Hide my TV for me! (Play a kind of TV Where's Waldo perhaps...)

housewife1950s

10 år siden

Help please!
I am building a house and have attached the ground floor plan.
I'd love advice about how to conceal the TV in the 'Salle Familialle' (or family room if you speak English!)

The style of the house is colonial and very traditional. The fireplace is centrally placed on the wall.

I'd love the focus of the room to be on the fireplace.
I don't like TVs above fireplaces (so suggesting there would be wasted!)so would prefer it off to one side, probably on the side of the fireplace closer to the windows.
I'd love a style of cabinet/shelvingvthat could be symmetrical or at least harmonious both sides of the fireplace.
The mantlepiece for the fire will be very traditional - bleached out brick around the hearth and simple wooden surround.

I've had a look on the website for this, but have found many ways of concealing the tv but mainly by putting it above the fireplace, and I don't want to do that.

Help!
Thanks so much for any advice. Plan of the 'salle familialle' attached.

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TVCoverUps

10 år siden

You may want to consider TVCoverUps. Framed art or panel provides the focal point of the room, until it swings upward to reveal the hidden TV. Placement of the TV is completely up to you, it is a popular over the fireplace but TVCoverUps will work with any decision you make. Units are available in Manual and Automated Lifts and allow for TV tilting hardware. TVCoverUps can be also built to accommodate AV equipment, speakers, Blu-Ray/DVD, wires and other consoles. Each unit is built custom to the viewer and space, so it is always best to give us a call.

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User
10 år siden
No picture. Use JPEG
User
10 år siden
Search the houzz ideabooks for "tv" - lots of articles with ideas.
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Carolyn Albert-Kincl, ASID
10 år siden
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It looks like TVCoverups has the right idea, though I would certainly build it or a similar idea into the bookcase you're talking about having on the window side of the fireplace.

The idea is to place your TV behind a painting on one of your bookshelves. You'll need adjustable bookshelves so that the size is right. And of course that can be a problem because each bookshelf width is usually no bigger than 36" wide, tho they vary slightly.
But because TV screens have become so big, TV sizes frequently exceed the width of a bookcase shelf.

What size will your TV be, not the size stated by Toshiba or Sony, but the actual width? Height? You can choose to buy a product like TVCoverups or you can place your TV on the bookshelf and buy a painting to place in front of it which you will just remove when you want to watch TV.

An alternate scheme is retractable doors on a section of the bookcase. And I'm sure others will have more suggestions.
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essentials inside
10 år siden
I do love the TV Coverups! And, of course, I love everything Carolyn. :)

housewife1950s - here are some pictures that might inspire you.

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Lyvonne
housewife1950s
Forfatter
10 år siden
Thank you all so much! So much to look at there. Sorry I didn't respond before, I was in a place with no internet (yes, such places still exist!) on holiday.
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VERMONT WOODS STUDIOS
10 år siden
We offer a retractable pop up TV cabinet. You can retract your TV into the cabinet and hide it away when you aren't using it. :) http://vermontwoodsstudios.com/products/flat-screen-tv-console
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Long Island Mantel
9 år siden
Consider a ArtScreen, they are non intrusive into the room and require little space.
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Roberta Ahrens Studio
8 år siden
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Hi housewife1950s

here is what we did ... the panels move completely behind the forward cabinets to

reveal a 60" big screen. We at RobertaAhrensStudio.Houzz.com do the application of the artwork on panels built by your contractor, shipped to us to work on in our studio and shipped back to you for installation.

Beautiful Custom Built-in Big Screen TV enclosure

credit: Werner Design Associates, SF CA
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Long Island Mantel
8 år siden
consider using an artscreen to conceal the television. visit limantel.com for more information
hayleydaniels
8 år siden
Check the date of the thread before you post a reply as it is 26 months old...
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Roberta Ahrens Studio
8 år siden
Thanks Hayley, somehow the thread actually came up into a new post of ours today- but thanks for the tip - Very helpful!
hayleydaniels
8 år siden
Roberta, Houzz has a key word generator that pulls old posts up based on what you're reading. I think people who are on iPads and the like can't see the date as easily as if you're on a laptop or desktop. The old posts are shown on the right hand side of the page under related discussions.