In a modern interior, TV is not only one of the ways of evening leisure. Over the past couple of decades, its role has changed dramatically. Now it is not just a mandatory element of the interior, but one of the main components of the design. In some homes, TV even occupies a dominant position. For example, in a room with a home theater. Here, the selection and arrangement of furniture and interior decoration are carried out in such a way as to ensure the highest quality sound and picture on the screen.
Recommendations for placing the TV in the interior
Tips for placing the TV panel:
- The optimal distance from the viewer to the TV device is 3-4 screen diagonals, for example, if the plasma is 20 inches, then it should be viewed from a distance of 1.5-2 meters.
- It is not recommended to place the TV in front of a window, as light glare may interfere with viewing.
- In a narrow room, when placing the TV on the side walls, you should not choose oversized models with a large diagonal.
At what height should I place it?
An acceptable height for placement is 1 meter from the floor plane. You should also take into account that the center of the television screen is at eye level, for this you need to adhere to the height of the furniture, such as armchairs, a sofa or a bed.
Mirror wall
A wall of mirrors will also fill your living room with even more light, but maintaining such a panel is very difficult and tedious.
The mirror is fragile, unlike metal, so if there are children or animals in the house, it is better to abandon this idea.
If you don't want the TV to be on public display, you can hide it.
Ideas for decorating the area behind the TV
Original design ideas for the TV area.
Brick wall
Brickwork or its imitation, thanks to its lively and attractive texture, will never look banal. With the help of this design, it is possible to beat the TV zone in the most original and effective way.
Flowers
This design will add extraordinary color to the room and bring liveliness, freshness and comfort to the atmosphere.
Photo wallpaper
Photographic canvases with clear, detailed images are not only an excellent design tool, but they also represent a very high-quality and beautiful finishing material with which you can bring to life any of your most daring decorative ideas.
Made of wood
Wooden wall decoration, thanks to its amazing ability to attract attention, allows you to fill the space with special energy, warmth, peace and inspiration.
Laminate
It is considered an excellent solution for creating an original interior composition. If you show a certain amount of imagination, you can design the TV area in a particularly impressive way.
Panel
With the help of such a unique decorative product, you can add variety and personality to the TV wall.
Decorative rock
Decorative stonework personifies beauty and reliability and, due to its natural appearance, undoubtedly becomes the most noticeable element of the interior.
The photo shows the interior of the living room and TV area with a fireplace, lined with decorative stonework.
Backlight
Thanks to the different intensity, color and light spectrum of the backlight, it is possible to emphasize the TV area and enhance the impression of the overall decor.
Rear panels
They allow you to create an extraordinary three-dimensional design of the TV area, which will impress any imagination with its appearance.
The photo shows the interior of a children's room with a small TV located on the wall with a white 3D panel.
Shelves
Beautiful and original wall shelves allow you to create additional horizontal planes that can easily be filled with a variety of necessary items, such as books, photographs, figurines or souvenirs.
Leather wall trim
For lovers of high prices, this option is perfect. The skin should be soft in color and with warm tones.
This design will not only look harmonious with the TV, but will also emphasize the status of the family and its financial condition.
TV location
Popular options for placing a TV panel.
In the corner
With the help of this arrangement, it turns out not only to make maximum functional use of the corner space, but also to rationalize and optimize a small room.
The photo shows a modern bedroom and a plasma TV with a corner wall placement.
Near the window
The space near the window opening or the partition between the windows can be easily turned into a TV area that will not take up much usable space.
In a plasterboard niche
A regular plasterboard niche or recess, complemented by built-in lighting or highlighted with a contrasting color of wallpaper or other finishing, allows you to focus attention on the TV area and conveniently hide television wires, antenna and cables.
The photo shows a TV placed in a plasterboard niche in the interior of a children's room.
On a false wall
These designs are used for functional zoning of space in the studio, so the placement of TV primarily depends not only on the designer’s imagination, but also on the layout of the entire room.
The photo shows a plasma TV on a sloping wall that acts as a partition.
Built into furniture
Modular furniture systems provide an optimal and very practical solution for integrating various equipment, including television.
The photo shows a living room and a brown modular wardrobe with a built-in plasma TV.
Arch
The rounded arched shape, with or without built-in lights, frames the TV device, accentuates it and gives the wall an original and stylish look.
Wall
We talked about the design of the wall above, but it can also serve as storage for a TV.
Using a special rotating mechanism, the wall will provide access to it when you need it.
Interior decoration, the location of the TV - this depends on the individual preferences of the person, but in order for everything to look harmonious, without causing discomfort to people, you need to adhere to the rules that will help in planning the most suitable environment.
Design photo
Photos of design ideas for TV products.
Recessed into the wall
A television receiver, recessed into a stylishly decorated wall, will be a unique, unusual and very successful solution for the interior of any room.
With an aquarium
Such a spectacular detail as an aquarium, in combination with a TV panel on one wall, will be an indicator of the aesthetics and ergonomics of the space.
With fireplace
bracket
A bracket is a structure to which the TV is attached. Various types of brackets can be used for installation. Typically, there are three main types:
- The first type is called “rigid” and is characterized by a clear fixation of the position of the TV without changing its tilt;
- Tilt mount - the second type of bracket, ensures the TV is tilted 20 degrees from the base of the mount;
- The last, most expensive type of fastener is tilt-and-turn. It is characterized by great functionality for turning and tilting the TV in different directions.
How do the sizes and shapes of TVs look in the interior?
Examples of sizes and shapes of TV devices in the interior.
Big
It is a full-fledged home cinema that, when viewed, evokes a maximum sense of presence. These large panoramic models are recommended for more spacious and larger rooms.
Curved
A laconic, thin and curved screen, due to smooth and soft lines, gives the environment a more modern and fashionable look and brings a certain futurism to the room.
Small
A miniature screen on a hanging bracket will be an excellent solution for a small room in a Khrushchev-era building where maximum space saving is required.
The photo shows a small TV in a white casing on the wall above the table in the kitchen interior.
Rotating
A rotating panel with a TV mounted on it allows for easy rotation of the screen and more comfortable viewing of the TV product.
Selection of lighting
If direct sunlight leaves glare on the screen, and the presence of local backlighting allows you to achieve an aesthetic design of the TV area without affecting the image quality.
LED strips and spotlights can serve as illumination sources. If there are other objects in this area besides the TV, they can also be illuminated.
TV color gamut
The most common color schemes for television housings:
- White.
- Grey.
- Black.
- Silver.
A certain color of the TV frame allows you to give the device a brighter and catchier look or, conversely, to fit it harmoniously into the interior.
Decorative stone wall
Despite the fact that this material is cold in structure, in an interior with warm tones of furniture it can be a very advantageous design option.
This style is suitable for uneven walls with noticeable flaws. The stone will hide all the imperfections, and the TV will look great against such a background.
Examples of design in various styles
The TV is perfect for decorating in a wide variety of styles, for example, modernism, retro, marine, chalet, shabby chic and many others. Below are the design options for the most popular styles.
Modern
This style especially assumes the presence of modern technologies. A plasma panel on a correctly and beautifully designed wall will perfectly match a fashionable and modern design, combining original appearance and functionality.
The photo shows a modern-style bedroom with a plain gray wall decorated with a small TV.
Classical
For timeless classics, it would be an excellent solution to hide the TV device behind the doors of elegant and expensive cabinets, place it on a wall decorated with a fresco or above the fireplace and decorate the screen using a baguette, molding or wooden frame.
Provence
An LCD TV placed on the wall among paintings, built into vintage furniture or a TV area lined with paper wallpaper with a floral pattern, boards, clapboard or stone will be an excellent element of a Provencal interior. Also, a bio, electric or false fireplace would be a great match for a TV model.
Scandinavian
In the Nordic style, very compact and small-sized TV products in white, black or gray colors are often used. The place where the TV hangs has minimal decoration; sometimes the wall is decorated with large posters with a symbolic character or abstract paintings.
Loft
This style solution involves the use of the most fashionable and modern technology. An impressively sized plasma TV panel or a model with a sound system and speakers, on an accented and highlighted concrete or brick wall with or without industrial decor, will become an integral part of a loft-style room.
The photo shows an accent dark wall with a plasma TV in a loft-style living room.
Country
In order to maintain the country-country atmosphere, it is advisable to abandon the use of television equipment. But if you still decide to place a TV device in a room in this style, then it is better to choose a modest, discreet plasma and hide it behind curtains or hang it on a wall finished in stone, wood or unpainted brick.
Minimalism
A flat-screen TV with a black or gray body, located on a wall with a matte or glossy surface, will create a clear composition, will not attract unnecessary attention and will become a harmonious part of other interior items.
High tech
This style is the personification of high technology, so its interior assumes the presence of ultra-modern technology without wires. An excellent solution would be a modern plasma, liquid crystal model or home theater.
Fireplace
Often the TV is placed above the fireplace (in a city apartment above the interactive one). Indeed, such a tandem of modernity and antiquity harmonizes perfectly and creates incredible comfort.
You just need to take into account that such a composition does not look cumbersome and does not put pressure on a person with its scale.
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Photos in the interior of the rooms
Ideas for decorating various rooms.
Kitchen
Compact and convenient TV devices that will not interfere and will be clearly visible both from the kitchen and from the dining room are suitable here. Quite often in this room they use a corner placement of the TV, mount it in a niche or kitchen furniture
The photo shows a black TV mounted on the wall above the bar counter in the kitchen interior.
Living room
metal wall
The wall will look good in high-tech or loft styles. This panel has a reflective effect that will fill your room with light and give it spaciousness.
Also, a metal wall is very strong and not subject to mechanical stress.
Options for opening the facade of a hanging cabinet
The facade is the front side of the stand with doors. Facade opening systems are as follows:
- Swing
. A very reliable way to hang a door is when, using furniture movable hinges, the door is attached to the intersection partition or sidewall. Under no circumstances should you make sharp jerks or apply strong pressure - the fasteners may break. When open, this design takes up a lot of space. - Folding
. An option that is optimal for a hanging TV stand. Here, in addition to standard hinges, side holders are added, equipped with an open position lock. For such a system, it is necessary to have free space in front of the cabinet. After the latch clicks, do not try to immediately pull the sash down - this way you can tear out the holders. - Retractable
. Traditionally, drawers are equipped with this system; when installing it, narrow side guides and small rollers are attached. Items stored inside are protected from dust. - Sliding
. This type of opening system assumes that the sashes are fastened in pairs with hinges and are equipped with an upper guide with a roller carriage. When the doors open, they move sideways, folding like a book. When folded, they protrude somewhat outward. This system is characterized by convenient operation and low noise level.
Wire placement
When thinking about how to place a TV in the interior of a room, do not forget that there will definitely be several wires going to it (in a modern TV there are three or more), which need to be hidden somehow. Typically, a white plastic box and various hanging decorative structures are used for this. You can also hide the wires in a baguette.
For the same purpose, decorative panels or paintings and large indoor plants are often introduced into the design. If you are creative, you can come up with a way to decorate the wires, for example, stick a small white “fence” on the bottom of the wall or design the wire in the form of a sakura branch. In the living room, you can design the TV as a fireplace, the stucco around which will hide the wires. The main thing is not to disrupt the stylistic unity of the interior with your design delights.
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Wooden elements
Wood always adds extra coziness to a space and makes it more expressive. Sometimes it is appropriate to cover the wall behind the TV with parquet boards or laminate.
You can also use large furniture boards or panels.
If they are made of natural wood, then it looks simply gorgeous.
An elegant solution would be slats. They can be either quite thin or wider. The distance between the rows is also chosen at the discretion of the owner.
Another creative way to decorate a wall is to use wooden cubes. Small elements on the front side are cut at an angle, due to which an interesting and rather unusual texture is formed.
Manufacturing materials
Today, manufacturers use several types of materials to make TV furniture. Some models are produced in a combined style, combining several types of raw materials. The most common categories are presented below:
- natural solid wood - cabinets with carved ornaments look beautiful, but their cost will be high. The models are relevant for luxurious and calm interiors;
- glass - glass furniture is most often chosen by people who have a small living room. At first glance, such models resemble a coffee table and add visual airiness and lightness to the room. Caring for glass surfaces should be done daily, as fingerprints often remain on the glass;
- plastic - models made of durable plastic are rarely in demand and are more often purchased as temporary options. Such products cannot be called sustainable, however, among the model range there are interesting examples of rare colors;
- Laminated chipboard is the most popular material for modern furniture - laminated chipboard sheets. Products made from this raw material are affordable and can convey the structure of real wood.
When choosing furniture for a TV, you should pay great attention to the material, since not only the aesthetics of the product, but also its strength depends on it.
"Hide"
And yet, there are times when you cannot do without hiding the TV - it does not match the interior of the room, or you want to protect small children from uncontrolled viewing. Well, this is not difficult to do either. Let's look and copy designer features!
We place the equipment directly under the ceiling! This is especially convenient for those who like to relax while watching a series while lying in bed. One press of the button and it is “pulled” back into the niche.
In a room that embodies the style of the “Belle Epoque,” a TV will be inappropriate. The panel will overshadow elegant furniture and fragile vases - it will be a rude intrusion for the interior. But there is a solution - a niche hidden in the wall where the TV is mounted. Sliding or opening doors allow you to leave the old look intact.
If there is only one free wall in the room. And you want to place both a large painting and a flat screen, which take up more than half the surface separately. So what should we do? There is a solution! You can hide the TV behind a “retracting artistic canvas.”
The TV is often adjacent to the fireplace, and this has a negative effect on the decor of the latter. In this case, designers propose closing the screen with doors similar to shutters - and the authenticity of the stonework or ceramic tiles is not compromised.
Quantity and composition
Rule #3
The MINIMUM number of sockets behind the cabinet is 5 pcs.
This includes:
- false socket – 1 piece
- Internet RJ45 – (preferably double Lan/Lan)
Never rely only on a Wi-Fi connection, thereby trying to save money on low-current outlet groups. Always put wires under this case.
Here is a detailed explanation of why you need to do this.
- 220V – 3 pcs
For TV set-top box + game console (Play Station, Xbox) + home theater or audio system.
Rule #4
The OPTIMAL number of sockets behind the cabinet is 6 pcs.
- false – 1 piece
- RJ45 – 1 piece
- 220V socket – 4 pcs (3 pcs + 1 reserve)
But here one unpleasant moment emerges. Stores very rarely sell a frame for 6 posts.
You will have to make it yourself either from two 4+3 frames.
Or, keeping a small indentation, mount two 4+2 blocks side by side.
This set is a universal set for a small cabinet. The resulting block of six posts will just hide behind it unnoticed.
But as you yourself understand, with the development of technology and many years of living in an apartment, we are gradually acquiring more and more equipment and electronics.
Ten years ago, no one would have thought of planning a separate outlet for a robot vacuum cleaner. And today this is already the reality of life.
For several years to come, four 220V socket posts may not be enough.
Therefore, to fully complete the television area in the living room, two blocks are made behind a large cabinet, slightly spaced apart from each other.
One of them is prefabricated: false socket + 220V + low current. The other is purely 220V.
All wires and plugs that can be viewed from the front of the cabinet
can be elegantly hidden using this method (false wall with magnets):
This scheme (4+4) is definitely sufficient for the vast majority of modern apartments and private houses. Even with a perspective for years to come.
"Select"
Televisions in the interior tend to take precedence, so do not place them next to things whose appearance is a priority for you. For example, aquariums in the interior are usually equipped with delicate lighting, and sparkling plasma will kill all their charm. So think about how to place items in different corners. By the way, you can select a special corner for watching TV, and this is not as difficult as it seems.
The photo below clearly shows how the empty space under the stairs is used. A vertical counter, matching the wall decoration, a fluffy carpet and a couple of ottomans. Fill white so as not to distort the color rendition - and your small home cinema is ready.
Avid moviegoers don't need to explain how much the size of the screen affects the perception of the film. If you decide to get a really large plasma, it would be wise to mount it on a special stand. It looks like a narrow wall that does not reach the ceiling, with bookshelves hidden at the end.
So, it turns out that the TV in your apartment can become a source of inspiration in itself. Many elegant solutions will make it a sonorous accent and create a homely atmosphere around, returning to the good old tradition of spending free time with family.
What can be equipped with a hanging TV stand?
When choosing a hanging TV stand, you first need to think about what things will be placed on it or placed inside it. A conventional storage system involves straight shelves combined with drawers. The answer to the question: will the shelves be open or hidden behind the doors, depends on what is planned to be placed there. In the first case, you can place decorative items, books, vases, etc. on the surface. What will be inside is up to the owner to decide.
The additional equipment of the stand plays a very important role. It could be:
- Backlight
. Contributes to the creation of an original design design. Even if initially the hanging TV stand did not come with a backlight, you can always install it yourself. - Sockets
. Most likely, you will also have to install them yourself at the required distance from the TV. - Niches for equipment
. It is advisable that these sections do not have a back wall - for better natural air circulation. - Shelf for dishes
. Such sections look very beautiful with internal lighting.
Large speakers or a subwoofer should not be placed on a suspended wall. Vibrations and vibrations that occur during the operation of such equipment can cause the fasteners to become loose and the stand to fall.
