It’s OK to have a TV
…but you wouldn’t know it from interiors photography. Obviously this is because they’re so ugly. I’ve just spent an hour trying to find any kind of cool TV shot and they don’t exist. The inspiration was the cover of this new book, Nesting, a kind of Swedish The Selby, as featured recently on ChocolateCreative‘s blog. Put a bird on it, indeed.
I’m kind of interested in this as at the moment I have a rotten cold, so this is my view of choice.
My £50 Argos number, put on my coffee table for a bit while I decorated, and now I quite like it there. Anyway, after my research the only conclusions I have reached about tasteful TVs is some don’ts:
DON’T have a dirty great TV mounted on the wall. Dancing On Ice might be fun, but it sure isn’t art.
DON’T have one that rises out the footboard of your bed. I don’t think I could sleep knowing it’s lurking there.
DON’T, for the love of god, mount it on an easle.
I think perhaps projected onto a white wall maybe the only tasteful way although I’m not sure I’d like watching come dine with me on a 4 foot screen. I like small TVs as big ones make me feel queasy. Having one at the end of the bed is disgusting. Hiding it in a cupboard is weird and dishonest. It’s a minefield definately.
Weird and dishonest is spot on. I’m keeping it real with my ugly, old-school model. Thanks all. x
I so agree wall mounted tbs are beyond hideous and can’t believe some of my otherewise stylish friends think it’s ok to do it!
and this is why I love you.