She Didn’t Want Her TV Taking Up Art Real Estate — So She Hung It from the Ceiling

As a designer and artist, it’s unsurprising that Shanna Flodstrom was not going to mount a television on the one blank, expansive wall in her home. Instead, she filled it with a gallery wall of vibrant artwork. She also didn’t want to have the TV perched on a media console in her art-filled 375-square-foot studio. So, she looked to airports for inspiration. 

“The idea to hang it from the ceiling actually came from TV screens in airports; they are often hung from a post to the ceiling,” Shanna explains. “So I did some more research and found this product from Vivo.” 

Shanna was finding ways to make her 375-square-foot space feel larger. For example, she installed a loft bed and then put a closet and studio underneath. Another way she differentiated the space, therefore making it feel larger, is by using the hanging television as an unexpected room divider. 

“Because my apartment is a loft, I don’t have any walls. The TV hanging the way it does really divides the two spaces: my bedroom and living room,” Shanna says. “The mount also allows the TV to swivel all the way around, so I can turn it to face the kitchen if I want to watch something while I’m cooking.” 

The fact that it swivels isn’t the only benefit of the Vivo mount. It can hold televisions between 37 and 90 inches, and it seemed “relatively straightforward” to install, according to Shanna (because of her 100-year-old timber ceilings and a drill that wasn’t powerful enough, she hired a TaskRabbit to install it). 

With this $80 solution, you can get a television mount and room divider in one. It’s so inspiring to see how people use unexpected items to create spatial division in their home (and this option looks so chic, too).

To see more of Shanna’s colorful home, visit the full House Tour.