Help with fireplace and TV combo, please!
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lv_r_golden
13 years agoWe did that in the family room when we built 4 yrs ago. In our area it is required to have glass doors (ish) - I am in the middle of replacing them with something beefier, painting the inside of the firebox black and adding gas logs. We have never used it but we are having a cold winter and a fire has been sounding nice.
The tv is only a 50 inch and the space will always limit us to around that size but we have a media/theater room with a much larger screen so this has worked well for us.
You don't see this look on this site much (or anywhere else really)....I like the tv to be eye level....our layout works to lay on the couch as well. I also wanted to be able to see the fire from more of the area, thus it is raised. Good luck with your build.
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User
13 years agoThe cabinet doors on either side of the television retract back into the cabinet when we're watching. The television is attached to a backboard that can be pulled in and out and we can adjust the entire television screen to face the right or left more.
When not in use, we pull out the cabinet doors and close and it looks like a pantry cabinet with pulls.
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Suzy
13 years agoour fireplace is not finished yet (mantel is being built and then more travertine is going up to the ceiling). but you can get the gist:
phoggie
13 years agoShannon01
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Sidney4
13 years agoHere is ours. The TV is behind the doors on the right. The doors retract into the cabinet when the TV is being used.
phoggie
13 years agoSilverdove
13 years agoSidney4
13 years agophoggie,
Sorry I didn't respond sooner I just ran across your post after it was linked in another thread. The wall is nearly 18 feet but the fireplace is quite large. The cabinet that holds the TV is about 4' 10 " wide.If it is helpful, Ive included one of my inspiration photos as another example that I really like.
youngdeb