I’ve got a basement finishing project going on which is really important as it gets my temporary office moved back downstairs so that we can have a proper nursery upstairs near our bedroom. In case you haven’t been watching my tweets, my unborn son is in an awful hurry to arrive, so—yikes!.

Anyway, one of the rooms in the basement is to be a media room. While I doubt I’ll have some nice equipment to put into it anytime soon, what with a new baby coming along, I do want to make sure I’ve got the wiring ready before the drywall goes up.

Here’s a rough sketch made with Google SketchUp (which rocks btw):

The plan is to have four satellite speakers (two of which are visible in this picture) in the corners, and then the rest of a 5.1 system located in typical spots around the TV.

I looked locally for the wall jack parts for the speakers but the only places which I found quickly (Lowe’s and Best Buy), really wanted to rip me off and didn’t have that great a selection. Not a big surprise. I asked on Twitter where else to go and I got a couple of great suggestions.  I ended up buying the parts from monoprice.com.

I’ll probably be running the wires and installing wiring boxes tomorrow or this weekend. The finishing parts should arrive mid-week.  I should probably be taking some pictures.