A month ago we took the tv out of the niche in the Family Room and now the niche looks like this:
Our oldest daughter (who moved to SoCal this past May & is 19), left me this comment:
Where'd the TV go! :(
Jess
I got a kick out of that, especially because of the sad face.
Guess she thought the house would stay the same forever. In a conversation later that same week she asked if I had done anything with her old room. I answered her with the question: "why, are you moving back home?" LOL. I already knew the answer to that :(
She's having way too much fun out in SoCal.
Back to the tv situation...Remember we found another matching armoire on Craigslist and put the two armoires on either side of the fireplace...
The Family Room now looks like this:
The tv, stereo, etc., are in the left armoire and the right one holds books, pillows and blankets. Oh, how I LOVE all the storage since our house is short on closets in the main areas on the first floor.
Well, here's where the TV went.
But, the TV isn't just set in there on a shelf because you wouldn't be able to see it very well if you were sitting on the sofa, so Mr. Fanatic installed a swivel TV roll out shelf.
We ordered a swivel roll out made for tv's. Only, you can't just put the tv on the swivel rollout because it would fall out without being attached to something. They sell a special mount to attach to the roll out, but we didn't want to spend the $150+ on it, so Mr. F. made the tv attachment himself for about 20 bucks with some unistrut. The swivel was $19.99.
Here's what the swivel roll out shelf with the tv bracket looks like without the tv attached:
He attached some of the unistrut to the back of the tv. Then they were attached to the horizontal bracket that's in the armoire.
This is what it looks like now:
This new arrangement is so wonderful because the tv can be hidden when not in use and I have a mantel to decorate!
I couldn't be happier.
So glad I have a husband who can fix or make just about anything : )
Where do you keep your tv? Do you keep it hidden or is it the focal point of the room it's in?
Pam