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08-09-2008, 12:00 PM #1Registered User
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Frugal way to hide flat screen TV
I plan on buying a medium size flat screen TV soon. I hate the thought of it taking over the living room wall, but the solutions I have seen to hide them seem rediculously expensive.
Can anyone recommend a homemade or inexpensively purchased way to hide it when not in use?
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08-09-2008, 12:06 PM #2
a white or ecru muslin curtain with rings and two hooks? or on a rod?
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As my adult Stepson said when I had the same dilemma:
"What are you afraid people will know you have a TV?"
Therefore the most frugal way is to not hide it at all! LOL
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08-09-2008, 06:43 PM #4Rude and Vile Master
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Well you could build a cabinet for it...but why? Do you hide your current TV?
Anyway - some particle board, wood glue, wood screws, hardware and paint, and you've got a custom cabinet waiting to be made.
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Decorative painting on a hinge?
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This doesn't hide our's but it was frugal. We have an old buffet (antique that has a small china cabinet that matches it---was already using this in my living room to house my beer stein collection) that we use to set our's on. We have storage for cd's, dvd's, tapes and family photos there as well. I bought both pieces at a garage sale a few years ago for $150.
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How 'bout at the Big Screen TV Consignment Shop...lol!!
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I've also been searching for some time for a solution to this problem and so far this is the best idea I can come up with as well. Curtains would not look good in our living room and I can't just hang something in front of it because you can see behind it when you walk in the room, and it looks horrible. I have also considered building the box around it and putting something decorative on the front - like having some art on the front panel instead of just plain.
Originally Posted by Greebo
Well you could build a cabinet for it...but why? Do you hide your current TV?
Anyway - some particle board, wood glue, wood screws, hardware and paint, and you've got a custom cabinet waiting to be made.
I want to cover mine because it does take over the room and is a constant distraction for the kids. Unfortunately, there are too many other more pressing projects at the moment for me to be building a giant box.
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08-10-2008, 06:24 PM #9Rude and Vile Master
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Maybe you could lock the TV on a nature channel in HiDef - then you'll have living art in the room, but it'll bore the kids.
If you could kick in the pants the person responsible for your problems, you wouldn't be able to sit for a month.
Did you know that a 4 year student paying $20,000/year who finances their education graduates with over $103,000 in debt to start? But a student who works and pays cash and takes 6 years to graduate ends with $6,300 in their pocket! So much for "getting a head start by financing!"
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WTH?
Look where they put their tv?
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08-11-2008, 05:41 AM #11Rude and Vile Master
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He: Loves to watch football for hours.
She: Loves to snuggle up next to him looking into their artificial fireplace.
Thus, the compromise...
If you could kick in the pants the person responsible for your problems, you wouldn't be able to sit for a month.
Did you know that a 4 year student paying $20,000/year who finances their education graduates with over $103,000 in debt to start? But a student who works and pays cash and takes 6 years to graduate ends with $6,300 in their pocket! So much for "getting a head start by financing!"
Greebo(Nerd Spender): Loving and extremely patiently tolerated husband of ceashels.
WARNING: Y Chromosome behind the keyboard. Adjust your listening filters appropriately!
ThreeTwo mortgages,twooneno car loans,oneno credit cards, and a partridge in pear tree!
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