We then had a cable company install a cable receptacle on the wall directly to the left of the brick fireplace.
How to hide cable box tv over fireplace.
It s more function than form and stuff.
Mount tv to wall mount.
Luckily we already had an electrical outlet on a wall directly next to our fireplace on the right lower side of the brick fireplace.
For over a year now we have had our cable box dvd player and appletv sitting on a shelf to the right of our fireplace.
We are moving to a newly constructed home and the family tv is supposed to go on the wall above the gas fireplace in the family room cable hookup is there already.
It was time to move the cable box.
Cue the sketch drama music.
When we got a new loveseat the shelf made it impossible for someone to walk behind the loveseat.
This rise in tvs over the fireplace trend has been mine for a while.
How to hide cables and wires.
When we got a new loveseat the shelf made it impossible for someone to walk behind the loveseat.
For over a year now it has driven me nuts.
But my husband s afraid that heat from the fireplace will mess with it.
But back to the tv part because the only place one was over the fireplace.
Its major disadvantage is that the cables are not so easy to access under the trim work if you need to remove or add one in the future.
The space was too crammed.
We all have things about houses we don t like.
It s not the easiest and quickest way to hide your tv cords but it s certainly an eye catching one.
Originally we hid some of the components and the xbox 360 inside the fireplace mantel but one day j had an idea to move all of the components into the hall closet which is just around.
For over a year now we have had our cable box dvd player and appletv sitting on a shelf to the right of our fireplace.
The fireplace mantle is not deep enough to put a cable box on it plus i don t think it would look so nice being front and center like that.
It can be a great solution when you want to hide tv wires over a fireplace.