Mike, I tried s/h for two years on phals, catts and oncids. Also some encyclias. I was a newbie and unfortunately took the FAQ and board remarks about how you can't overwater in s/h atface value. I was hoping to avoid problems, but in fact I was mired in them for two years. The encyclias never took to it, just died off steadily that whole summer. The phals did not adapt well to it either, just kept getting smaller and smaller, losing roots again every time they gained some. Two years in a row. Catts did ok in the summer, but lost roots all winter. Oncids, a couple put out huge wonderful root mass in the s/h, but most of them followed the catt pattern of ok in summer, decline in winter. I grow under six 400W HID in a basement light room. Some of the loss problems the first year, I believe were from planting too low trying to get the new roots into the s/h, and other newbie mistakes. The second year convinced me I would never get anywhere losing a whole years growth every winter, and I switched to AG for the catts and oncids. That has worked really well for them, and I have lots of spikes on the oncids this year. Reviving: One benefit I got was that I learned a lot about saving things, so I'll tell you what I found out. 1. Oncids: The best re-rooting of both catts and oncids happened in clay pots with some lava rocks at the bottom, and a thin layer of sphag on top of that. I found some of the catts actually put down roots *from the rhyzome* in this kind of arrangment, even tho I thought most of them only put out new roots from the new pbs. I didn't fill the pots with lava, just a couple of inches on the bottom, then a thin layer of sphag over that. So the plant sat far down inside the pot, and got humidity from the bottom and sides. I do think that helped the new roots form. Since the plant was so low, those rhyzome holders didn't work, and I used various tricks to wedge the plant in to keep it from moving around and dislodging the roots forming. I finally settled on wedging it in with clay pot feet. 2. Catts with a lot of brassavola in them (like Bc Maikai, and B Little Stars) actually re-rooted in the s/h set up if I draped a thin layer of sphag over the pellets near the newer pbs. They pretty quickly put out new roots into the sphag, just scooting along the top and staying in the thin sphag layer. Oncids with a new pb to work from also behave like this. 3. Phals revived in the same sphag/clay/lava rock setting, but I only had two left by the time I hit on that method. They were both tiny scraps with no roots and two leaves about 1" each. Saved them, tho, and they are nice size now growing in pure sphag. Both bloomed last year (one year after revival) 4. I used lots of rooting hormones: 1st, a float in dilute liquid hormone (hormex), then painting of eyes (catts and oncids) or root nubs or area (phals) with clonex gel. That stuff really works, new roots start on many in a month, the rest take 6 weeks or so. The sphag seems to inhibit rot and give the new roots that start a benign environment to spread themselves out in. Also raises the humidity a little in the root area. Once I had a cluster of new roots, the catts and oncids went into Aussie Gold. The phals I left in sphag. I water with a dilute hormex solution for the first 6 weeks to 2 months. Helps them get established. Hope this helps.

A TV that is not too big, since you are so close to it. It looks like we have the same sectional. We use it for our media room too. Ikea, right? We combined it with the dark brown media table and an open cabinet above that, in which we have the dvd's. If I recollect well it was out of the Hemnes series. We had one wall free where we placed the higher Hemnes closet with drawers and glass windows. A small table to put drinks and snacks on, proved necessary too. We bought one with a second piece of wood underneath, so one has extra space for things, like a magazine the kids are reading. We placed some (fake) nice plants (Ikea...) in it as well and it got cosy right away. We decorated with the warm yellow of Lion Kings stuffed animals and some orange as well. A throw blanket with orange and yellow in it completed it. The kids loved it.

Media rooms are often dark so the movie theater ambiance is enhanced. However, I think gray is on its way out. Work with your sofa color instead; it looks to be more on the cocoa/chocolate side. You might consider that teal like your cushions and think out of the gray box. Your insp pic probably has WP or a faux painted wall.

With the current low cost of 4k tvs, why would you use a projector? Or is that a window behind the center speaker?