DIYer Makes His Own Home Theater Seats
By Rachel Cericola
Mitchell and Sherry Radford have quite the comfortable conversation starter in this bedroom theater.

Old kitchen chairs, beanbags, and the dog’s favorite couch don’t exactly make for a killer home theater experience. For that reason, seats seem to be pretty standard when it comes to a home theater. They also seem to be pretty expensive. If you want the perfect audio and video, something has got to suffer, right? Not if you’re handy.

DIYers Mitchell and Sherry Radford currently feature five completely handmade seats in this 23-by-11-foot bedroom theater. Of course, that doesn’t include Mitchell’s prototype or the materials he has to build a sixth seat, if needed.



The idea came about as Radford was building his ultimate theater in a spare bedroom. Like many DIYers, he and wife Sherry had the design and equipment squared away. However, he ran into a snag when it came to the seating.

“Originally I had picked out some very nice looking seats made by a large furniture manufacturer that would work great in my narrow room,” he says. “After finding a set on display in a showroom and seeing them first-hand (quality and how they would wear), I was disappointed.”

Naturally, Radford shopped around—only to find that several high-end manufacturers wanted more than the couple was willing to spend. Instead, Radford decided to research how they were actually made. He found a set of photos that covered the entire building process on a manufacturer’s website, and then went about building his prototype.

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