The wall everyone looks at, and the cables nobody should
A media wall is the one piece of furniture the whole room is pointed at, which is why the cables behind it matter more than the panelling in front of it. Done properly, nothing is visible and nothing overheats. Done as an afterthought, there is a bundle of wire hanging below a very expensive television.
Every one here is built to the wall it is going on, with the equipment and the cable routes settled before anything is made.
What actually matters, before the design does.
Power, aerial, HDMI and network should run inside the unit in conduit large enough to pull a new cable through in five years. Cables change; the panelling does not. A route that cannot be re-pulled means opening the wall later.
A receiver or console in a closed compartment will run hot and shorten its own life. Ventilated backs and a gap above each shelf cost nothing at the making stage and cannot be added once the unit is finished and fixed.
A television bracket must reach solid masonry or a properly built sub-frame, never the decorative panel alone. The bracket, the screen weight and the fixing are settled in the drawing, before the panel layout is even discussed.
The centre of the screen belongs at roughly seated eye level, which is usually lower than people expect. Mounting it above a fireplace looks balanced in a photograph and is uncomfortable to watch for two hours.
Send the wall dimensions, the screen size and a list of what has to sit behind it. The cable plan comes first and everything else follows from it.
Every piece is built after you order it — your size, your wood, your finish.
Send a photograph and rough dimensions. We will come back with options and a price.
