Blue Sky Building Company These built ins were custom made by the homeowner's son. This is the way he designed them to look.

seattlecourt I actually just found words very similar at Hobby Lobby online.

michelleanndesilva Just ordered them!! Thank you so much:)))))

Esther Bergling this is sooo close to my FR layout, it's scary. and YES! we have to crane our neck to watch TV which is why I don't watch TV in this room. I'm not missing much but it's irritating when hubby and I decide to sit down for a movie cuz in about 30 min, my neck is killing me. I have to move to the DR which is situated directly next but up a half level with a half wall. I am then eye level with TV and can watch without killing my neck. I never would recommend this setup for the TV.

Elite Staging and Redesign, LLC Well, it looks beautiful!

Blue Sky Building Company This color is Clary Sage (6178) from Sherwin-Williams. Thank you!

Blue Sky Building Company The wall color is Clary Sage (6178) from Sherwin-Williams. Thank you!

Cynthia Taylor-Luce Looks like an eight-foot ceiling to me.

michelesalleydavis How high is the flat screen tv. What is the distance from screen to viewing seats?

wlb134 I absolutely LOVE the buil-ins. They are perfect and exactly what I hope to put in our large (albeit storage shy) family room. Thank you so much for posting this!

browneyes898 My fireplace is similiar to this one but the stones go to the top. I do not put my TV on the mantle as I like to decorate the mantle. Would you recommend the "built-ins" to go to the top to align with the fireplace or stop at mid point. Thank you for suggestions you may share!

davetv I would love to know what stone and what hearth you used. Is it cultured?

joshwoody2000 How Tall are the ceilings? 8 or 9 ft?

Andrea Johnson Looks just like Coronado Stone's Idaho Drystack profile / Color: Carmel Mt. Here is their Houzz profile page http://www.houzz.com/pro/coronado-stone/coronado-stone-products

Blue Sky Building Company This is Tennessee Crab Orchard hearthstone in buff color range. Thank you!

The Shabby Nest Valspar's Sea Foam is a similar color.

Blue Sky Building Company The walls are Clary Sage (6178) from Sherwin-Williams. Thank you!

The Shabby Nest Valspar's Lyndhurst Shady Grove is a similar color.

Blue Sky Building Company This is Clary Sage from Sherwin-Williams. Thank you!

Emily Hurley I don't think they have to be the same finish in two different rooms, but they probably have to "go together" if that makes sense.

slea Thanks much....appreciate it!

marthac26 i have a wall like this i love the unit but ihave the heat unit in that wall i dont know where can i put the heater

cvkitty I have a similar issue, where there is a in-wall ac unit high up on the right of the fireplace... I'm thinking that it would be a great idea to have built-ins flanking the fireplace as in here, and make the top shelf space big enough to house the ac unit, so I can use it during the summer. Then in the winter, hide it with a picture frame, as inspired by this room
... for a heater, one solution would be to put it inside one of the "cabinets" and make the door panels out of a decorative metal grid...

Blue Sky Building Company This is Tennessee Crab Orchard Cultured Stone in buff color range.

TanCalGal You can store many parts in another room or closet with an infrared remote unit http://www.smarthome.com/770204IR/Channel-Vision-E4200IR-Micro-Modulator-4-Channel-w-IR-Repeater/p.aspx

Media Decor See http://www.houzz.com/questions/74877

bepsf Since they're custom built-ins, they could be built to any size you need to fit your space.

Anne DeCocco An interior designer or good cabinet maker can design this for you. And tweak it to make sure it's exactly what works for your home and how you want to use it!

bozz Thanks

COASTROAD Hearth & Patio This is a gas fireplace - more specifically, a direct-vent gas fireplace.

One of the challenges with a manufactured wood-burning fireplace comes if you try to recess the TV into the wall - the size of the chimney will usually prevent much more than a recess the depth of the the wall framing. I don't recommend recessing the TV anyway (because it defines the size of the TV forever), but I would suggest recessing the mounting bracket just slightly if you have a side view where you might see the mount & wiring.

Heat usually isn't an issue over most wood-burning fireplaces simply because most wood-burning fireplaces aren't very efficient and most of the heat goes up the chimney.

On the other hand, unvented gas fireplaces (illegal in some states) produce A LOT of convective heat, so we do not recommend that you install a TV over the top of an unvented fireplace. Having said that, a lot of people do.

In this case, there are no codes that will prevent you from putting a TV over a wood or gas fireplace, but there are certainly a number of considerations - viewing height, ease of wiring, heat buildup, etc - to consider before trying it.

zidog Thanks for all the info! This is very helpful.

COASTROAD Hearth & Patio Either natural stone or man-made stone can generally be installed directly over your existing brick, so long as the brick is sound and installing stone won't interfere with the fireplace. Can you upload a photo of your fireplace so we can see what is going on? Don't be shy!
If you are planning to install cabinets on either or both sides, the cabinets should be installed first and the stone installed to it, instead of the other way around. If the fireplace sits forward of the side cabinets, you can have the cabinet people design the cabinets with an extra wide stile (the vertical piece of the cabinet frame) toward the fireplace so the stone has something to "die" into.
There are some other tricks to doing a nice job, but I hesitate to bury you with information that isn't pertinent to your project.

Kelly Porter Austere Gray 6184 by Sherwin-Williams looks similar.

Blue Sky Building Company This is Clary Sage from Sherwin-Williams. Thank you!