Improvised TV cabinet from 2 separate pieces unified with color.
Sometimes a little creativity is needed to get what a woman really wants – to hide the television!
The TV is the center of attention in our living room, unfortunately for my decorating dreams! So I came up with a compromise a while back, so that it can be hidden at least SOME of the time. I’m of the opinion that electronics are ugly…
Mark had brought to our marriage the bottom cabinet that he actually built a long time ago. It’s still very serviceable – the DVR, cable box, tuner, etc. sit inside. I wanted the TV to be able to be out of sight, though. What to do?
I had a provincial-style dresser that we were not using that was on a base with legs. I removed the base, which left the bottom of the dresser open. Then I took out the bottom three drawers and removed the supporting runners inside the frame. I left the 2 shallow drawers at the top for DVD storage. Then some tag-sale shuttered closet doors were cut to fit and hinged onto the frame for doors to cover the telly..
Some decorative carved wood medallions from a woodcraft store were added for a little flair. I sanded and painted the two pieces a lemongrass color, applied a glaze to “antique” it, and was quite pleased with the results! (I only wish the speakers also fit inside, but alas!) The open-bottomed top got set on top of the horizontal cabinet and voila!
Electronics are inside! Yippee, don't have to see them! Can't get a larger TV though.
The base of the dresser was attached to the frame below this point, so it was pretty easily removed.
Cheap wooden medallions added to help pull the 2 cabinets together
Same design medallions but a little larger in scale for the bottom cabinet.
You are a clever bean! Love the color, too! Nice work, the two of you, it is very much “you!”
Gorgeous! I love it when people find a creative way to hide the TV, and your little carved medallions are beautiful. Did you ever notice that in decorating books and magazines, no one EVER has a TV, or for that matter, a wastebasket or a box of tissues? What, do these people never sneeze?
Yes, why IS that so in mags and shows? I used to watch hours of home decorating shows and they NEVER had to work around a tv, or if they did, it was placed somewhere no one could possibly view it. OF course, the short answer is, those items are not “attractive” so they get edited out of the shoot… But hey, we have real lives, why not show a cool way to leave them in!
Very creative – came out looking great!