Home cinema is star of show

This 4,500 sq ft, five-bedroom house in Cork’s Carrigrohane has a movie screen in red velvet-clad basement room, says Tommy Barker

Home cinema is star of show

YOUR eyes might be out on stalks at the modern-build family home Cois na Laoi — there’s glimpses of the River Lee by Carrigrohane cross and the Angler’s Rest - but the real scene-stealer is the enormous home cinema in the basement.

This 330 sq ft room (22’ by 15’) has a ceiling-mounted projector that casts movies onto a white screen/wall, while the side walls are lined in plush red-velvet fabric for the real cinematic feel. It’s reminiscent of the defunct Capitol cinema’s smallest screen and all that’s missing for going-to-the-movies magic moments is the smell of hot popcorn (easily supplied via a microwave), and a sticky, Coke speckled carpet.

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