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advice on media wall

28 days ago

Looking for advice on creating a media wall in this room. Never mind the furniture. It will be replaced with a 105” green sofa, end table, coffee table (48”) all in walnut wood finish. Wall length is 15’.

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  • PRO
    28 days ago

    Select a floating cabinet that hangs off the wall.




  • PRO
    28 days ago
    last modified: 28 days ago

    I love Besta from Ikea for media walls you put the pieces together to make it look custom and a place for a TV , some storage and a bit of display Fills the wall nicely allows a bigger TV and lots of closed storarge and some nice display I have had the pieces painted at a car paint shop in some pretty interesting colors too.


  • 28 days ago

    Can you show us the furniture pieces so we can get a feel for the style you are after…?

  • 28 days ago

    Absolutely. Here are the items I purchased so far. The coffee table is 48” round Wyeth from RH in brown oak. Side table is also by RH (Byron in same, brown oak). I don’t want to do anything white or light wood on the media wall but don’t know if matching the brown wood tone on the media wall would make it too heavy on the same wood.

  • 28 days ago

    Beverly, what is that floating unit in brown wood you posted a photo of? Where can I source it?

  • PRO
    28 days ago

    Amazon or Wayfair

  • PRO
    27 days ago
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    On a 15" wall, I'd want to use 10 feet of it for media. .......and not drown in wood. Develop a warm palette...given the sofa, ( no clue what green but all work in nature, together) I customized Room and Board cabinets, ( sage )butted two together to equal 114" at 29" high

    Put art on the tv...

    https://www.roomandboard.com/catalog/made-for-you/custom-storage/copenhagen-custom-cabinet-designer



  • 27 days ago

    There is a large hvac return behind that left lamp, so OP needs to consider that too.

  • PRO
    27 days ago
    last modified: 27 days ago

    Actually..... I think your selection process a bit out of order, with the coffee table/sides selected prior to consideration of a major focal point and size consideration in media- painting yourself into a corner? I just noticed your actual sofa selection.....

    I'd butt two Pottery Barn with TEXTURE ( your sofa color considered )

    two together is 144 inches of the 15' wall.....





    I might even CREDIT your coffee table purchase.....for something like this......and get chairs from RH...?



    https://www.birchlane.com/furniture/pdp/brennan-marble-large-wood-small-coffee-table-white-calacatta-marble-b110027256.html

    __________________________________

    Or........trade the RH table and get a 100" media cab from RH in a trade oopsie

    Moody and organic doesn't mean all turns to mud: )

    That way.....the media matches end tables, but NOT the coffee table, and you avoid white or a light wood.




    this.......feels dark..........


    THIS........much less so down below

    and more interesting







  • 27 days ago

    Marina, when you say the wall is 15', is that the wall up to the return that chispa mentioned?

  • 27 days ago

    If you have settled on the dark coffee table and end tables I’d avoid more dark for the media unit. With your green sofa and drapes I question more green. What about white to continue what the fireplace is doing?

  • 27 days ago

    I see you said in a comment to no white - why specifically?

  • PRO
    27 days ago

    The drapes are new?? Or from the real estate photo? She had a thread way back...wish folks wouldn't start new: )

  • 27 days ago

    Absolutely. Here are the items I purchased so far. The coffee table is 48” round Wyeth from RH in brown oak. Side table is also by RH (Byron in same, brown oak). I don’t want to do anything white or light wood on the media wall but don’t know if matching the brown wood tone on the media wall would make it too heavy on the same wood.

  • 27 days ago

    I love the idea of a green console! Thank you Jan for the room and board suggestion. I would consider white but only in a warm (cream) tone. Any suggestions on where I can source one?

  • PRO
    27 days ago
    last modified: 27 days ago

    But here is your problem I am trying to explain,....

    ( and you FIRST must clarify distance from the heat run to the window wall ))

    You aren't going to find "Warm Ivory" or Green in anything but too short in length and too traditional for the RH you jumped on, too soon.!! End tables have a million iterations that could have worked, as do coffee tables

    Return the coffee table. Take a credit towards chairs, or something else.

    This is probably your best bet, at 108 inches, Pottery Barn Cayman -ALMOST an ivory.



    If you like the

    Room and Board? You still need a sample and test with the couch fabric

    JMHO"

    The fix is right here, and return the RH TABLE, BUTT two of the media together




  • 27 days ago

    Absolutely. Here are the items I purchased so far. The coffee table is 48” round Wyeth from RH in brown oak. Side table is also by RH (Byron in same, brown oak). I don’t want to do anything white or light wood on the media wall but don’t know if matching the brown wood tone on the media wall would make it too heavy on the same wood.

    Thank you. I will need to measure the distance from the heat return. I’m assuming anything with 100” will still work. I don’t want to layer any more woods into the space unless they’re light colored or aha green from RG. The curtains in the photo aren’t staying

  • PRO
    27 days ago
    last modified: 27 days ago

    Colors/warmth/unmatched....avoiding......."it all came from same place same truck" : )



    Two PB consoles butt tightl

    Hair on Hide cocktail, PB ( spills wipe up, put feet up use a tray on the other ) Blonde

    Arhaus most COMFY SWIVEL EVER!!.

    Mix it up

  • PRO
    26 days ago
    last modified: 26 days ago

    Back to "I want green"? God made paint and custom mixed 4 u paint for a reason!

    Lets assume your usable wall for media is 12 ' /144 inches,

    1249.00 ea. Butt 3tight/ 40.5 and you have 121 inches of console!! Pick your paint and diy to any shade of green you want. No matter WHAT you do....getting to the right sized, no clutter, effect for that wall? Is not going to be less. Call it the penalty clause in diy for not considering the major focal point first: )




  • 26 days ago

    Absolutely. Here are the items I purchased so far. The coffee table is 48” round Wyeth from RH in brown oak. Side table is also by RH (Byron in same, brown oak). I don’t want to do anything white or light wood on the media wall but don’t know if matching the brown wood tone on the media wall would make it too heavy on the same wood.

    Thank you. What do you mean by” not considering the major focal point”?

  • PRO
    26 days ago

    This wall,,,,, is the second thing ( focal point ) you see on entry to the room. . First is the big window,......this is next, and MORE important than a cocktail table or side table......which has 1000 x times the options: ) for finishes,!

  • 26 days ago

    Absolutely. Here are the items I purchased so far. The coffee table is 48” round Wyeth from RH in brown oak. Side table is also by RH (Byron in same, brown oak). I don’t want to do anything white or light wood on the media wall but don’t know if matching the brown wood tone on the media wall would make it too heavy on the same wood.

    Not much I can do about the window and fireplace placements in the house. By default, the long wall becomes the focal point where everything needs to be oriented toward

  • PRO
    26 days ago
    last modified: 26 days ago

    "Not much I can do about the window and fireplace placements in the house. By default, the long wall becomes the focal point where everything needs to be oriented toward."

    We know what you purchased before your post....

    As to above? Yes, that is the point. It need not be considered a gigantic "orientation" flaw, it isn't a tragedy,......when it is considered at the start of a plan. You didn't do that "plan". Hence..... you've a bit of "I painted my way into a tighter " darker" corner than I may have realized" Right?

    Which only means you have THREE/four dark pieces, but then "don't want light wood, don't want white, but MAYBE A WARM ivory, and probably do not want the nearly 4k it will take to make the wall that you really want to like for a long time, and you probably spent more than necessary to get the RH coffee table and side tables?
    Even with a "membership"? Am I close? Yup..I am...because you do not want drab/dreary.

  • 26 days ago

    Your assumptions are inaccurate😊. I bought 2 RH tables (coffee and end table) at steep “outlet” prices. I’m not opposed at all on spending $4-$5k to make that wall pop. I just don’t want stark whites in the space and want to integrate my green sofa with the two darker walnut RH pieces. What I’m looking for is how to add other pieces and which specific color tones to coordinate my already purchased items with. I happen to like the pieces I bought

  • PRO
    26 days ago
    last modified: 26 days ago

    I gave you at least six ways,,,,,,,,? Added two this morning? You still have not posted the exact distance HVAC to window wall.

    You can have green, you can have warm ivory.

    What you can't do is find either EXACTLY right online and ready to go. Right size right color,right style ALL.

    In designer land this is called "You make it custom to you" however you do it= butt together of samller, paint etc and you are simply

    CustoMIZEING what you buy.....

    OR? You can have it made to your exact specs - Custom. Find a woodworker: )?

  • 26 days ago

    Fully agree😊. That’s why I hired a carpenter😊. Thank you for all the great advice