15 Ways to Decorate Around {and Hide!} the TV | Thrifty Decor Chick

Source: Pottery Barn catalog

Keep in mind this can get busy fast! The black and white photos keep this wall from becoming visually overwhelming. 

I love how this one has some art hung behind the TV a bit — you can still see it, but it feels layered: 

These are a couple of my favorites — I like the simple but non-symmetrical layout: 

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By the way, I prefer to hang our TVs instead of sitting them on a piece of furniture. I ALWAYS hang our flatscreen televisions on the wall. 

I find a mounted TV is cleaner and blends in to the surroundings better. 

I love the way Emily pulls in some color around her dark TV: 

Beautiful! Notice how the green tones in the artwork are repeated? This helps to keep the artwork from looking too busy. 

I used very simple black frames around the TV hanging in our bedroom: 

I also layered a couple slightly behind the TV like in the photo above. 

If you don’t want to use art, try something else! I love Marian’s use of decorative plates for a softer feel: 

Oh how I LOVE that symmetry! 

2. Keep the decor around the TV simple

I love the clean floating shelves with simple decor here: 

Source: Crate and Barrel catalog

I really like the low TV stand as well. This is simpler and less cluttered look if a gallery wall is too much for you. 

3. “Hide” the television with a dark wall

I also like the idea of going darker on the wall behind the television. A big black box on a light wall sticks out like a sore thumb!

A dark paint color blends the television into the background. 

You can paint a whole wall or a smaller section — I love this dark gray living room fireplace flanked by white bookcases:

You KNOW how much I love a gray accent!

Here’s ours hanging over the dark gray fireplace and built ins in our old family room (this color is Peppercorn by Sherwin-Williams):

I think a dark wall goes a long way to downplaying the flatscreen.

Creating an accent wall behind can also direct attention away from the television. When you combine that with a dark background like our dark gray entertainment center wall, it works even better:

4. Turn your TV into art! 

We purchased a Samsung Frame TV years ago and I love it! It has a more of a matte screen that turns your television into a piece of art: 

There are beautiful scenes with just about any theme you can think of on YouTube as well. They are great to display during a party or get together. 

See the tutorial for our DIY frame for the TV — my version was a fraction of what the Samsung frames costs. 

Have you done anything special to minimize the TVs in your house? Or does it not bother you much?