DIY Frame TV
Because I didn’t want to spend $2,000 on a new TV when the one we have works just fine
Our family room is perfectly set up to have our TV mounted above our fireplace. It’s the focal point of the room and it can be seen from the dining room, kitchen, etc. But I think our fireplace is so pretty and TV’s just are not, so I’ve always been hesitant to mount it above our mantel. Here’s a pic of our previous set up when our TV was on a different wall.
I loved the way it looked but I still really wanted the TV mounted there without it being such an eye sore. In comes the Samsung “frame TV” which seemed like the perfect solution to my problem, except for the size we have it’s about $1500, if not more! I couldn’t justify spending that on a new TV when ours worked just fine so I decided to figure out a DIY! I’ll list all the materials needed at the end.
The only thing I bought for this project was a different TV mount. Link (amazon)
For the TV to actually look like a framed picture it was going to need to sit flush to the wall and our previous wall mount came out at least 6 inches.
Once we had the TV hung with the new low profile mount, the rest was easy peasy!
First: Measure the height and width of the TV
These are the measurements you will use to make your wood cuts. My TV was 28inches high and 50 inches wide.
Next: Take the measurements to make your wood cuts using a miter saw (thats what makes the nice angle cut like a frame). We had extra window molding that I used to make the frame but pretty much any thin wood would work.
Next lay your frame out and using a staple gun, staple the corners together on all 4 sides, like pictured.The staples don’t need to be pretty bevause they are in the back.
Next we attached 2 “cleats” to the edge of the frame so that the frame would have something to hold it on the TV.
The cleats are just 2 small peices of scrap wood stapled into an L shape (like pictured)
Last- flip it over and paint it however you want. I did a quick coat of gold spray paint because thats all we had on hand and I wanted to get it up
I still plan to add a black or navy trim to it, to make it look even more like a picture frame.
We have just a regular “smart TV” with a roku plug in so iun order to get pictures on it, I needed to download the “artcast channel” for roku. If you have an apple tv or amazon firestick there are other ways to get pictures on your screen.
Heres the DIY frame TV at Christmas
I like that I can change the picture whenever I want for different seasons, or holidays. For Christmas we did this snowy scene and for New Years we had some fireworks- see our New Year’s Eve blog post here!
Once the holidays were over I switched it to this boat painting. I’ve also used sunsets, historical pictures, etc. You can change it to match your decor any time!
I added decor around it, just like I would with a normal peice of art. It definitely helps to make it look more like a picture than a TV with some styled items around it. Thrse are some candle sticks, vases and a plant we had already.
Here we are on Christmas enjoying our DIY frame TV and the fact that we saved $1,500 making it ourselves!!!!
