A television can blend naturally into a living room when the surrounding wall, console, and accessories are treated as one composition. Recessed shelving, matching cabinets, gallery-style artwork, plants, and carefully chosen mantel décor all help frame the screen without making it feel like the room’s only focal point. These ideas show how to create a finished entertainment area in styles ranging from farmhouse and French country to modern and minimalist.
Gray and white décor for the living room
The coffee table sits at the center of the seating area. White wingback armchairs and tufted roll-arm sofas gather around it, while white pillows rest on the platform of a shiplap fireplace. Light gray walls complete the room’s white and gray palette.
Neutral space with a slatted console
An organic-shaped fleece chair sits at the corner of a woven rug. Against the beige wall is a wood entertainment console with slatted doors. A unique entertainment console like this can support a feature wall in a neutral living room.
Shelving Feature Wall
Beside the fireplace wall, recessed shelving sits on either side and surrounds the fireplace mantel. The shelves provide storage and display space while keeping the mantel free from clutter. The TV forms the backdrop for this shelving feature wall.
TV Décor for the Fireplace Wall
A TV on the fireplace wall can leave room for décor at the mantel sides and on the upper wall. Place the décor around the TV, but use a solid color on the wall to avoid a busy appearance.
Light Gray Tray Ceiling for the Living Room
A taupe carpet lies beneath a gray and white zigzag rug. Several shelves line the living room wall, with a console table against it. The ceiling light source provides the room’s primary lighting, while a shaded vintage lamp sits in a corner.
Contrasting Bedroom Entertainment Area
Bedroom decor can use a dresser in place of a traditional entertainment console. Paint a wall section a different color if desired. Subdued colors suit both neutral and bohemian design.
French Country Living Room Console
The TV displays a flower image and a dainty ornament. A console table with open shelving stores a knit blanket and a candle holder.
Minimalist Wood Desk and White Chair
A wood desk is paired with a white chair. The dresser has wood drawers, a white frame, an open handle, and no hardware, and it supports the TV. Its theme is white and wood.
Autumn Fireplace Styling
The fireplace has a neutral vase and a few decorative pumpkins around its base. The styling incorporates outdoor elements and natural colors. Halloween decor sits on the mantel, which should be left open for additional decorations, including more miniature decorations.
Unique Living Room with Additional Wall Decor
A standing lamp is one option to consider for the living room walls. A hutch is another. An additional wall can display a fireplace and an independent mantel.
House Plants in the Entertainment Area
Furniture around the plants should work with an earth-tone color palette and wood.
Dark Wood Mantel and Wide White Fireplace
Eclectic poufs are displayed around the living room. Eclectic pillows are arranged there as well. Greenery is placed against the mantel, and the mantel shelf should hold complementary decor.
Two Adjoining Beige Feature Walls
Multiple vases are placed in both feature-wall locations, and they share similar decor. A white fireplace mantel and a black entertainment console sit on the feature walls. The beige walls provide the background for the fireplace and TV.
Wood coffee table in a farmhouse living room beside an entertainment console and blanket ladder with an alternating gray and white throw draped over it
A crate-like centerpiece sits on the wood coffee table and contains multiple glass bottles and greenery. The room also has an entertainment console and a blanket ladder. A gray and white throw is draped over the ladder, with the colors alternating.
Bright Vintage Living Room
Glass doors and a transom window bring natural light into the living room. On one wall, a vintage sideboard has antique hardware and a white drawer. The antique hardware contrasts with the white drawer. A wingback chair with a ruffled slipcover sits in the room.
Farmhouse Living Room
Sheer drapes hang at the windows. The living room has comfortable seating and a farmhouse focus on entertainment. A sturdy wooden console with glass cabinets and metal trim holds the setup. The walls are white.
Corner Window Bench
A built-in window bench fits into the recessed wall. It has a plush pillow. The living room has white walls, high windows, a vaulted ceiling, and ample natural light. Light wood flooring matches the light wood mantel.
Vintage White Decor
White flooring sets the base in the living room, with a gray rug placed in front of the French doors. Vintage white decor and vintage accessories surround a vintage dresser that now serves as an entertainment console. Antique books rest on the console.
TV Gallery Wall Decor
White and wood give the entertainment console its finish below the gallery wall. The console supports the TV, which is surrounded by a gallery wall in black and white. At the TV location, choose images in black and white instead of color images because they are more dramatic and less distracting.
Wall-Length Hidden Storage
In the living room, install wall-length cabinetry at the bottom of the wall instead of an entertainment console. It adds storage and creates a surface for upper decor. For the upper walls, choose vertical shiplap or a color finish.
Compact Vintage Fireplace
The fireplace mantel has embellishments and helps minimize the presence of the large television mounted above it. The fireplace rests on a black-and-white tile base.
