TV Wall Ideas for a Bedroom: 13 Ways to Fit a Screen Without It Taking Over

The standard arrangement, and the most practical. The dresser grounds the screen, holds a streaming box and hides the lower part of the cables. Choose a dresser wider than the television by at least a few inches each side, and leave a hand's width of wall between the two. Style the top with a lamp at one end and a low plant or tray at the other, nothing tall in front of the screen.

A slim wall-hung shelf or cabinet under the screen takes less floor than a dresser, which suits a narrow room where the bed leaves little walkway. It keeps the floor visible, which makes a small bedroom feel larger, and gives a ledge for a remote and a speaker.

In a bedroom that also holds a desk or dressing table, mount the screen above it and let one piece of furniture do two jobs. Use a full-motion arm so the screen can angle toward the bed. Our home office in a bedroom layouts show where the desk fits.

A black screen disappears against a dark background. Paint the whole wall opposite the bed in charcoal, deep green or navy, or just a rectangle a foot or so larger than the television on each side. When the screen is off, it reads as part of the wall. The block is a sample-pot job; see our painted accent wall ideas for getting clean edges.

Vertical wood slats behind the screen add warmth, absorb a little sound and give a channel to hide cables in. A panel the width of the dresser, from its top to the ceiling, looks built in. Slat panels are sold in ready-made sections that fix to the wall with screws or adhesive; darker slats hide the screen better.

Surround the television with frames in black or dark wood, at the same spacing from the screen as from each other. The screen becomes one rectangle in a group. Keep the art quiet, so it does not compete when the screen is on. Layout rules are in our gallery wall ideas for small spaces.

Some televisions can display artwork or photographs when idle, with a matt screen and a frame-like bezel, so the screen passes for a picture. It costs more than a standard set of the same size. A cheaper version of the idea: set a still, dark image as a screensaver at low brightness in the evening.

If you watch only occasionally, put the screen behind doors: on a shelf inside a wardrobe, or in an armoire opposite the bed. Doors closed, the room has no television. Leave ventilation space around the set and a gap at the back for cables.

A sliding panel, a pair of small shutter doors or a short curtain on a rail in front of a recessed screen is a simple cover. A linen curtain on a tension wire is the renter's version, and looks like a small window treatment when closed.

A small projector aimed at a pale, plain wall or a pull-down screen leaves no black rectangle at all. It suits a room that can be made dark, and people who watch mostly at night. The wall stays free for art during the day.

The simplest setup needs no mount. Stand the television on a dresser of the right height and push it toward the back. Add a low riser if the screen needs to be higher. Fix the set with an anti-tip strap, especially with children in the home.

A floor stand in the style of an artist's easel holds the screen at mounted height with no holes in the wall, and it can sit across a corner, which is often the only free spot in a small bedroom. Cables run down the back leg.

Where no wall faces the bed, put the screen on a low bench or chest at the foot of it, or on a narrow console behind a footboard. It works in long, narrow rooms and in studios where the bed faces the living area. Our studio apartment layout ideas show how one television can serve both the bed and the sofa.