the fibers themselves which are clipped up into the ceiling sheetrock. When the display is turned off it looks like a normal ceiling other than the greenery framing the home theater sitting area. The greenery framing the display was handmade by somasal here on the forums and I have "plussed" the greenery by installing white and blue tiny LED / rice lights throughout the tree limbs. I also have an aurora borealis lighting effect I turn on from time to time...you can see that in some of the pics. The last pics contain pics of a recent home theater upgrade....you can see some of my Olzewski Disneyland and Disney World architectural models lit up (don't have them all turned on), a water wall which sorta adds the nature feel provided by the tree limbs hanging overhead, and a new DLP display.

Fun stuff folks!!! Anyone have any home imagineering projects, large or small, they care to share?



Construction photo 1 - the attic above the sitting area

Construction photo 2

The fiber optic bundle completed

View 1

View 2

Home Theater Sitting Area

The Aurora Borealis Effect 1

The Aurora Borealis Effect 2

Updated View 1

The Updated View 2

Updated view 3

Updated view 4

Updated view 5

Updated view 6

Olzewski's Astro Orbiter

 

[just.me]

no mickeys made out of the lights

 

[Skatermom23]

Very cool!!

 

[Blondie]

I like it!

I noticed your castle, I have one of them too!

 

[we3disneygo]

wow--subscribing so I can show dh when he get's home from work!!

 

[Dan Murphy]

Looks neat. Reminds me of that scene in Spaceship Earth ofthe town with all the sweeping fiber optics in it. Enjoy.

 

[CapeCodTenor]

Way cool. I don't think I'd have the patience to accomplish that. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Felicia]

Very nice... looks like you are sitting under a starry sky at a drive in! Very cool.

 

[TheRatPack]

That's awesome, my husband wants a 'bonus' room when we move so he can accomplish something similar. He wants nothing but a huge theater experience in that room, I'll have to show him your lights....again AWESOME!

 

[crazyj4488]

I like it!

I noticed your castle, I have one of them too!

Yes, the Olzewski sculptures are AMAZING. I have both castles...Sleeping Beauty's from DL and Cinderella's from WDW. Since they are exactly to scale you can see just how much bigger the WDW castle is...it's crazy!!

Glad you all have enjoyed the pics...yup, that was an insane amount of work...whew.

 

[raammartin]

That is so cool!

 

[Philadisney]

That is amazing! I am very impressed.

 

[outstandinfarmer]

OMG!! That is what I have wanted to do forever. I have always said that when I build my home I was going to do that. It's number one my list of what I have to have in my home. I like to see others that think like me!

 

[crazyj4488]

One little spark.....