https://www.stovax.com/media-walls-explained/
Whilst having a feature wall feels like something that’s been around forever, media walls are rather more of a recent trend in home interior design. The idea behind it all is to devote a space to house all your media in order to create a centrepiece that captures people’s main focus as they enter the room. In its simplest form, a media wall is just the wall in your living room or lounge that you have your TV mounted on. However, for the best results many take the idea much further by creating elaborately bespoke stud wall frameworks in which to hide cables, house integrated storage space such as shelves, cupboards and drawers, and incorporate appliances such as an electric fire. Also see our Blog on Promafour Board for further examples of False Chimney Breasts
Television Size
When it comes to your television, size matters! After all, if you are integrating storage into the framework of your media wall, it’s likely you’ll want your TV centred, with the shelves, cupboards and drawers either above, below, either side, or even all around. This in turn means you’re only going to have a certain space to play with in the centre for your television. If you’re planning to upgrade to a bigger TV in the future, you may want to think about doing this sooner rather than later, or alternatively decide on a size and factor this into your design.
Peripheral Devices
Next, ask yourself what peripheral devices you have such as games consoles, set top boxes or speaker systems that you’ll need to accommodate a space for in your media wall. You might place games consoles on a shelf to the side of your TV or perhaps in a cupboard underneath, whatever you choose don’t forget to consider cables, which brings us onto our next point.
Cable Management
When it comes to electronic appliances, the last thing you want are power leads, aerial cables, and audio-visual cables messing up the clean aesthetic of your new media wall. It’s important to plan ahead and know where you’ll be placing these devices and leave a hidden channel behind to run any cables to wherever they need to go, like the TV. For power cables you may consider installing some plug sockets in handy reach of your devices.
Electric Fires;
Want to incorporate an electric fire in your media wall?
Have a look at some of our Electric Stoves
Gazco's E-Reflex Range https://www.croydonfireplaces.co.uk/search?search=reflex and the newly updated https://www.croydonfireplaces.co.uk/products/gazco-ereflex-150rw
Gazco's Radiance Electric Range https://www.croydonfireplaces.co.uk/search?search=radiance
Element 4 Electric Range https://www.croydonfireplaces.co.uk/search?search=element+4+electric
There is a new range of electric fires which are showroom exclusives only but please have a look at them here https://onyx.stovax.com/onyx-avanti-ultimate-luxury-media-walls/
Gas Fires;
Gas Stoves/Fires for inspiration for your media wall - We stock Element 4, Bellfires and Gazco which all offer superb inset large gas fires which we regularly fit for media walls (please have a look at our recent portfolio of works below)
Bellfires - Horizon Bell is a very popular model for media walls with gas fires https://barbasbellfires.com/uk/fireplaces/gas-fireplaces/
Gazco Studio range of inset gas fires are great for gas media walls https://www.stovax.com/stove-fire/studio-gas-fires/
Element 4 Summum and Modore range of inset gas fires are a popular range for our clients up to a whooping 2.4m Liner https://www.element4.nl/en/collection
Bio Ethanol Fires;
There is also a bioethanol option - so you don't have to worry about flue, too much on install costs and it is a great fuel for the environment and omits 2Kw of heat
https://www.croydonfireplaces.co.uk/products/stoves/xl1200
https://www.glammfire.com/pt/produtos/cat/bioetanol
https://www.croydonfireplaces.co.uk/products/brands/eco-smart
Please get in touch to discuss your project further; 0208 684 1495