Please show what’s in the two sides of that cabinet. Whatever you do with the center top should somehow coordinate with the entirety of that wall if not the entire room.

We need to see the entire unit or entire wall

Got it! I will post pictures when I’m back on Monday! Thank you!

I think it would be nice to have a door over the opening, or just covered permanently.

Do you really want to look at decor while you are watching TV? Or move the TV to a different wall and fill the cabinet with collectibles.

Fake Book Storage Boxes.

Ceramics

Show the WHOLE room. Every angle. Not just a cabinet on a wall, that for all we know isn't even the best or only place for a tv.: )

Failing that?

Find a basket to fit, build a better, wider booster box for cable/dvr, fill the space, and move on and DON'T buy a ton of junk as filler for the whole of what we can't SEE.:)

How do you relax in that home? Some would have a line of movies in boxes there. I could see vinyls there. Otherwise what Beverly shows. If this is a beach home/cabin in the woods...perhaps nature finds of some memory...we really need more information.

Here are some more photos. We just bought the house so we are slowly and intentionally adding to the shelves. The two black glass panels to the side of the TV used to house a sound system for the house, electronics, modems etc. I like the idea of just adding some kind of door above the TV since there are many shelves.

As Jan suggested, a basket (or two) to fit the space would work.

Make the back wall of all these cabinets (including behind the TV) black. It will be stylish and will solve all the problems with finding decor and filling the shelves. The minimum will be enough and no baskets. If you like a lot of wood, then paint only the central part - behind the TV and in the drawer above it.

And then place black decorative items on the shelves on the left (several, for balance). You can also not paint, but stick a matte black self-adhesive film, then you can remove it and return to the original look.

I would paint the whole center section (the box where the TV sits) Black, so it is just a black box, uniform, the TV disappears into the dark.

Line up the darn shelves :) Add color to the room, add texture!

How about a mantel clock on that shelf?

Remove the shelf , find a way to raise the TV, box for it to sit on. Center it in the cabinet.

As suggested by Jan, start by lining-up the shelves. Style the shelves. Natural fibre roman shades on the windows. Update the ceiling fan. New accent pillows and throw. A black pouf. Art above the mantel.

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