It’s incredible how today’s home theater market has come to represent such a wide variety of products and design iterations compared to what it was like years ago. Yes, the dedicated theater still exists, and dedicated theaters are still a prominent solution for plenty of integrators and enthusiasts, but today more than ever, home theater represents a ubiquitous term that symbolizes everything AV from TVs and loudspeakers to fiber-optic ceilings, and even furniture.
Today regardless of whether a homeowner wants a dedicated theater with a large projection screen, projector, popcorn machine, and movie posters, or a multimedia system in a room that’s used for everything from gaming to movie watching and streaming, furniture is the common thread that every home space needs.
As custom integration firms continue to strive towards the goal of being a one-stop shop for their clientele the more important furniture becomes for those dealers.
Custom Seating and AV Cabinets Underscore Furniture Category Diversity
It should not be a surprise that an industry known as the custom installation market offers an array of standard furniture product such as credenzas, AV cabinets, reclining theater seats and sectional sofas. However, where integrators separate themselves from the local furniture-mart stores is the ability to offer custom seating, AV cabinets, and complete themed theater designs.
Custom seating appointments may be as simple as a choice of colors or fabric, and the same with furniture— with choices including a choice of finishes, the number of shelves within a cabinet, and styles to blend into any home environment.
Looking at some of the seating and furniture options available to professional integrators and their clients, here are 14 furniture products to complete modern AV and home theater installations:
AcousticSmart SoftSmart
Long Island-based AcousticSmart is a custom theater design company. The company’s SoftSmart seat is a 19-inch-tall x 23-inch-wide x 22-inch-deep recliner that comes standard with black anodized cup holders. Options include heat, massage, dual-motor mechanism, custom pillows, and matching ottoman and chaise lounges.
Bass Industries Embrace
The company says that its Embrace is intended for multipurpose room environments and its oval is designed to provide homeowners an elegant seating solution. The fully setup Embrace sofa measures 120 inches long and just over 82 inches deep.
BDI Tanami 7109 Modern Credenza
As the name implies, the modern styling of the Tanami 7109 includes contrasting straight lines with flowing, sculpted patterns. Available in a choice of white or black finishes, this furniture product can be used with TVs up to 85 inches in screen size and its top shelf holds up to 175 pounds.
Bell’O Belcrest TV Stand
The Bell’O Belcrest credenza accommodates TVs up to 60 inches and up to 50 pounds in weight. The company says the piece of furniture’s open media compartment can be used to house cable/satellite set-top boxes, streaming media devices, and gaming consoles. The unit is also supported with options such as a fireplace insert.
Cineak The Gramercy
Utilizing a contemporary design, The Gramercy features a dual-motorized incline mechanism to allow users to independently adjust the footrest and headrest. Cineak backs the sofa with an array of options to help the unit integrate into any home interior.
CinemaTech The Leo
Designed for home theaters or multipurpose spaces, the Leo sofa is built on an all-steel frame, and it features flip-out headrests. CinemaTech backs The Leo product with a choice of leather, fabric or third-party cover options, and homeowners can also customize design elements such as stitching.
Fortress Seating Corona
The furniture manufacturer Fortress Seating’s Corona product is available in single, dual, common arm units, sofas, and customized configurations. The Calif.-based company also offers the Corona in a choice of leather and fabrics.
Palliser Audio Home Theater Seating
With its Audio solution Palliser allows homeowners to choose their configuration, as well as leather or fabric covering, and an array of built-in accessories, including tables, wineglass holders, and LED lights. Other options include the choice of cupholder colors.
RowOne RO8050 Cortes Home Theater Seating
The company says the Cortes provides homeowners a seating solution that is equally as stylish in a dedicated theater, as well as media rooms and other home spaces. The Cortes is available in a choice of configurations and colors.
Salamander Designs Formovie PD300 Chicago
Available in three versions, the Chicago option from the popular furniture manufacturer features a solid black top finish. The Conn.-based company designed the product to house ultra-short throw (UST) projectors, which have grown increasingly popular, and to accommodate these products, the PD300 incorporates ventilation.
Sanus Accurate Series AFA 4-Shelf TV Stand
The popular rack and furniture company’s 4-Shelf TV Stand features black-lacquered shelves that are housed within an open, contemporary design. The stand offers integrators wire management options, adjustable feet, and the shelves are 19.5 inches deep.
Techcraft XLN62 TV Stand Credenza
Techcraft says the XLN62 TV Stand Credenza offers homeowners a contemporary design and an expresso finish. The stand handles TVs up to 65 inches and 150 pounds, and the company adds the stand assembles without the need for tools.
Texas Leather Cabo
The made-in-the-U.S. Cabo seating product features amenities such as upholstered swivel bases, and more than 200 colors to help the furniture fit into any home décor. The Cabo is made using hardwood frames, and the unit sits 33-inches wide x 37- inches deep x 35-inches tall.
United Leather Astro
United Leather incorporates the use of high-density foam, as well as hardwood framing, and 100% top-grain leather to offer homeowners a quality seating solution. The company offers the Astro with options such as power standard recline, cupholder tray tables, storage units, LED lighted cupholders, and flexible reading lights.
