TV often takes pride of place in any city apartment, country house, is its decoration. Someone hangs in a niche on a wall, an arm, an ordinary table, which is not always convenient. Modern designers have invented many types of stands on which to put the TV - since the vast majority of TVs are now flat, this design will take up very little space. About how the cabinets are placed under the TV in the interior, from what materials they are made, what they are in form, functional qualities, more in the text of this article.
The materials used for manufacturing this type of item are different:
solid wood;
various types of metals;
Chipboard;
plastic;
clear, colored glass.
For some models, ivory, stained glass mosaic, natural veneer are used as decor. All kinds of wood are used: oak, beech, linden, spruce, hornbeam, wenge, walnut, pear, mahogany, etc. This design is extremely reliable and will last a long time. Suitable for loft style, classic, provence. Some manufacturers produce cabinets decorated with handmade fantasy carvings. The material is afraid of water, but rooms with a "blue screen" rarely have high humidity.
Laminated chipboard is very moisture resistant, durable, practical, has excellent sound insulation. Such a piece of furniture is relatively inexpensive, and is suitable for many interior styles. Plastic cabinets are available in all known colors. If the material is of high quality, then they will last a long time, originally fitting into the style of minimalism, futurism, modernism.
A glass nightstand will give the room lightness, a certain amount of space, which is a lot of importance in small rooms. Glass comes in a variety of colors, even with textured patterns. The product looks elegant, but it is not worth overloading it - not all models have sufficient strength. This material is not recommended for use in rooms where there are small children. Such a cabinet will originally fit into the high-tech style, minimalism and some others.
The metal stand is very reliable, it looks stylish, harmoniously fits into high-tech, loft, industrial design. Forged looks expensive, it is well suited to the interior, decorated in the Baroque style. The combination of wood and metal will make the bedside table a real decoration of the hall.
Types of designs
TV stands are different in design:
outboard;
with brackets;
with dressers;
angular.
Each type has its own characteristics - not every bedside table is suitable for a large TV of the "Soviet" type. Dimensions, shape, color design should also correspond to the area, the stylistic decision of the room. Many coasters have convenient storage spaces.
With bracket
This cabinet is quite high, it has an inclined-swivel bracket, with which you can easily change the viewing angle of the screen, turning it from side to side. The main plus of such a stand is that you do not need to drill a wall to suspend a flat-screen TV, and the wires from it are neatly hidden in the built-in cable channel. This plasma bench easily moves to any place - the model is often equipped with wheels, allowing you to watch TV as conveniently as possible, both alone and as a family. The basis of such a bedside table is metal, and glass, wood, plastic serve as additional materials.
Hanging
With a large capacity, it is ideal for a limited area. Suspend the design at any convenient height. Most often, the decorative shelf has a large length, decorating a room, visually expanding the space, bringing lightness and a sense of spaciousness to the interior. Below there is a space that allows you to conveniently do wet cleaning of the room. The stand organically combines open, closed shelves, drawers, on its upper surface there is enough space for souvenirs brought from different countries, glossy magazines, newspapers, and beloved ficus. Manufacturing materials are preferably lightweight but durable. It is not recommended to hang such a curbstone on a very thin wall made of drywall.
With a chest of drawers
The floor stand has a long countertop, most often rectangular in shape. It is very interesting, functional - it is not only a design for placing media equipment, but also an excellent storage of disks with films, books, and other different things.In the closed cabinets of the cabinet there is enough space for storing items of clothing, in the middle there is often an open shelf for DVD, a tuner. There are many different models with side consoles for convenient placement of audio speakers, retractable compartments where you can arrange photos in frames, cute trinkets and more. Production materials - wood, chipboard, glass.
Corner models
In the bedroom, kitchen, cramped living room, it is best to put a corner bedside table - it significantly saves space without cluttering up the room. The design resembles a regular floor, it can take the form of a triangle, oval, polygon. It is very stable, but models with a shelf depth of more than fifty centimeters are able to "cut off" a significant piece of the room. The cabinet can have many closed, open shelves, drawers. Materials of manufacture can be almost any.
Basic selection rules
Choose a cabinet should be in accordance with the size of the existing TV or the one you plan to buy. The style, the area of the room should also be taken into account - for some rooms a large, monumental-looking wooden stand covering the entire wall will fit, but it will fit in others, only a modest corner made of transparent glass will look good. Among other things, you should take care of placing all kinds of accessories - for this, you also need a model of a certain kind, shape. In modern interiors, there are often cabinets with drawers, but without handles - to open them, just a little click on the door.
When choosing this piece of furniture you need to evaluate:
reliability of fastenings, quality of all moving elements, if any;
dimensions - the size is chosen 15-20 centimeters more than the length of the larger side of the screen;
mobility - for rooms where there will soon be redevelopment, it is better not to purchase corner models. Lightweight construction is easier to move around the apartment;
safety - materials are preferable environmentally friendly, without extraneous odors. It is advisable that the edges be rounded and no member of the family is accidentally injured, there should be a minimum number of far-fitting fittings;
functional - if there is a lot of space in the cabinet, then a large chest of drawers or a cabinet may not be needed at all;
color design - black, white, wood shades of the design are considered almost universal, but when decorating the room in different colors, the nightstand also selects the appropriate one.
When choosing a model for the room of a child or teenager, one should take into account his opinion on this issue.
TV and room dimensions
A good TV is expensive - often buying a new one is very problematic. Therefore, it is important to place it so that the risk of falling is minimized. For this, the cabinet is chosen so long that the edges of the TV do not protrude beyond its borders - the probability of accidentally hooking it with your hand or the edge of the clothes will be vanishingly small.
The size of the TV in relation to the area of the room is a very important characteristic. The larger the room, the larger the screen in it can be placed harmoniously. Recommended distances from the screen to the viewer's eyes, for comfortable viewing, are approximately as follows:
with a diagonal of 32 inches - 1.6-2.3 meters;
37 inches - 2-2.8 meters;
40 inches - 2.5-3 meters;
50 inches - 3.1-4 meters;
65 inches - 3.5-4.5 meters, etc.
The distance also depends on the image quality: for Full HD it will be less, for 4K Ultra HD - more. A large screen is placed in a spacious living room, and a small one is in the bedroom, children's room, and kitchen. The height to the middle of the screen is ideally 1.5 meters from the floor.
Stylistics and colors of the interior
A well-chosen cabinet will fit perfectly into any interior. For classic style, neoclassicism, art deco, a carved wooden structure, covered with a thin layer of varnish, is suitable. The space around the TV can be decorated with the same carved frame, matching the color of the stand. Other furniture is also preferred wooden, with a natural texture, curly legs.
The Scandinavian style cabinet has simple rectangular outlines, and the color is mainly white, gray, pale pink, ivory. This is a floor or suspension structure made of wood, chipboard, plastic. The general interior design of this style is also very bright with the point adding a small amount of bright contrasts - black, slate gray, brown. A large number of natural materials are welcome.
For the loft style, a rough metal floor construction is suitable, but in order to avoid injuries, it should not have sharp corners. The curbstone will organically look against the background of brick walls, “brick-like” wallpapers; it can be combined beautifully with the decorative coloring of heating radiators or any other pipes. Such a model often has convenient castors; it can partially be made of wood, reminiscent of an old chest.
A fireplace bedside table is a very original purchase. For the style of Provence, some types of ethnicity, it will be the best solution. The design, stylized as a Russian stove, belongs to the same series - it is almost completely white, and closed shelves are in the “pipe”. For the successful placement of this piece of furniture you will need a lot of space - in a cramped room the element will not look good enough.
If the apartment is decorated in the style of art-belief, then the TV stand can be knocked together on your own from Euro pallets, which many companies sell for cheap or give away shops for free. Pallets are fastened with nails, painted in any color, varnished. It is desirable that all the furniture around is made of the same material. It is also very important that the surface is well polished, the structure itself is stable enough so that the screen does not accidentally fall off it.
Possibility of placing accessories
Accessories for television stands are:
various boxes through which the cable is pulled;
all types of lighting, including electric fireplace or electric aquarium;
springs, bearings;
anti-vibration discs;
additional shelves, drawers;
additional stands for acoustics.
Many parts are universal, and therefore suitable for any cabinet. When buying a design of the original form, the presence of the above parts, the possibility of their fastening should be clarified with the seller.
Additional items
Each bedside table has various features that increase its functionality and appearance. These include:
wheels - they are attached to the bottom of the floor structure, which greatly facilitates the movement from place to place. It is important that they can be fixed motionless, otherwise, with any awkward movement, the pedestal can go to the other end of the room, and the TV can fall, crash;
technological holes - are placed on the back wall. They pass the cable from the TV, DVD, speaker system, game console, so that they are not confused and inconspicuous;
places for storage - it can be open shelves, drawers, compartments, rotating racks, consoles on the sides, etc .;
door design - swing or sliding. The latter allow you to save a little space, as they are revealed by the principle of a compartment. There are doors without handles that open with one click, in the hanging cabinets they swing open both down and up.
Posting Rules
In the living room, the TV is usually located in the center of the larger wall - here it occupies the most honorable place.
This placement is justified for several reasons:
a beautiful stand that fits well into the interior improves the appearance of the room;
when using some models, the illusion of an abundance of free space in a very small territory is created;
a capacious bedside table allows you to store a lot of necessary things in it;
the design of the living room becomes more functional;
if the design is long and narrow, then with a flat screen it is combined in the best way.
In interiors decorated “antique”, the TV is often disguised as a picture, with the help of the appropriate environment - wall sconces, picture frames, large clocks. The TV stand should be placed so that it is comfortable to watch, eyes and neck are not tired.
Conclusion
Low and tall cabinets are a great opportunity to conveniently place a TV, while decorating the room. You can buy a bedside table, make it to order, or even do it yourself from improvised materials - according to your own unique sketch. When there are several “blue screens” in an apartment, in your house, each of them is selected with its own unique design stand. If there is a problem of choosing a style suitable for a particular room, then you should turn to a professional interior designer.
TV often takes pride of place in any city apartment, country house, is its decoration. Someone hangs in a niche on a wall, an arm, an ordinary table, which is not always convenient. Modern designers have invented many types of stands on which to put the TV - since the vast majority of TVs are now flat, this design will take up very little space. About how the cabinets are placed under the TV in the interior, from what materials they are made, what they are in form, functional qualities, more in the text of this article.
Content
Materials for the production of cabinets
The materials used for manufacturing this type of item are different:
For some models, ivory, stained glass mosaic, natural veneer are used as decor. All kinds of wood are used: oak, beech, linden, spruce, hornbeam, wenge, walnut, pear, mahogany, etc. This design is extremely reliable and will last a long time. Suitable for loft style, classic, provence. Some manufacturers produce cabinets decorated with handmade fantasy carvings. The material is afraid of water, but rooms with a "blue screen" rarely have high humidity.
Laminated chipboard is very moisture resistant, durable, practical, has excellent sound insulation. Such a piece of furniture is relatively inexpensive, and is suitable for many interior styles. Plastic cabinets are available in all known colors. If the material is of high quality, then they will last a long time, originally fitting into the style of minimalism, futurism, modernism.
A glass nightstand will give the room lightness, a certain amount of space, which is a lot of importance in small rooms. Glass comes in a variety of colors, even with textured patterns. The product looks elegant, but it is not worth overloading it - not all models have sufficient strength. This material is not recommended for use in rooms where there are small children. Such a cabinet will originally fit into the high-tech style, minimalism and some others.
The metal stand is very reliable, it looks stylish, harmoniously fits into high-tech, loft, industrial design. Forged looks expensive, it is well suited to the interior, decorated in the Baroque style. The combination of wood and metal will make the bedside table a real decoration of the hall.
Types of designs
TV stands are different in design:
Each type has its own characteristics - not every bedside table is suitable for a large TV of the "Soviet" type. Dimensions, shape, color design should also correspond to the area, the stylistic decision of the room. Many coasters have convenient storage spaces.
With bracket
This cabinet is quite high, it has an inclined-swivel bracket, with which you can easily change the viewing angle of the screen, turning it from side to side. The main plus of such a stand is that you do not need to drill a wall to suspend a flat-screen TV, and the wires from it are neatly hidden in the built-in cable channel. This plasma bench easily moves to any place - the model is often equipped with wheels, allowing you to watch TV as conveniently as possible, both alone and as a family. The basis of such a bedside table is metal, and glass, wood, plastic serve as additional materials.
Hanging
With a large capacity, it is ideal for a limited area. Suspend the design at any convenient height. Most often, the decorative shelf has a large length, decorating a room, visually expanding the space, bringing lightness and a sense of spaciousness to the interior. Below there is a space that allows you to conveniently do wet cleaning of the room. The stand organically combines open, closed shelves, drawers, on its upper surface there is enough space for souvenirs brought from different countries, glossy magazines, newspapers, and beloved ficus. Manufacturing materials are preferably lightweight but durable. It is not recommended to hang such a curbstone on a very thin wall made of drywall.
With a chest of drawers
The floor stand has a long countertop, most often rectangular in shape. It is very interesting, functional - it is not only a design for placing media equipment, but also an excellent storage of disks with films, books, and other different things.In the closed cabinets of the cabinet there is enough space for storing items of clothing, in the middle there is often an open shelf for DVD, a tuner. There are many different models with side consoles for convenient placement of audio speakers, retractable compartments where you can arrange photos in frames, cute trinkets and more. Production materials - wood, chipboard, glass.
Corner models
In the bedroom, kitchen, cramped living room, it is best to put a corner bedside table - it significantly saves space without cluttering up the room. The design resembles a regular floor, it can take the form of a triangle, oval, polygon. It is very stable, but models with a shelf depth of more than fifty centimeters are able to "cut off" a significant piece of the room. The cabinet can have many closed, open shelves, drawers. Materials of manufacture can be almost any.
Basic selection rules
Choose a cabinet should be in accordance with the size of the existing TV or the one you plan to buy. The style, the area of the room should also be taken into account - for some rooms a large, monumental-looking wooden stand covering the entire wall will fit, but it will fit in others, only a modest corner made of transparent glass will look good. Among other things, you should take care of placing all kinds of accessories - for this, you also need a model of a certain kind, shape. In modern interiors, there are often cabinets with drawers, but without handles - to open them, just a little click on the door.
When choosing this piece of furniture you need to evaluate:
TV and room dimensions
A good TV is expensive - often buying a new one is very problematic. Therefore, it is important to place it so that the risk of falling is minimized. For this, the cabinet is chosen so long that the edges of the TV do not protrude beyond its borders - the probability of accidentally hooking it with your hand or the edge of the clothes will be vanishingly small.
The size of the TV in relation to the area of the room is a very important characteristic. The larger the room, the larger the screen in it can be placed harmoniously. Recommended distances from the screen to the viewer's eyes, for comfortable viewing, are approximately as follows:
The distance also depends on the image quality: for Full HD it will be less, for 4K Ultra HD - more. A large screen is placed in a spacious living room, and a small one is in the bedroom, children's room, and kitchen. The height to the middle of the screen is ideally 1.5 meters from the floor.
Stylistics and colors of the interior
A well-chosen cabinet will fit perfectly into any interior. For classic style, neoclassicism, art deco, a carved wooden structure, covered with a thin layer of varnish, is suitable. The space around the TV can be decorated with the same carved frame, matching the color of the stand. Other furniture is also preferred wooden, with a natural texture, curly legs.
The Scandinavian style cabinet has simple rectangular outlines, and the color is mainly white, gray, pale pink, ivory. This is a floor or suspension structure made of wood, chipboard, plastic. The general interior design of this style is also very bright with the point adding a small amount of bright contrasts - black, slate gray, brown. A large number of natural materials are welcome.
For the loft style, a rough metal floor construction is suitable, but in order to avoid injuries, it should not have sharp corners. The curbstone will organically look against the background of brick walls, “brick-like” wallpapers; it can be combined beautifully with the decorative coloring of heating radiators or any other pipes. Such a model often has convenient castors; it can partially be made of wood, reminiscent of an old chest.
A fireplace bedside table is a very original purchase. For the style of Provence, some types of ethnicity, it will be the best solution. The design, stylized as a Russian stove, belongs to the same series - it is almost completely white, and closed shelves are in the “pipe”. For the successful placement of this piece of furniture you will need a lot of space - in a cramped room the element will not look good enough.
If the apartment is decorated in the style of art-belief, then the TV stand can be knocked together on your own from Euro pallets, which many companies sell for cheap or give away shops for free. Pallets are fastened with nails, painted in any color, varnished. It is desirable that all the furniture around is made of the same material. It is also very important that the surface is well polished, the structure itself is stable enough so that the screen does not accidentally fall off it.
Possibility of placing accessories
Accessories for television stands are:
Many parts are universal, and therefore suitable for any cabinet. When buying a design of the original form, the presence of the above parts, the possibility of their fastening should be clarified with the seller.
Additional items
Each bedside table has various features that increase its functionality and appearance. These include:
Posting Rules
In the living room, the TV is usually located in the center of the larger wall - here it occupies the most honorable place.
This placement is justified for several reasons:
In interiors decorated “antique”, the TV is often disguised as a picture, with the help of the appropriate environment - wall sconces, picture frames, large clocks. The TV stand should be placed so that it is comfortable to watch, eyes and neck are not tired.
Conclusion
Low and tall cabinets are a great opportunity to conveniently place a TV, while decorating the room. You can buy a bedside table, make it to order, or even do it yourself from improvised materials - according to your own unique sketch. When there are several “blue screens” in an apartment, in your house, each of them is selected with its own unique design stand. If there is a problem of choosing a style suitable for a particular room, then you should turn to a professional interior designer.