No living room is complete without a TV. Although having a TV in your living room is a must, you don’t want it to dominate your living room; you still want to incorporate some décor.
Often, the area behind a TV gets forgotten and is left bare. This doesn’t need to be the case in your home! You can use that empty wall space to help create the living room of your dreams.
There are many things you can do to spice up the wall behind your TV stand to give your living the vibe and style you’re looking for.
We have six ideas on how to decorate the wall behind TV stand. These ideas will help to get those creative juices flowing and hopefully help you find something you like.
1. Gallery Wall
A gallery wall is one of the best ideas on how to decorate the wall behind TV stand. Use your TV as a focal point and install the gallery wall around it. This is a great way to make your TV part of your art display and helps to draw the eye away from the TV.
It’s important to keep in mind that you don’t want things to look messy. Instead, you want your gallery wall to look intentional. One of the ways to achieve this look is to have clean looking lines. This just means that all of the photo frames should line up around the TV.
Some other tips to keep in mind include making sure to have the same spacing between photos, sticking to one colour palette, and using the same type and colour of frame. Also, decorate the gallery wall with some beautiful Abbott decor.
2. Backlighting behind the TV
To create a space with a backlit TV, mount your TV on some wood panelling then install the lighting behind your TV. Even when your TV is off, the backlighting will make the woodgrain look like its own décor piece. The backlighting effect can be accomplished beautifully when you have a white gloss TV stand with LED lighting.
You can then install a media unit to the side of the TV with cabinets above to create a modern-looking space with lots of storage and space to show off your décor items.
3. Floating Shelves
Floating shelves are great for so many purposes and using them around your TV is another smart use for them. A popular choice is to use floating shelves to look like a built-in with your TV stand. Use the same colour wood or paint, make sure the shelves don’t go past the width of the cabinet and make them all symmetrical.
For example, place one large shelf high up over the TV and then place two smaller shelves on each side of the TV at the same height. Since floating shelves do not have any brackets, it will help you achieve that built-in look and the result will be absolutely stunning.
Floating shelves really pair well with most styles, including bohemian, modern farmhouse, and even traditional.
4. Modern Shelves
Modern shelves pair well with a modern TV stand. You can have a shelf in the same high-gloss white, black, or whatever colour your TV stand is, placed a few inches above the stand. You can take it one step further and install another shelf above the TV.
As long as you use materials that are the same as your modern TV stand, you will have something that looks intentional, beautiful, and best of all, you will have lots of space to add some modern décor pieces.
5. Marble Panels
If you’re looking for a more elegant look and feel, consider installing marble panels behind your TV and mounting your TV to these panels. You can even install backlighting for an extra pop of flair.
This style of décor pairs really nicely with a side positioned modern fireplace on a low TV stand to add to that high-end look. With a transparent fireplace screen, the attention and focus will remain on that stunning marble behind your TV!
6. Industrial Shelves
If your home has more of that industrial vibe, then including industrial shelving around your TV is an excellent idea to make everything look cohesive.
You can install these on either side of your TV as well as above it. These shelves are typically made of what looks like black pipes and wooden shelving.
A bonus of this solution is that it offers lots of storage space and an area to display knick-knacks. Decorate with baskets if you would like to disguise some of the things you’re storing or to just give the shelves a clean look. The possibilities are truly endless here so have fun with this idea.
Wow! There are so many great ideas of what you can do with that space behind your TV stand! No longer do you have to worry about all of that blank space not getting any use. We hope you can find something on this list that you love, no matter what your style is.
