Stumped on TV / media wall in open plan! Eyes Pls! (pics)
I hoping someone can give me some inspiration here because I'm not getting a handle on this wall in the whole scheme of things. The TV /media wall is 14'. I have to float the sofas as the other end is the kitchen and dining room. One side is open to the pool area with sliders and the other side is the entry.
I'm thinking I need something roughly 7' or so long and around 30" tall give or take. The center must have open shelves for the center speaker and receiver. I would prefer the rest of the equipment be behind closed doors. I have been looking for things on CL that I could convert with no luck.
However, my other problem that I cannot get a handle on is what sort of color or finish the TV / media cabinet should be. The floor is warmish beige tile but will be partially covered with a rug, the ceiling is a lighter warm beige, sofas are a light warm beige creamy yellowish, the kitchen is vibrant orangey red (lyptus?), amazing gray walls, stone fireplace that jives somewhat with granite countertops that have taupy gray, charcoal, black/brown and a few warm golden and orangey colors. Dining chairs are dark taupe and I'm getting a round glass dining table with brass base. The dining light fixture is a warm 30" sea grass looking shade.
Should I try to bring some of the kitchen cabinet color to the TV wall? Should I do a dark taupe? A light warm beigy creamy yellow? Or something else I'm not thinking of? Maybe something black metal with some brass on it (there will be brass and some stream line bronze in fixtures?
I'm really stumped on the finish and possibilities and need your eyes.
PLEASE POST A VISUAL OF WHAT YOU WOULD DO!
This dining light but it's more vibrant in person.
Entry
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Kitchen to dining room (brass thing is just propped up there not sure if its staying) and light fixture is not up yet.
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Kitchen
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Living room rug
These sofas, one a four seater and one a three seat. Both in Florance cream (that leather purse color).
Patio wall
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THIS Is the TV /Media wall.
PLEASE POST A VISUAL OF WHAT YOU WOULD DO TO TV ? MEDIA WALL!
This post was edited by jterrilynn on Sat, Apr 12, 14 at 13:09
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Comments (29)Beautiful home, but the layout is not conducive for a huge tv in the Den and no alternative without adding walls in the open area, so I'd agree that is the best you can do and its looks good. I hope you attached the TV mount to the studs with lag bolts, a 100lbs, I would not trust the drywall to support it. I know they say with the right mounting drywall can support 135lbs, but just me, that heavy, don't risk it, it has to be heavy duty hardware in the studs. Also, having just mounted two TV's on the wall, don't get wrapped up about the 42 eye height viewing suggestion. Yes, I understand the logic behind it. But I'm not a ultra-fidelity enthusiast, mounting my TV's at 42" eye line would put them at the same height as they were on their stands on the tv furniture they were already on with stands. Basically making it pointless. I did compromise, because simply how it appeared on the wall, my first inclination was to mount them at picture height. Ultimately I elected to mount them dead center in the wall equal distance left/right, above/below. That's put the bottom third at 53" instead of 42" and haven't had a problem yet in viewing the tv and enjoying it, if anything when I look at it, I wonder if its too low and would look better higher up on the wall. Different folks will have different opinions, and different goals, clearly if your neck is getting tired viewing the TV you've mounted it to high, so definitely anywhere you want is not wise. I was tempted to mount the TV over the fireplace, but the shape of the room does not support orientating the furniture toward viewing the fireplace, and to put it the tv over the fireplace with sufficient space over the mantle for my taste would also put it high enough I fear it might cause neck strain to look up at the tv....See MoreRelated Professionals
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I like the idea of using the bottom of this Henredon china cabinet but I’d have to pretty much desecrate it (is that wrong?). Then I would have to redo the top and finish some wood shelves in a same stain. Do I have enough energy for that is the question. Of course I would have to see it in person as I cannot really tell the wood color or condition from the CL picture but they are only asking $500 and it’s been up for a while. I like those brass bits on it. Am I way off?
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NOPE! I'm not feeling the kitchen cabinet color in a media cabinet on that wall. I think I need to bring kitchen cabinet color over with accessories. What finish on media area though??? I'm stuck! I want something of decent quality and not that chocolate colored stuff. I'm thinking I'll have to paint something. Heeelllppp meee!
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Thanks for that yaya! You sent me on a natural stain google and I came up with this. It has some of the warm color but the dark glass has some of the vintage-ish vibe for the house. It would hold all my media components as well. I wonder if the remote for the receiver would work through dark glass doors? Then I wouldn’t have to get my bu++ off the sofa once seated. The only thing I don’t like are the chrome legs but I could do a brass wax paint over it. Is it too modern?
10 years agolast modified: 10 years agoRoomandboard.com also have this one which I like, you can change the wood or the hardware and the legs.
Then the tv would be mounted above.
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Beautiful home!
I think this sort of arrangement would work very well in your space. It's from Sarah's House, season 4. The console is actually made of kitchen cabinets on legs to make it look like a piece of furniture. It does not extend to either wall which gives it more of a furniture feel than a built-in feel.
Close-up of cabinets. You can use whatever hardware you want and you can add metal corner plates to get the henredon look (which I love).
View from living room into kitchen. The cabinet finish does not need to match.
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Hi Radley,
The doors appear to be a mix of original stain and a newer gel coat. I had to paint the half bath and utility doors in the nearby area as they were so badly done. I kept three doors in the badly done wood at the end of the hall along with double doors (just like entry) going into the master bedroom. I will tackle the striping and re-staining down the road. I was told the kitchen cabinets were cherry but I swear they look like Lyptus. The crown molding appeared to be a sort of walnut stain (now painted wall color but in a gloss)..
Close-up of door stain on master doors. These are different to the attempt at gel coating on the other bedroom doors to hide a “mom stay out” carving and multiple dog scratches. I don’t have a close-up of front door but these master doors are close.
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Thank you Kswl, the house has been a lot of work believe it or not to get it to this point. Lots of oddities here! Husband and I have worked our way to the end and have closed this guest bath slider in and added a door with a doggy door. It’s not magazine worthy but will make my life easier. This week we also gutted the master and master bath and will be adding a closet. The fireplace was tweaked as well as it was originally an attention hog the minute you walked in. However, so was the kitchen so we tweaked that a bit and it doesn’t scream as loud. There were no electric outlets beyond the wall cabinets between windows.
About that brass thing at fireplace…yes I think I agree and that’s why I haven’t hung it. After I finish the drywall in 2nd bath husband will hang to dining light and we will take it from there.
Also, in my mind I would love to find an old but nice black metal cabinet of some sort with brass on it to use as a media cabinet. There does not seem to be any such thing in my searches. In fact I can’t find any of the ideas that are in my head. It just seems like that area needs some brass (a bit) to say it’s part of a certain time.An area I'm doing dual time in. And, some "before" pic's..
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Geokid I like that idea and actually looked on Conestoga last night. They didn't have my configuration. It's looking like I need to find a vintage something with brass and tweak it.
I'm thinking that although I like the light wood it seems I might need more of an anchor...and brass!
This post was edited by jterrilynn on Mon, Apr 14, 14 at 12:29
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I think I like this! What do you think? It has a tic of brass that I want. I'm really having a hard time seeing warm wood on that wall though. Part of me likes it and the other part thinks I need to go dark.
Please see pictures of open plan at top of post.
This post was edited by jterrilynn on Wed, Apr 16, 14 at 11:56
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