35 TV Wall Decor Ideas: Transform Your Living Room with These Creative Designs

When it comes to decorating your living room, the wall behind your TV can often be overlooked.

However, this space presents a perfect opportunity to add some personality and style to your home.

With the right TV wall decor, you can transform this space into a focal point that enhances the overall look and feel of your living room.

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In this article, I will be sharing 34 TV wall decor ideas that will help you make the most of this often-neglected space.

From simple and minimalist designs to bold and statement-making pieces, these ideas are sure to inspire you to create a TV wall that reflects your personal style and elevates the look of your living room.

So, whether you’re looking to create a cozy and inviting space or a sleek and modern one, there’s something here for everyone.

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Colorful Tile TV Wall

Pin Gray Space Interiors

Build out your TV wall with colorful finishes and decor so that the flat screen doesn’t dominate. 

Gray Space Interiors paired a linear fireplace and a TV of equal widths on a medium blue square tile fireplace wall.

The walls on either side are painted midnight blue to add depth, and styled with a mix of art, plants, and decor objects.

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Farmhouse TV Wall

Pin Michelle Berwick DesignBalance a fireplace TV wall with built-ins on either side. 

Michelle Berwick Design added a chunky wood mantel in the same tones as the ceiling beams and built-ins in this modern farmhouse living room that makes the TV only part of the story.

Shelves are styled with photos, objects, and plants to keep the eye moving when the TV is off.

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Wood-Paneled TV Wall

Pin Tina Ramchandani CreativeGive your TV a sleek look by installing a tailor-fit TV niche that allows the screen to be flush with the wall. 

Tina Ramchandani Creative covered the TV wall in dark wood veneer with visible graining in this New York City apartment living room.

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Minimalist TV Wall

Pin Design by Calimia Home / Photo by Jeanne Canto

For a minimalist look, hang a Frame TV on the wall and add a floating wood shelf beneath it to anchor it visually. 

Calimia Home lightly styled a natural wood floating shelf with a vase of greenery and some decor objects to soften the look.

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Wallpapered TV Wall

Pin Kendall Wilkinson Design

Turn your TV wall into an accent wall with colorful or patterned wallpaper. 

Kendall Wilkinson Design paired black-and-white wallpaper in a busy abstract pattern with white walls and plenty of color in this spacious TV room.

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TV Wall Niche

Pin Louis Duncan-He Designs

To prevent your wall-mounted TV from sticking out into a smaller living room space, build a slightly recessed niche into the wall. 

Louis Duncan-He Designs carved space for a flat screen on a gray shiplap wall in this midcentury modern living room.

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Bookshelf TV Wall

Pin Studio Peake

Build a custom floor-to-ceiling bookshelf with a cubby that fits your TV on a stand for an integrated feel, like this London living room from Studio Peake.

The media wall is painted white to contrast with bright yellow wall paint and allow multicolored books to double as decor.

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Wood Slat TV Wall

Pin Brophy Interiors

For a high-contrast look, mount your flat screen TV and sound bar on a wood slat wall above your home bar, like this space from Brophy Interiors.

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Backlit TV Wall

Pin Kendall Wilkinson Design

Add ambient lighting on your TV wall to create a balanced and integrated feel. 

Kendall Wilkinson Design added custom LED backlighting on this TV wall for an upscale feel, but you could opt for sconces instead.

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Coastal TV Wall

Pin Maite Granda

Give your TV wall a light coastal look with pale wood and open white shelving.

Interior designer Maite Granda put a beach photo on the Frame TV to drive home the Florida coast feel.

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Contemporary TV Wall

Pin Brophy Interiors

Create a cohesive TV wall with a built-in TV, linear fireplace insert, and integrated sound bar. 

Brophy Interiors painted the wood slats black to contrast with white walls and pale wood tones.

The wall includes a single built-in on one side.

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TV Wall With Cubbies

Pin Brophy Interiors

Decorate the background wall of a custom TV wall niche with wallpaper, tile, or a graphic wall design that will add movement to distract the eye when the TV isn’t on. 

Brophy Interiors added dimension with a recessed niche for the TV and a built-in console that is flanked by display cubbies on either side for a tailored modern look.

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Navy Shiplap TV Wall

Pin Brexton Cole Interiors

Even if you don’t mind the look of a large flat screen, you still might want to subdue its presence. 

Brexton Cole Interiors added an accent shiplap fireplace wall that houses the fireplace and helps the TV to recede when not in use.

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Seasonal TV Wall

Pin Liz Marie Blog

In a smaller space, your TV wall might consist of nothing more than the space between windows. 

Liz Marie Blog added an ornate frame around a Frame TV and added a picture light on the wall above it to trick the eye into thinking it’s a painting.

The narrow TV wall is decorated here for fall with leaves and antlers, but you can switch up the decoration as seasons change if you’re a fan of creating vignettes.

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Black TV Wall

Pin Forbes + Masters

Create a seamless TV wall with black paint, wallpaper, or wood paneling. 

Forbes + Masters used a dark wood console to anchor the flat screen, and added a pair of lamps with black shades on either side of the TV for a streamlined feel.

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Multi-Screen TV Wall

Pin Kendall Wilkinson Design

If you have serious gamers in the house, add a luxurious TV wall in your game room with a row of screens and extra-long seating that can accommodate a crowd.

Kendall Wilkinson Design outfitted this upscale game room with everything from lighted wine storage to a home bar, card table for game nights, and a custom TV wall with a built-in niche and room for three separate screens for the gamers in the house.

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DIY TV Wall

Pin A Beautiful Mess

Create a DIY TV wall with nothing more than paint and thrifted picture frames. 

A Beautiful Mess hung an assortment of empty frames in varying sizes and formats and painted the whole thing black.

The TV sits on a midcentury modern console rather than hanging on the wall.

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Color-Blocked TV Wall

Pin Brophy Interiors

Use color-blocking to structure your TV wall. 

Brophy Interiors kept it simple and minimal with bold contrasting patches of black and white that helps to make the flat screen feel at one with the wall rather than an add-on.

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TV Wall Console

Pin Kendall Wilkinson Design

Create a casual screening room feel with a gigantic U-shaped sectional that can seat as many people as you like. 

Kendall Wilkinson Design created a custom TV console on the wall that floats above the floor for an airy effect, and is painted in a deep green and finished with a mix of open and closed storage.

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Midcentury TV Wall

Pin Erin Williamson Design

There were no flat screens when midcentury modern style was born.

But if you are designing a modern TV wall in a room with an original midcentury modern fireplace that stretches from wall to wall, use the top ledge as display space for a mix of art and objects that will help to balance a flat screen mounted in the center of the wall.

Erin Williamson Design also painted the ceiling black in this midcentury modern living room that ensures the TV isn’t the only empty black surface in the room.

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Textured TV Wall

Pin Alvin Wayne

Add texture to your living room TV wall with a concrete skim coat, limewash, or faux concrete wallpaper. 

Alvin Wayne mounted the flat screen and sound bar above a carved wood console to add more texture to the mix.

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Bedroom TV Wall

Pin Maite Granda

Create a niche above a chest of built-in drawers on a wall of bedroom closets and clothing storage that can house your TV.

Interior designer Maite Granda chose a TV on a stand rather than a wall-mounted model that is easy to install or change out.

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Sage Green TV Wall

Pin Brophy Interiors

Paint your TV wall in an on trend color like sage green to make it feel current. 

Brophy Interiors added vertical white shiplap behind the TV itself that complements the white shiplap wall family photo gallery wall.

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Basement Lounge TV Wall

Pin Louis Duncan-He Designs / Photo by Eymeric Wildling

Lighten up a dark painted TV wall with a row of cane- or metal mesh-front storage. 

Louis Duncan-He Designs mixed black and blue paint on the built-ins and walls of this basement lounge TV room.

The room is outfitted with leather furniture and styled with wall art and objects to give it a cozy and grounded feel.

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TV Wall Sconces

Pin Ursula Carmona of Home Made By Carmona

Paint your built-in TV wall in a dark shade to add dimension to a white-walled room.

Blogger Ursula Carmona of Home Made By Carmona painted these family room built-ins midnight blue, and added a pair of shiny brass sconces on either side that bring some warmth to the space both day and night.

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Modern TV Wall

Pin Maite Granda

Build a custom TV wall with an integrated screen and hidden storage for a high-end look, like this spacious Florida living room from interior designer Maite Granda.

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All-White TV Wall

Pin Mary Patton Design

Create a serene feel with an all-white TV wall, from the walls to the built-ins, open shelving, and fireplace. 

Mary Patton Design styled the shelves with colorful books, art, and objects to energize the space.

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Discreet TV Wall

Pin Design by Julie Rose for Velinda Hellen Design / Styled by Emily Bowser / Photo by Sara Ligorria-Tramp

Make the TV wall rather than the TV the focal point of your room with a bold accent color like dark blue.

In this living room from Julie Rose for Velinda Hellen Design, the furniture is laid out to create a conversation area, with twin sofas facing one another rather than the screen.

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Standalone TV Wall

Pin Forbes + Masters

Hang wallpaper with a subtle graphic pattern to add definition to a standalone TV wall in an open-plan space, like this apartment living room from Forbes + Masters.

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White Shiplap TV Wall

Pin Design by Calimia Home / Photo by Jeanne Canto

Give your TV wall a light feel with white shiplap walls and Shaker cabinetry. 

Calimia Home left white space around the Frame TV for an airy look.

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TV Wall Lighting

Pin Kendall Wilkinson Design

Give your TV wall a luxurious look with custom-built shelving and warm lighting in wall shelves and a coffered ceiling, like this space from Kendall Wilkinson Design.

The walls and ceilings are painted blue for a cohesive jewel box feel.

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TV Wall Floating Console

Pin Maite Granda

Structure your TV wall with a wall-mounted console to anchor a large flat screen.

Interior designer Maite Granda anchored a large screen with a wide console in this long and narrow TV room for a balanced look.

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White and Wood TV Wall

Pin Michelle Berwick Design

Mix white and wood tones to create an easy modern TV wall that will work seamlessly in a neutral space. 

Michelle Berwick Design added warmth to white walls with wood built-in shelving and a chunky wood mantel in this airy space.

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Wet Bar TV Wall

Pin Michelle Berwick Design

Hang your TV on the tiled backsplash above a home wet bar that is both practical and decorative. 

Michelle Berwick Design mixed black and gray finishes with rust-colored tiles and pale woods in this basement bar.

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Mirrored TV Wall

Pin Maite Granda

In a living room with floor-to-ceiling windows, add a large mirror panel behind the TV on a solid wall to create the illusion of wrap-around windows that will take the focus off the TV when it’s not in use.

Interior designer Maite Granda added a mirrored panel on a gray wall that reflects the view and makes the narrow space feel more expansive.