We're always on the lookout for new ways to disguise the TV, and this is one of the most ingenious we've ever seen. Style at Home did a rundown of strategies for hiding your electronics in plain sight, and this was our favorite of the bunch: Hang a TV on dark or black wallpaper and it virtually disappears! Amazing.
Similarly, a TV with a white frame blends in beautifully on a white shelving unit, surrounded by books in white and gray tones. Ordinarily we would never think of buying a TV with a white frame, but this is a great-looking setup, and it seems like a better solution than buying a big bulky cabinet to enclose both the TV and its accompaniments.
In an earlier post about TVs and wallpaper, Janel pointed out that wallpaper with a bold graphic pattern also creates enough of a statement that it minimizes the impact of the TV... another great reason to hang your flatscreen on a papered wall. But the camouflage effect of the dark color might be an even bigger plus. What do you think? Could you achieve a similar effect with dark paint?
To browse some more ideas for disguising your electronics, view the full story at Style at Home.
And a few more ways to hide your electronics, from the Apartment Therapy archives:
• Double Feature: Framing Your Flatscreen
• How To: Hide Your TV Monitor With Style
• Before and After: Incorporating a Flat Screen TV into a Bookcase
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Our tv is in a nook I painted black, but our basement is our family room/my studio, so I wasn't really trying to 'hide' it. It's just better for optimal movie-viewing! :)
http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/home-tech-tours/tess-and-jesses-basement-studio-tech-tour-103609
Maybe if that huge white slab (function?) wasn't above it, it would disappear more, but that white thing really draws my eyes to it and then I notice the huge black void beneath it.
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that would be cool if the TV had an image on the screen when it was off, like the kindle. In fact, tv's SHOULD have an option to put an image on their screen when they're off, like a kindle. OK, now someone go make it.
The first pic truly hurts my eyes!
I like the look of the first photograph, but it must be HORRIBLE to watch TV in that room.
The images are from yet another wickedly awesome Canadian shelter magazine. Great job reposting!
I hide mine, rather economically, in an IKEA computer cabinet. I still have a 3-D tv and don't know how I'll hide my flat screen when I finally get one in 2025.
I'd rather not hide my tv. Plus, that wallpaper is distracting, especially with the white thing underneath it. The whole thing makes me a bit queasy.
A dark grey wall would've been enough ... I could do without the large patterns. Too busy for my taste, although I do agree that the TV blends in somewhat.
Why hide the TV?
Because, unless it's a media room, it probably shouldn't be the focal point of your room.
I live with my "domestic partner" (a techno geek) and we don't entertain much. (When we do it's in the home theater, so no more need be said about OUR attitude about tv!) We also have a set (smaller, for everyday use -- a mere 50 inches) in the livingroom. I see no need to hide it. We enjoy watching it. It sits perpendicular to the fireplace which has a large original oil painting over it. So when the set is off, the fireplace tends to be the focal point, and when it's on, the tv takes center stage. I don't decorate for visitors, I decorate for me. Hiding tvs is just trying to deny that they are part of your life. Why bother?