Resources & Recommendations: Setting Up Your Own Backyard Cinema
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(Image credit: Bethany Nauert/Isabelle & Brandon’s Lovely Echo Park Cottage)
Is there any finer excuse to have friends over than dining together al fresco under the stars? Yes…sending out invites for dinner and a movie, screened in your very own backyard (tip: match the movie to the meal)! Thanks to a myriad of wireless technologies, hosting your very own backyard cinema paradiso can easily cross over from the fictional to the factual…
Outdoor Audio Resources & Recommendations:
- The Best Wireless Speakers for Outdoor Entertaining
- Getting Ready for Summer Entertaining: A Guide to Outdoor Audio
- 10 Tips On Purchasing & Placing Outdoor Speakers
- 5 Ways To Get Better Sound At Outdoor Parties
- Simple Ways to Wirelessly Stream Music Around the Home
Video Resources & Recommendations:
- Everything You Need for a Backyard Movie Screening Party
- Summer Blockbuster: Building A Backyard Movie Theatre
- The PVC Pipe Outdoor Movie Screen
- How To Take the Home Entertainment Experience Out to the Backyard
- A Beginner’s Guide to Wireless Media Streaming at Home
- Skipping the Hassle Of Hiding Wiring: Wireless Video & Audio
- Roving TV: A Wireless DVR Receiver Experiment
Lighting & Accessories for Outdoor Entertainment:
- Energy Efficient Lanterns & Lights For Outdoor Entertaining
- More Eco-Friendly Outdoor Lighting: Solar & LEDs
- Best Outdoor String Lights To Light Up the Backyard, Patio, or Balcony
- Style Your Outside Space: 15 Outdoor Lights & Lanterns
- Ideas & Inspiration for Outdoor Lighting
- Best Modern Indoor Outdoor Lights Shopping Guide
- A Drive-in Movie at Home
- Warming a Fall Garden Party: 5 Great Fire Pits
- Mosquito Curtains: Beating the Mosquitos in Style
- High, Low & In Between: Outdoor Sofas
- Take It Outside: The Ultimate Outdoor Furniture & Accessory Shopping Guide
(Image: Bethany Nauert/Isabelle & Brandon’s Lovely Echo Park Cottage)