Hello and welcome. I think you have already started with a positive. You had said this is a journey. You are 100% correct in that statement and as with most theaters it is a WIP (work in progress). I really like the colors and this will go a long way in the overall enjoyment of a theater (darker colors) and if you had a pj in there prior to painting it darker you would be amazed of how much difference it makes, trust me it does. You have come to the right place AVS is chock full of people that have a wealth of info on all things HT. Tap into it and learn lots.



On your long term plans of closing up the room overall I think is fine, however if you would for the short term just hang (tastefully of course) heavy draperies across the openings or even have the entire rear wall covered this way I think would make a big difference with the light leakage without a huge time or cost investment with construction.



I do have one suggestion if you can I would try to have all three of your front speakers match. It helps to have them timbre matched so that panning scenes (when going through the front set of speakers from left to right) are seamless and there are not any noticeable differences in how the speakers sound. If you can do this great, if not then no biggie, just a suggestion for future reference.



Again welcome to this thing we call HT, it truly can be a maddening experience and at the same time immensely rewarding. Oh and the key phrase here on AVS pics or it didn't happen.



Regards,



RTROSE