Media Room Design for Cottages & Custom Homes

    Multipurpose great rooms that deliver theatre-quality picture and sound without sacrificing daily living. The room you actually use, engineered to perform like a cinema.

    What Sets a Media Room Apart

    Lives in the Daily Flow

    Kitchen, living, and viewing in one space — the room you actually use every day, engineered to perform when you want cinema.

    Hidden Engineering

    Speakers, screens, subwoofers, and equipment concealed in cabinetry and ceilings — the room reads as architecture, not as AV.

    Flexible Lighting

    Bright and warm for entertaining, dim and indirect for movies — Lutron scenes shift the room from social to cinema in one press.

    One-Touch Modes

    Movie, Music, Casual, Off — single-press scenes coordinate display, audio, lighting, and shades without a remote per device.

    What's Included

    Large-Format Display or Projector

    TVs up to 110 inches or short-throw laser projection with a motorised screen that disappears when not in use.

    Architectural Speakers

    In-ceiling and in-wall speakers paint-matched to the room — visible enough to perform, invisible enough to disappear.

    Hidden Subwoofers

    Concealed subwoofers in millwork or behind grilles deliver cinema-grade bass without a black box on the floor.

    Whole-Home Audio Integration

    Media room audio shares zones with the rest of the house — same music, same control, multi-room or single zone.

    Lutron Lighting Control

    Movie scene dims overheads, lifts indirect lighting, and locks out switches — programmed for the actual room.

    Motorised Shades

    Daylight blackout shades drop on cinema scene, controlling glare for daytime sports and full blackout for night viewing.

    Single-Press Control

    Universal remote or Crestron control surfaces drive every device from one button — no source juggling, no remote pile.

    Designed For

    Cottage Great Rooms

    Open-concept lakeside great rooms where the family lives and the cinema needs to fit into the architecture without dominating it.

    Custom Homes — Flex Space

    Custom builds prioritising one excellent multi-use room over a separate dedicated theatre that gets used twice a year.

    Renovations

    Adding cinema capability to an existing room without losing daily living function — speakers, shades, and lighting layered in.

    Why Summit Logic

    We treat media rooms as harder than dedicated theatres — daylight and openness add complexity

    Speaker and acoustic placement designed around your furniture and finishes

    Lighting and shades coordinated as part of the AV system, not separate

    Calibrated for both daytime sports viewing and nighttime cinema

    Engineered. Installed. Supported.

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    Also Consider

    Also planning the cinema? Compare theatre design and installation, or immersive surround sound.