Design dilemmas

FROM HIDING A TV TO MAKING THE MOST OF AN UNLOVED FIREPLACE, FINDING IMAGINATIVE DESIGN SOLUTIONS CAN MAKE YOUR HOME WORK BETTER

Words: JOANNA THORNHILL

How can I ensure that my TV doesn’t dominate my space? Stylists take pains in upmarket interiors shoots to avoid showing TV sets, yet the fact remains that most of us do have one and it has to go somewhere. The best approach is usually to hide it in plain sight. Placing a TV set against a dark or even black backdrop is one clever way of making it pretty much invisible when it’s switched off, and with black walls moving firmly from ‘teen goth bedroom’ territory into the ‘chic interiors’ camp, this could be a canny design move as well. Alternatively, distract the eye by nestling the TV among books and ornaments on top of a unit, or surrounded by artworks if it’s wall-mounted. Purpose-built TV cabinets are notoriously ugly, but…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2020

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