If you’re anything like me, you have a collection of knick-knacks scattered around the house - souvenirs from sun-soaked vacations, treasured photos, family heirlooms and those pieces that just make you happy when you look at them. Now let’s get to the fun part: decorating. Placing two shelves above your TV and one below, is a convenient way to strike a balance between the shelves and your TV.Īnd if you’re on the other end of the spectrum preferring just a touch of accessories, a single shelf below your TV is the perfect way to add a subtle pop of visual interest. This means you’ll need enough shelf space to accommodate the accessories you’ll be curating. If you have quite a few items you want to showcase and would find it tremendously difficult to eliminate even a few, you are a true maximalist. If you favor a more eclectic style, the staggered look of the shelves will complement your more avant garde approach to decor.Īnother question to ask yourself is – are you a maximalist or a minimalist? Arranging shelves symmetrically as shown in the image below will keep your shelves consistent with your overall traditional style. Traditional designs tend to focus on uniformity and balance. To find your ideal shelf arrangement, it helps to ask yourself a few questions: Is your style more traditional or more eclectic?
That way you’ll know exactly where you want your shelves before installing them. If you don’t like how your shelves are arranged, you can always move them, but you can avoid that hassle by using painter’s tape to map out where they’ll look best. Deciding Where to Place Your ShelvesĪs mentioned, the only permanent aspect of this project is deciding where you want to place your shelves, and really, it’s only semi-permanent.
Floating tv shelf install#
This step-by-step guide from America’s original DIY-er Bob Villa covers what you’ll need to know in order to build and install your own shelves. Stores like IKEA, West Elm and even Target, stock a large variety of options – many at very reasonable price points, and if you are looking for a reason to break out your tools, this is also great DIY project. To Buy or DIY?įloating shelves come in a variety of dimensions, so you shouldn’t run into any issues finding shelves that fit your space. Having a few extra inches of shelf on each side of your TV makes the design feel more anchored and purposeful, and less, well, like your TV is wearing a hat. Once you’ve decided how you want your shelves arranged, you have the freedom to add, remove and rearrange your shelf décor to your heart’s content.Īs shown in the photos below, there are so many ways to arrange shelves around your TV, and there’s only one hard-and-fast rule to follow: you’ll want your shelves to run at least slightly longer than the horizontal length of your TV screen.
Floating tv shelf plus#
Another big plus floating shelves have going for them is that they are a perfect maximum impact/minimum risk design option. Floating shelves help draw your TV into the overall design of your room – thereby eliminating the “black box effect” flat screen TVs can create. Adding floating shelves around your TV is a great way to balance the role your TV plays in your overall décor.
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