Floor-to-Ceiling Media Wall
A Large Room. An 85" TV. One Chance to Get It Right.
James came to us with a generous open-plan living room in a detached home in the Home Counties and a brief that was clear from the start: a floor-to-ceiling media wall built around an 85" TV, with an integrated electric fireplace below, and enough cabinetry either side to make the whole wall feel intentional rather than assembled.
The room had 2.7m ceilings, high enough to make a floating unit look stranded, but only if you committed fully to the height. He wanted clean lines, no visible cables, warm lighting, and a contemporary finish. No fuss. Just proportion and craft.
The challenge was not the brief itself. It was making a build at this scale feel considered rather than heavy. Floor-to-ceiling media walls can easily dominate a room in the wrong way. The decisions that prevent that are mostly invisible to the client when they go right. And very visible when they go wrong.
Design Renders & Decisions
Full elevation: symmetrical layout with central TV recess and fireplace below
Detail view showing LED column treatment and cabinetry proportions
Fireplace and base unit specification: linear format at 1500mm width
"At 2.7 metres you can't treat this like a standard wall unit. The framing has to be independent of the ceiling to allow for movement, and the LED strips need to terminate at the cornice in a way that reads as deliberate. Get either of those wrong and the whole thing looks like it was bolted to the wall rather than built into the room."
Luca Vitale
Founder, LV Carpentry & Tradesmen
On a build this size we specified 2700K warm white LEDs throughout. Not the 4000K daylight temperature that looks clean in a showroom but feels clinical in a living room at 7pm. The difference between a media wall that feels right in the evening and one that feels like a supermarket aisle is almost always the LED colour temperature. It is one of the most overlooked specifications on any interior build.
We also recommended the Avanti 150 linear electric fireplace over shorter models. The brief called for an 85" TV. A 90cm fire beneath an 85" screen looks like an afterthought. It creates a visual imbalance that no amount of cabinetry corrects. At 150cm the fire reads as a deliberate horizontal element, not a plug-in accessory.
What Was Specified
Every item below was chosen for a reason. Nothing is default. Nothing is an afterthought.
| Wall Construction | 3×2 timber framework with acoustic felt backing |
|---|---|
| TV Size | 85" |
| Layout | Full-width, floor-to-ceiling, symmetrical |
| LED Lighting | Warm white strip, 2700K to 3000K |
| Fireplace | Wide-format linear electric (Avanti 150 recommended) |
| Estimated Duration | 7–12 days |
| Investment | From £8,500 |
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