jackson'smama Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 if you have a flatscreen tv over your fireplace mantle, please tell me what you do with your cords and your "boxes" (like satellite receiver, dvd, etc...). we're building and trying to plan ahead for the day when our thick ol' tv dies and we have to go the flatscreen route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momee Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 DH is handy so this may affect your outcome :) but we used the mantle as what he calls the "cable trough". Then he ran the cables down the side of the fireplace and made a hole at the bottom for them to come out. We're going to buy a nice bookcase with a cabinet in the bottom part to hide the equipment. Took a while and he had to buy lots of HDMI cable. It wasn't cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Our tv sits on the mantle. Our Blue Ray player and satellite box sit next to it. They stuck out quite a bit so dh painted a board to stick under them for extra stability. We have a surge protector with a really long cord sitting on the mantle for all the plugs. It runs from the plug, behind a bookcase and up to the mantle. We also have our Wii box, modem and telephone on the mantle. It doesn't look great but our main reason for doing it this way was to keep things out of reach of the little guys, especially when they were younger. It also gives us more space in our very small living room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Well our mantle was pretty big so our DVD player sat on top of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy in TN Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 DH is handy so this may affect your outcome :) but we used the mantle as what he calls the "cable trough". Then he ran the cables down the side of the fireplace and made a hole at the bottom for them to come out. We're going to buy a nice bookcase with a cabinet in the bottom part to hide the equipment. Took a while and he had to buy lots of HDMI cable. It wasn't cheap. This. Dh also ran the sound system. Although dh never used the term "cable trough." That made me laugh. Mandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Our plan was to have a recessed cabinet built with a fabric door that was flush to the wall beside the fireplace. The cords were going to run inside the wall from the TV to the cabinet. Another idea is to research going wireless. I have seen that done before also. If you have a large TV store in your area, you can talk to the installers before you build and get some ideas. Anything that can be put in ahead of time will be a huge help later. Or, look at 'Street of Dreams' style houses. They always have clever solutions for electronics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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