An illuminated TV wall, off and on
A recent living-room build: a floor-to-ceiling media wall designed around a wall-mounted TV, with storage below and display on either side. The brief was simple — make the television the centre of the room in the day, and make the whole wall glow at night.
In daylight, with the lighting off, it reads as clean joinery: a fluted wood top panel that carries the eye up to the ceiling, a marble-look centre panel behind the screen, slim glass shelves in the side towers, and a run of drawers and cabinets along the base for everything that should stay out of sight.
The wall earns its keep at night
The same wall changes character once the lighting comes on. A warm LED cove runs around the marble panel and up through the glass towers, so the shelves float and the stone panel lifts off the wall.
Look into the side towers with the light on and the depth shows — each glass shelf catches the light on its edge, so the display niches read as lit boxes rather than flat shelving.
Built to be lived with
None of it is decoration for its own sake. The base cabinets and drawers take the clutter a living room collects; the open centre shelf sits at the right height for a soundbar and the boxes that come with a TV; the cove light runs on its own switch so it can be scene-setting in the evening without lighting the whole room.
If you are planning a living room and want the TV wall to do more than hold a screen — storage, display and lighting worked into one built-in — send a photo of the space and rough measurements and I’ll tell you what’s possible.
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