Have you seen the trend in new construction, with a tiny hall/wall across the back of the family room or in a study, (equivalent size of understair closets) built-ins, with either a hidden door (the cabinet swings open) or door on side. Then it doesn’t matter what the spaghetti does in there. If we raze and rebuild, it will be in my floorplan. Grumpy ought to try this, when he goes to projection, his new media room looks long enough to accommodate a wall for the screen, with built-ins to each side, going up across the end where his gear lives.
It’s nice to have great lighting and just walk in behind your ‘rack’.
jacket_fan, good luck with the wood bill! We nickel and dime ourselves to death around here on the DIY