Media rooms - in or out?
Bristow Design
8 years ago
Having a separate media room seems to go in and out of fashion.
Often the separate media room down the passage is underutilised.
To solve that problem I have found my corner sliding door design solution works well. When the doors are open the media room becomes part of the living room. Simply by sliding the 2 corner joining doors closed you achieve a separate media room. In fact it works so well that it has become a trademark feature of my designs.
In - you definitely need a separate media room
Out - with today's technology you do not require a separate media room
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoBristow Design thanked Olivia Kwarda Tuivaga- PRO
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