Growing up our house was so small, we only had the lounge room which had a tv. A rumpus room was something added on! In the house we have now the closed off room which contains tv and all super electronic stuff is called the tv room. I cannot bring myself to call it the home theatre as I think that's hilarious. We also have the room connected to dining and kitchen which is usually termed family room. Then we have downstairs which is termed man cave but cringe at that because it sounds ummmm bogan. Hope no one feels offended haha :-) It is a bit embarrassing though, we have a house with two people and five televisions and we hardly watch them!

Hi Charles, Firstly, I am not a designer or anything but I have just spent over 12 months planning & designing my house so I've looked at heaps of plans & I've done lots of research. This is what I have come up with.. I think you can leave it with the same layout and just extend the wall off the rumpus. Yes it eats in to you bi-fold doors but I have a plan to counteract that & not sacrifice the light & open plan. Using corner stacker doors (much cheaper than bi-fold) will open this space right up to the alfresco area. Not sure what you had planned for this area but if you were planning on having a built in bbq area it could be done on the back of the rumpus room wall (in the space where I extended the wall). I also think you will have more flexibility if you have doors entering the rumpus rather than sliding doors as you can use the wall space without having to worry about the wall cavity. I printed your plan off & had a play so check it out & see what you think. I will not be offended however if you don't like my ideas as its your house & it needs to suit you & your family. All the best with it, I know how hard & stressful it is! Shae

In the process of adding a rumpus room. We want one whole wall, about 3.5 mtrs to be shelving for toys etc and include a work desk/table. This area will be about 1mtr deep and we want to be able to close it off with sliding doors. We'd like some suggestions on shelving and types of doors available.

Hi, I would mount your tv on the wall, you could add a bit of drama by painting that wall a darker colour, floating shelves, led lighting will give the room a real theatre atmosphere , congratulations on your new house, exciting times.