Decorating Around a TV
We have a love/hate frienemy situation going on with our TV. After our latest project, I think we’re at least on speaking terms with it though. Which is good news since… we do still sorta love our New Girl and Parks and Rec marathons.
Last time y’all had a glimpse of our TV, it was perched on (nay, hogging) our faux fireplace mantel.
But then Robert one night mid-Netflixathon turned to me and said, “Hey, let’s move the TV to this other wall.” Um… yes please!
And so after stumbling upon the perfect sized media cabinet on Craigslist, our DIY printers cabinet was born. We had bigger plans for it than to just let it sit on this wall though.
So we finally moved our ginormous 60 inch (yes, 60 inch… can you guess who in our house picked out this ginormous screen?), and I got to decorate a pretty TV-free mantel for the first time ever with this $10 mirror I picked up from the thrift store and madeover.
Now, the printers cabinet is TV-watching central, complete with tons of great DVD storage in those doors and drawers.
This spot was really challenging to decorate around since the screen was so massive and I also wanted to carry the gallery wall from our stairway over to the wall behind our TV.
Our gallery wall was one of my first decorating attempts ever, and it’s still one of my favorite places in our house with so many of our best memories collected here. (By the way, you can see my tips for easy gallery wall hanging here.)
For above the TV, I added a little more to the sentimentality with this Lake Wylie sign, which is where I grew up, and this North Main Street sign, which is where Robert’s childhood home is.
I hung up a favorite Bible verse and framed sheet music of my and Robert’s “song” by Jack Johnson called “Better Together”.
And I added more current pictures because that’s a must-do when you get all gussied up once in a blue moon for photos, right?
There’s a little space in the upper left corner that I’m still deciding if it needs something added or not.
It has a lot going on. But the frames and signs seem to distract from the giant black box a little bit. Or maybe that’s just wishful thinking. Hey, I tried.
Since we no longer have the log firebox front though, I feel like I can get away with the eclectic look a little better.
You can’t really see in these pictures, but I was standing right behind one of our sofas to get this shot. It’s so nice not having to crane our necks to watch a movie on a tall mantel anymore.
If you want to know about any of our gallery wall sources, most of them are thrifted, but I’ve dug up some look-a-likes here: (Affiliate links are provided below for convenience. For more information, see my full disclosure here.)
And if you want to know how I painted and distressed the thrift store frames you can find the tutorial here.
Have you come up with a great solution for decorating around your TV? Or feel up to a Netflix marathon party at our house? I’ll pop the popcorn. 😉
Thank you! I’m always looking for the easiest ways to make these signs and yours look pretty simple! I just love all the signs~I’m planning on making one with the coordinates of where we live 🙂
Thanks so much!!
Yay! That would be cute! Glad to help, Candy! I’ve tried out several different methods and the stencil one and tracing one are the easiest to me. 🙂
Hello, may I please get paint color you used for kitchen, family room, gallery going towards stairs and your daughters room and trim color as well PLEASE!
P.S. I know it goes without saying but you are extremely talented. I really enjoyed your blog and appreciate your projects explanation being detailed.
Thank you so much, Melissa! I’m so glad it helps! The paint color for those areas are Sherwin Williams Perfect Greige. I’m not totally positive about the trim because our builder painted that, but it is very close to the Sherwin Williams Pure White color we have on our fireplace.
Hey from the land of Dixie! Luv luv luv your blog- everything you do is so inviting & feels comfy! Quick question – would you mind sharing your fan info. I adore the double fan with the light! I’ve seen double fans – bit not with a light. Thanks – Tiffany
Thank you so much, Tiffany! Absolutely! Here’s the link to our fan: http://fave.co/28MLjdi
Hi Lauren. The tv wall looks great! I need your advice on my tv walls.. Yes 2. We have a corner tv stand and nothing I try looks right. Help!
Hi Mary Kay! I’ve actually seen the gallery wall look done on a corner TV too. This one from Rooms for Rent might help: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/292874782000588105/ 🙂
Good afternoon Lauren! A couple of things…..I can’t get either of the links for the Lake Wylie signs to work (source list or the added link in the above comment reply) and I’m wondering if you have a link for the bible verse printable. That’s one of my favorite verses as well and I’d love to hang it when I redo our master bedroom. On a separate note I set up the ebate and honey thing the other day and just did my first online order with JCPenneys a bit ago and got a couple of dollars from ebates. That’ll buy me a big ole sweet tea at Sonic 🙂
Hi, Rebecca! I’m so sorry the links gave you trouble. I’m not sure what happened with that, but I just fixed them and tested them, so hopefully they’re good to go now. Let me know if those still don’t work for you. I found the Bible verse sign at Hobby Lobby a couple of weeks ago, but I couldn’t find it on their site or I would have linked that as well. I got it on sale at 50% off for $12 I believe. So glad to hear Ebates and Honey worked for you! Sometimes it’s hit or miss and I only end up saving a couple of bucks, but then other times, I’ll end up saving 50-75% off. It just depends on the store for their cash back rate and what coupon codes they have that day. Hope it helps in the future. 🙂
I really don’t know what the problem could be with the link for the Lake Wylie sign. All of the other links work with out any problem but when I click on it I still get the same message that says ” Uh oh! There’s something not quite right in the URL. Please check for any errors in the address bar and try again.” If you want why don’t you just give me the etsy details and I can search for it on etsy myself that way I don’t have to bother you again. I already had Hobby Lobby on my errands list so guess what else is going in my cart when I’m there 🙂
Darn! I don’t know what’s going on with it. So sorry, Rebecca. You can search LiztonSignShop on Etsy and it’s the one in that shop called Personalized Location Directional Arrow Mileage Destination Sign. Hope you can find it that way!
Woo to the hoo! Found it 🙂 Thank you so much.
Yay!!!