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In my new family room, the drywall is just about done, so we're just about ready for the fun part - furniture and decorating. We're going with tan carpet and couches with blue-gray walls, and a few orange accessories. I'd like to keep the room pretty "light", with very airy furniture all in light wood.
Which brings me to my TV. We have a plasma, and it's 40" wide and about 70 pounds. The space I've got to put it in is 48" wide. I've searched everywhere (and spent lots of time at IKEA) and can't find anything I really like. So, in trying to be creative, I was thinking about shelves. Do you think I could use some shelf brackets from IKEA and just put the TV and components on shelves on the wall? I was thinking of the Bjarnum in the 14" depth. What do you think? Can it hold my TV or am I crazy? And if I'm crazy, any other good ideas? I tried a million different ways to try to figure out how to use kitchen cabinets, but 48" is a really tough dimension to work with in IKEA cabs. Everything wants to be 36, 60, or 72 (to use the over fridge cabs). Ideas?
Thanks for the thought, Eva. I could wall mount it, but then I wouldn't be able to see it. The room is kind of an odd shape because the back of the chimney juts into the room about 15 inches. We're putting the TV to the side of the chimney in the kind of alcove it creates. If we put it on the wall, the chimney would block some of the view. Plus, those brackets are really expensive, and I need somewhere to put the components (stereo, DVD, and cable box) anyway.
I'm not familiar with these brackets except from what I see on the website but you can certainly strengthen your installation by doing any or all of the following:
- making sure the screws go into the centre of a stud.
- use longer screws, especially the top one since that's the one that is being pulled out of the wall.
- buy another set of brackets and use them as intermediate supports. So 4 brackets spaced at 16" (to match stud spacing) equal 48". Perfect.
- probably not necessary if you use 4 brackets, but if the shelf is weak, simply double it up.
Finally, if you still don't have confidence with these brackets, try getting the L shaped brackets from a kitchen cabinet place. They typically use them to support a counter top extension where the extension forms a eating area.
Thanks, glee5. I'm definitely in for the longer screws and the center of the stud. I don't think the long (14.5") brackets come in "connector bracket" configurations, so I think I'm stuck with two brackets. I did check them out at the store last night, and they seem pretty solid. In addition, the shelf itself is pretty beefy, so I think it'll hold. I'll post pictures when I get it done!
We used the floating IKEA shelves that slide onto the bracket so you see no hardware; to ensure that they could hold a lot of books...above our heads in bed, DH drilled additional mounting holes in the original metal bracket and screwed into the studs all across the wall. Presto- weight limit raised from 18 lbs to like 80 lbs just like that.
I have also mounted televisions in the special wall mount arms made for the purpose- made a lot of sense in a little room.
Can they be cut down at all? I know you would lose the finish on the ends, but how are they put together? I am planning a pantry wall with 4'-6" worth of open shelves between two cabinets and I am not sure what to make the shelves out of.
You know, I'm not 100% sure, but my recollection is that they are essentially a particle board box, so they could be completely open on the sides if you cut the ends off, and I suspect that would seriously compromise their "integrity."
Sorry, I don't think that will work for this application...
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