Today, there is increasingly one of the key plasma panels in design. They are capable of a simple living room to turn into a small family cinema. The design of the wall next to the TV can be different, most often for the design of plasterboard applied. But it is important not only to choose suitable ideas for decorating, but also think about it to harmonize with a common living room interior. Often additionally mounted shelves for trifles and built-in lockers.
When designing a wall under TV, it is important that he harmonized with a common living room interior. Frequently use built-in lockers.
How to make a wall next to the TV?
The decoration of the wall under the TV is usually not particularly difficult, but first it is necessary to make a project for which all works will be conducted, pick up suitable fastening options. The simplest material for the decoration of the wall under the television panel is drywall. It allows you to completely change the entire appearance of the surface, to equip not only a niche or regiments under the TV, but also additional places for books, baubles.
When designing a wall under a TV from plasterboard, you can make built-in lockers.
With sufficient skill, you can immediately provide for the presence of built-in bedside tables and lockers that can be needed in the living room. It is necessary to take into account the overall layout and style of the room, the color gamut. In addition, it is necessary to choose a place for the TV correctly, in full compliance with the standards for laying a residential premises. If there is not enough experience, then such a sketch can be ordered from a professional designer. It will help arrange this area so that it is harmonious, comfortable and attractive.
To work will be required:
- Plasterboard in the calculated quantity (you can take the usual wall);
- Wooden rails as a frame for fasteners of plasterboard;
- Cable Channels for electrical and television cables;
- Self-tapping screws on plasterboard;
- screwdriver;
- building level;
- Metal ruler;
- simple pencil;
- putty;
- putty knife;
- finishing material;
- Knife for cutting drywall.
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Finishing niche and selection of lighting
First you need to free the wall where work will be performed. According to the sketch on the surface, marking under the framework.
Instead of the rail, you can use a special metal profile, this option is almost no different.
Dimensions of the drywall niches under the TV.
Next, you can define the places where the cables will pass, attach the cable channels to the wall. Factors are taken into account here:
- the place where the TV will stand;
- Norms of laying cables in a residential room.
Be sure to install a socket, an antenna output. After preparatory work, you can begin to install plasterboard sheets, special screws are used for fastening. During the installation of their heads, it is necessary to cut a slightly in the material so that after applying a putty, the surface turned out to be as smooth as possible.
Often, LED backlights are used for such walls. Its presence must be provided in advance so that it is possible to immediately hold cables, mount the light tape. In addition, you will need a special transformer, it is purchased individually, its type and cost depends on such parameters as:
- LED tape type;
- The number of LEDs on the pontamon m;
- voltage.
During the design of the plasterboard niche, it is necessary to provide additional attachments in the field of installation of the television panel. If a special frame is included in the machine, then it is necessary to mount it after finishing the wall surface, leaving the mortgages (usually they are included). After fasteners of drywall, the surface is needed to sharpen. The wall is not completely covered, but only those places where the joints, the places of fasteners of the screws, the corners are. It is used for this special mixture that can be easily bought in any construction store.
The TV must be installed so that the screen is located its middle at the level of the view of the person sitting opposite.
When the putty dries, it is necessary to predict the surface, give the primer the opportunity to dry. When the wall is ready for the finishing finish, it is necessary to prepare exactly the finishing material that is most suitable for this. Usually it coincides with the rest of the material, which was used for other walls, but this is not at all mandatory. Wall design can be made unusual and interesting.
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In such design it is very important to take into account the existing style of finishes so that the situation is harmonious. It is not recommended to use colored and too bright wallpaper with patterns, as they will divert attention from the TV. It is best to make the wall of one-photo or with large drawings, geometric ornament. Fashionable today plasma panels are decorated with a baguette. You can order it in any art workshop or buy a plastic ready. Before sticking the baguette around the perimeter of the niche, it can be painted in the desired color, cover the layer of varnish. It is fastened to the surface of a decorative baguette strictly around the perimeter, for this it is used so-called liquid nails, they are intended to perform such works. If possible, you can use ceramic mosaic tiles in design, which will create a presentable appearance. Natural stone or brick are suitable.
Installing TV
When installing the TV, it is necessary to ensure that the sides remain the gaps for ventilation. On the sides, it is possible to strengthen the lamps, their selection depends on what lighting is used in the already existing design. The TV itself must be at the height, convenient for the viewer, so that the look fell directly on the screen. It will be optimal if the screen is located its middle at the level of the view of the person sitting opposite. Solar rays should not fall into the panel, so you should not hang the TV in front of the window.
To properly set at home plasma television panel, it is not enough to choose it, you need to make a wall. Most often, drywall is used for this, since work in this case is performed quickly and simply. Design options can be selected different.