Hide Your TV With a Gilded Frame

Cool Idea: Turn a TV Into Art

April 20, 2010

I like watching TV, but I don't like the way TVs look in my house, and I know I am not alone. So I'm loving this solution that New York Magazine's Wendy Goodman spied while touring Ambre Kelly's Brooklyn abode.

Kelly and her boyfriend didn't like the look of their TV, but rather than hide it, they framed it with a cheeky gilded frame. Just proves you don't have to own a flatscreen to turn your TV into a decorative item.

Photo by Wendy Goodman

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2 years 26 weeks

TV frames are not meant to hide the TV, just improve it's appearance and blend it with the room decor. Since they are usually located in a very prominent place, this becomes important with owners who are concerned with aesthetics. Of course, this is not as important if your home or business is very contemporary which works well with the black plastic look of TV's.

mslewis 3 years 4 weeks

I think it's ridiculous to "hide" a television. Why? Most everybody has one and watches it and the flat screens are actually quite beautiful. Putting a picture frame around a TV is ridiculous and kind of snobby. What, you want people to think you're too much of an "intellect" to watch TV? Silly!!And, I totally agree with skigurl, the entire room is ugly.

mslewis 3 years 4 weeks

I think it's ridiculous to "hide" a television. Why? Most everybody has one and watches it and the flat screens are actually quite beautiful. Putting a picture frame around a TV is ridiculous and kind of snobby. What, you want people to think you're too much of an "intellect" to watch TV? Silly!! And, I totally agree with skigurl, the entire room is ugly.

GirlOverboard 3 years 4 weeks

Yeah, I agree - everything about this picture just seems.... wrong. Also, the way that the TV can be seen around the edge of the frame just makes it look kind of silly and hardly hidden. I think the framed TV would be a neat idea for, say, a mounted flat-panel. Otherwise, this whole setup just reminds me of when I found my old pogs at the age of 17 and I thought it would be cute to rubber cement them around the edge of my computer monitor.

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skigurl 3 years 4 weeks

everything about this picture makes me cringe that "art" is pathetic, the shaggy thing on the ceiling is ridiculous, the dvd player upright is tacky, the stains on the wall are disgusting, and everything just looks so cluttered tack-y

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