Thursday, June 27, 2013

DoggyStyle: Our Outdoor Theatre

When E, Miss M and I moved in together, we had to be really strategic about our furniture set up. See, it used to be just E, but then he earned a girl and her dog (and later another pup). We decided to keep 2 couches and get rid of our TV's. 
Which turned out ok because we still found a way to watch movies and our favorite TV shows:
Miss M is still able to watch The Bachelorette
We bought a projector which we are able to use on the wall above the couch. We like that it's compact and it takes up less room than a traditional television and entertainment center, and we are able to project movies and basic channels. Plus, this helps us monitor our television viewing and only watch things we really want to watch, so we have more time for things like this
Being extra large, the pups like watching the TV too:
Bears games can be tense for Mr. B
Though the best part is that the projector is portable, and we have made it a part of our outdoor room. Having survived winters like this, it's so important for us to spend as much time as possible outdoors, so we created our own outdoor movie theatre.
 We bought an extra-long curtain rod which balances on the planks of our deck ceiling. We picked up a pair of curtains from Ikea. We had to pin the middle, and we rest the gate against it at the bottom to keep it from blowing.
We use an extension cord and have the projector balanced on the back of the couch:
It's nice that we can take our television viewing outdoors, though we are always looking for good things to watch--without cable we are a bit behind.
What are some good television series we can catch up on, or some good movies we should rent?

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6 comments:

sweetemaline said...

We have been re-watching Scrubs and Wings on Netflix. The Sherlock series is pretty fantastic too (if you haven't seen it yet).

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Rachel said...

I love your projector! What a great idea.

Not sure what kind of stuff you like to watch, but we don't have cable either and one of our favorite series to get from netflix is Boardwalk Empire (although we might be a bit biased being from Jersey and all :-)).
We also like Dexter and Breaking Bad.

My Two Pitties said...

Great idea, I had a projector at my old house and it was awesome to watch with a lot of friends. I don't have cable and I love it. TV is a lot more fun when you pick and choose what to watch. My favorite shows are Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead and sitcoms are New Girl and The Mindy Project. I just watched a funny sort of sarcastic drama called Free Samples that was good.

Annie & Pauls Mom said...

We've gotten into Rules of Engagement and The West Wing. They Hubbs loves documentaries (The Beer Wars, if you haven't see it yet) And I totally agree with Sweetemaline and Scrubs!

jet said...

I love the projector idea ... I think maybe one day when our TV actually dies we might consider it. One thing that I would be worried about is that the ambient light washes out the picture? Does this annoy you guys at all?

orange sugar said...

I second Dexter. Netflix has a couple of it's own original series Hemlock Grove and House of Cards that I have been thinking about checking out. I also really like How I Met Your Mother and Revenge.

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