Do you remember when I said I was never going to hang a television over the mantel again… EVER AGAIN. Because when we bought our antique fireplace mantel, I was having such a great time decorating? Well, that all changed when they came out with the FrameTV, which I will be sharing that soon. But… while we were looking over all of the Black Friday sales last year, and had already had a few cocktails, we pulled the trigger. Which meant, we would have a television hanging above the fireplace again. ???? It also meant that we had to come up with some type of plan to disguise the wires. Because, Deb and I both despise seeing wires hanging from the television to the components. I saw this little fireplace cubby over on someone’s Instagram and I thought it was THE BEST idea EVER! Keep scrolling to see how to hide wires from a wall mount.
We knew we needed a place to store all of our components, not only for the television, but for our multi-room sound system receiver, our DVD player, and our driveway alarm. We kept all of this in mind when we built our fireplace wall for the electric insert and our antique mantel, which we gave a makeover. So, we decided the little cubby idea was our best option. We would have the television hung on the wall and run the cords behind that wall into the cubby.
We wanted our cubby door to blend in with the wall so that it wasn’t a focal point. So Deb ended up cutting this opening AFTER we installed our brick paneling. She did, however, build the little shelves from INSIDE the fireplace opening which was easier than doing it from the outside. She made it larger than we need just in case we add anything else.
Deb made it so that the shelves are adjustable, just in case we need to move anything around in our little cubby. She ended up adding a magnet to the door to keep it closed. And, of course, I had to add a plant to the top shelf to make it look pretty.
This little cubby idea works absolutely perfect for what we needed it for.
What do you think? I love how this little project turned out.
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Love, love, love it! Great work, Deb!
Biggest question...my devices and remotes only work when right in line of sight of each other. How did you guys get around this?
Beautiful!!!
I’m still a little confused. How do you turn on and change the volume from the couch? The controls and sensors work through the cabinet around the corner of the fireplace?
Sounds like a great idea I am just unsure if it would work for my house.
Thanks
Monicca
As always, it’s perfect and beautiful! Do y’all ever make something that’s just ugly? Probably not ❤️. Thanks for sharing your clever, gorgeous creations!
All new homeIT peoplses should have this!!! Ours is in the cabinet beside the fireplace but on the bottom shelf. It gets harder and harder to get down on the floor when speaking with IT people. Great job!!!
I too just took the plunge on The Frame! Waiting for it to arrive. You did an amazing job! Looks beautiful ❤️
That cubby is really genius! Our Tv cable box requires it to be controlled by actually pointing the clicker at it so that it gets the signal.... How do you change channels, go from Netflix to Prime to Network channels, etc? We have a console with glass doors to operate it but I'd sure like to change that in the future and use an antique bureau or something of the sort. Have REALLY been enjoying your stories, I rarely watch anyone's stories, but find myself checking in every morning and evening to watch your shenanigans. Love your style! Do you have a YouTube channel? Guess I can go search. duh
Soooo many ads. Quite distracting.
I am working on that. I don't like the placement of them at all. Our new website will be live soon so it will be taken care of.