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15 Functional and Chic Media Storage Ideas for Any Budget

Once considered an eyesore, flat-screen TVs are now a focal point in most living rooms. How do you stylishly hide all those unsightly wires and accessories? See how top designers put TVs on display without sacrificing style.

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Photo: Elk Studios LLC. From: Amy Elbaum.

Float a Piece

This modern media wall features built-in, floating white cabinetry that provides a sleek and stylish storage solution for the small living room. The floating unit seamlessly blends in with the wall, allowing the space to have an airy look and feel.

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Photo: Sean Litchfield Photography

Blend In

The natural materials and colors in the furniture, rug and window coverings create a serene setting in this beach house living room. The handsome media console below the TV not only adds to the gorgeous design of the room, but also provides function and hides away all the wires and cords that come with technology.

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Photo: Spacecrafters Photography. From: Andrea Swan.

Add Some Paint

This built-in entertainment center is just the accent this living room needed. The center's shade of blue-gray handsomely camouflages the big-screen TV and helps conceal cords, while giving homeowners a place to display important treasures.

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Photo: Suzanne Scott. From: Laura Martin Bovard.

Create Your Focal Point

This solid walnut built-in media cabinet, below the TV, perfectly flows with the design of the living room and doesn't detract from the fireplace focal point. It is not necessary to have the TV over the fireplace be the focal point of your living room, as this space suggests.

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