34 TV Wall Ideas That Are Both Functional and Stylish

Having a television can make designing your living room tricky, but there are plenty of creative ways to style a TV wall to make it blend seamlessly with the room's decor.

Taking the time to design a nice TV wall can elevate the whole space to make it both functional and stylish. You can decorate a TV wall with paint, wallpaper, tile, wood paneling, or a textured finish. Create a media wall with built-in cabinets to hide wires and open shelving around the TV to display decor objects.

Integrate a fireplace or a wall of bookshelves to create a hybrid TV wall that will blend seamlessly into the room. Personalize your TV wall with custom paint colors or integrated LED lighting for an elevated feel.

Check out these TV wall ideas in a range of sizes and styles for inspiration.

Colorful Tile TV Wall

Build out your TV wall with colorful finishes and decor so that the flat screen doesn't dominate. Gray Space Interiors paired a linear fireplace and a TV of equal widths on a medium blue square tile fireplace wall.

The walls on either side are painted midnight blue to add depth, and styled with a mix of art, plants, and decor objects.

Farmhouse TV Wall

Balance a fireplace TV wall with built-ins on either side. Michelle Berwick Design added a chunky wood mantel in the same tones as the ceiling beams and built-ins in this modern farmhouse living room that makes the TV only part of the story.

Shelves are styled with photos, objects, and plants to keep the eye moving when the TV is off.

Wood-Paneled TV Wall

Give your TV a sleek look by installing a tailor-fit TV niche that allows the screen to be flush with the wall. Tina Ramchandani Creative covered the TV wall in dark wood veneer with visible graining in this New York City apartment living room.

Minimalist TV Wall

For a minimalist look, hang a Frame TV on the wall and add a floating wood shelf beneath it to anchor it visually. Calimia Home lightly styled a natural wood floating shelf with a vase of greenery and some decor objects to soften the look.

Wallpapered TV Wall

Turn your TV wall into an accent wall with colorful or patterned wallpaper. Kendall Wilkinson Design paired black-and-white wallpaper in a busy abstract pattern with white walls and plenty of color in this spacious TV room.

TV Wall Niche

To prevent your wall-mounted TV from sticking out into a smaller living room space, build a slightly recessed niche into the wall. Louis Duncan-He Designs carved space for a flat screen on a gray shiplap wall in this midcentury modern living room.

Bookshelf TV Wall

Build a custom floor-to-ceiling bookshelf with a cubby that fits your TV on a stand for an integrated feel, like this London living room from Studio Peake. The media wall is painted white to contrast with bright yellow wall paint and allow multicolored books to double as decor.

Wood Slat TV Wall

For a high-contrast look, mount your flat screen TV and sound bar on a wood slat wall above your home bar, like this space from Brophy Interiors.

Backlit TV Wall

Add ambient lighting on your TV wall to create a balanced and integrated feel. Kendall Wilkinson Design added custom LED backlighting on this TV wall for an upscale feel, but you could opt for sconces instead.

Coastal TV Wall

Give your TV wall a light coastal look with pale wood and open white shelving. Interior designer Maite Granda put a beach photo on the Frame TV to drive home the Florida coast feel.

Contemporary TV Wall

Create a cohesive TV wall with a built-in TV, linear fireplace insert, and integrated sound bar. Brophy Interiors painted the wood slats black to contrast with white walls and pale wood tones. The wall includes a single built-in on one side.

TV Wall With Cubbies

Decorate the background wall of a custom TV wall niche with wallpaper, tile, or a graphic wall design that will add movement to distract the eye when the TV isn't on. Brophy Interiors added dimension with a recessed niche for the TV and a built-in console that is flanked by display cubbies on either side for a tailored modern look.

Navy Shiplap TV Wall

Even if you don't mind the look of a large flat screen, you still might want to subdue its presence. Brexton Cole Interiors added an accent shiplap fireplace wall that houses the fireplace and helps the TV to recede when not in use.

Seasonal TV Wall

In a smaller space, your TV wall might consist of nothing more than the space between windows. Liz Marie Blog added an ornate frame around a Frame TV and added a picture light on the wall above it to trick the eye into thinking it's a painting.

The narrow TV wall is decorated here for fall with leaves and antlers, but you can switch up the decoration as seasons change if you're a fan of creating vignettes.

Black TV Wall

Create a seamless TV wall with black paint, wallpaper, or wood paneling. Forbes + Masters used a dark wood console to anchor the flat screen, and added a pair of lamps with black shades on either side of the TV for a streamlined feel.

Multi-Screen TV Wall

If you have serious gamers in the house, add a luxurious TV wall in your game room with a row of screens and extra-long seating that can accommodate a crowd.

Kendall Wilkinson Design outfitted this upscale game room with everything from lighted wine storage to a home bar, card table for game nights, and a custom TV wall with a built-in niche and room for three separate screens for the gamers in the house.

DIY TV Wall

Create a DIY TV wall with nothing more than paint and thrifted picture frames. A Beautiful Mess hung an assortment of empty frames in varying sizes and formats and painted the whole thing black. The TV sits on a midcentury modern console rather than hanging on the wall.

Color-Blocked TV Wall

Use color-blocking to structure your TV wall. Brophy Interiors kept it simple and minimal with bold contrasting patches of black and white that helps to make the flat screen feel at one with the wall rather than an add-on.

TV Wall Console

Create a casual screening room feel with a gigantic U-shaped sectional that can seat as many people as you like. Kendall Wilkinson Design created a custom TV console on the wall that floats above the floor for an airy effect, and is painted in a deep green and finished with a mix of open and closed storage.

Midcentury TV Wall

There were no flat screens when midcentury modern style was born. But if you are designing a modern TV wall in a room with an original midcentury modern fireplace that stretches from wall to wall, use the top ledge as display space for a mix of art and objects that will help to balance a flat screen mounted in the center of the wall.

Erin Williamson Design also painted the ceiling black in this midcentury modern living room that ensures the TV isn't the only empty black surface in the room.

Textured TV Wall

Add texture to your living room TV wall with a concrete skim coat, limewash, or faux concrete wallpaper. Alvin Wayne mounted the flat screen and sound bar above a carved wood console to add more texture to the mix.

Bedroom TV Wall

Create a niche above a chest of built-in drawers on a wall of bedroom closets and clothing storage that can house your TV. Interior designer Maite Granda chose a TV on a stand rather than a wall-mounted model that is easy to install or change out.

Sage Green TV Wall

Paint your TV wall in an on trend color like sage green to make it feel current. Brophy Interiors added vertical white shiplap behind the TV itself that complements the white shiplap wall family photo gallery wall.

Basement Lounge TV Wall

Lighten up a dark painted TV wall with a row of cane- or metal mesh-front storage. Louis Duncan-He Designs mixed black and blue paint on the built-ins and walls of this basement lounge TV room. The room is outfitted with leather furniture and styled with wall art and objects to give it a cozy and grounded feel.

TV Wall Sconces

Paint your built-in TV wall in a dark shade to add dimension to a white-walled room. Blogger Ursula Carmona of Home Made By Carmona painted these family room built-ins midnight blue, and added a pair of shiny brass sconces on either side that bring some warmth to the space both day and night.

Modern TV Wall

Build a custom TV wall with an integrated screen and hidden storage for a high-end look, like this spacious Florida living room from interior designer Maite Granda.

All-White TV Wall

Create a serene feel with an all-white TV wall, from the walls to the built-ins, open shelving, and fireplace. Mary Patton Design styled the shelves with colorful books, art, and objects to energize the space.

Discreet TV Wall

Make the TV wall rather than the TV the focal point of your room with a bold accent color like dark blue. In this living room from Julie Rose for Velinda Hellen Design, the furniture is laid out to create a conversation area, with twin sofas facing one another rather than the screen.

Standalone TV Wall

Hang wallpaper with a subtle graphic pattern to add definition to a standalone TV wall in an open-plan space, like this apartment living room from Forbes + Masters.

White Shiplap TV Wall

Give your TV wall a light feel with white shiplap walls and Shaker cabinetry. Calimia Home left white space around the Frame TV for an airy look.

TV Wall Lighting

Give your TV wall a luxurious look with custom-built shelving and warm lighting in wall shelves and a coffered ceiling, like this space from Kendall Wilkinson Design. The walls and ceilings are painted blue for a cohesive jewel box feel.

TV Wall Floating Console

Structure your TV wall with a wall-mounted console to anchor a large flat screen. Interior designer Maite Granda anchored a large screen with a wide console in this long and narrow TV room for a balanced look.

White and Wood TV Wall

Mix white and wood tones to create an easy modern TV wall that will work seamlessly in a neutral space. Michelle Berwick Design added warmth to white walls with wood built-in shelving and a chunky wood mantel in this airy space.

Wet Bar TV Wall

Hang your TV on the tiled backsplash above a home wet bar that is both practical and decorative. Michelle Berwick Design mixed black and gray finishes with rust-colored tiles and pale woods in this basement bar.

Mirrored TV Wall

In a living room with floor-to-ceiling windows, add a large mirror panel behind the TV on a solid wall to create the illusion of wrap-around windows that will take the focus off the TV when it's not in use.

Interior designer Maite Granda added a mirrored panel on a gray wall that reflects the view and makes the narrow space feel more expansive.

What should you put on a TV wall?

A TV wall can be decorated with everything from paint to wallpaper to wall trim or built-in shelving. You can embellish a TV wall with custom lighting, framed art, or wall decor. If your TV wall is also the fireplace wall, you can make it look more integrated with a new mantel, a pair of sconces, or a firewood niche.

What is the best color to paint a wall behind a TV?

The best color to paint the wall behind a TV is a dark shade that will help the TV to fade into the background when not in use. Paint it black for maximum camouflage. If that’s too much for you, try navy, dark gray, or forest green.

Are media walls dated?

Media walls look dated when they are built around outdated tech. For an updated look, build an inset niche for a flat screen, incorporate a sleek wall-mounted sound bar instead of large speakers, or paint the wall and shelving in a dark shade that will make it look brand new.

Read the original article on The Spruce.