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This shows how I attach a flat screen TV to the wall, including the addition of a new / hidden power receptacle.
One guest bedroom in my new-to-me home was getting a wall mounted TV, above the bureau, on the wall adjacent to the hallway door.
When I started looking at it and thinking about it, my existing televisions are several years old and are 4-5 inches thick. In my mind that would be a detraction to the room appearance. Also, most televisions have the best viewing when looking perpendicular to the screen, which in this case would mean I would also need a bracket to permit pulling it away from the wall, making the appearance much worse.
To address those aesthetic concerns. I determined a new TV was required, one made w/ OLED technology. An OLED TV permits viewing at all angles, not just perpendicular, so no angled bracket required. An OLED TV is VERY thin.
To that end I selected / purchased a Samsung QN48S90DAEXZA 48” 4K OLED TV. This TV is only 1.6” thick. I also got the thinnest bracket I could find, this one at 0.4” thick.
My old school mindset has me attaching the bracket w/ lag screws into the studs, NOT using the included Sheetrock anchors.
The other aspect when I mount the TV onto the wall is to install a new power receptacle behind the TV, so no dangling power cords are visible. I just steal power from a room power receptacle below the TV (or in the adjacent room, on a shared wall, also below the TV).
In this case, because the TV and the bracket are sooo thin, I needed to also get a new power cord, w/ a right angle NEMA 5-15 plug, to sit flat against the wall. I purchased this 6’ NEMA 5-15 to IEC 60320 Sheet C13 power cord.
It REALLY is important to plan the receptacle placement at the beginning. Images show where the receptacle MUST be located for this to work.
Because of the exit angle I needed to mount the receptacle into the wall w/ the ground pin on the top, upside down for me.
Some of the images show the wall half of my anti-tip furniture anchors for the bureau. My old school mindset has these screwed into studs, instead of using those Sheetrock anchors they include w/ the parts.
This installation had EXACTLY the desired results. The appearance is the best possible and the ~90° viewing from the bed is great.
Selection of Receptacle to Television Placement
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TV Bracket Attached to Studs
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Marking Receptacle Box Cutout
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Receptacle Box Hole Cut
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New Power Wire Routed from Old Receptacle
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TV Bracket and Receptacle Mounted
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TV Mounted onto Wall
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This shows that completed bedroom, before artwork mounted, showing the bed to television angle.
New furniture was required, as my prior house was sold furnished. This room is slightly larger, so I went w/ a king bed, the other room is a little smaller so it got a queen. Both bedroom sets are made by Alf DaFrè in Italy. I’m VERY satisfied w/ the construction, finish and appearance of this furniture.
The only place they didn’t meet my requirements was on the included anti tip hardware, waaay too small and cheesy. My preference / requirement is for furniture attachment using bolts instead of screws.
To that end on these pieces, I used these 1/8″ thick aluminum bars to reinforce the internal structure so I could bolt on the anti-tip hardware, this strap kit on the bureau, this cable kit on the dresser. The dresser is on an external wall, so I used long Tapcon screws into the 8x8x16 concrete block walls through the Sheetrock and firring strips, instead of lag screws into the wooden studs on interior walls.
These heavy furniture pieces obstruct the wall outlets, so I use these power strips w/ flat right angle NEMA 5-15 plugs, secured to the bottom of the furniture for a clean appearance, to permit plugging devices into power.
Finished Bedroom
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Bureau Anti Tip Internal Reinforcement
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Bureau Anti Tip Bracket
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Bureau Anti Tip Strap
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Bureau Power Strip Attached to Bottom
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Tall Dresser Internal Reinforcement
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Tall Dresser Anti Tip Brackets
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Tall Dresser Anti Tip Cable
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You always do great work and appreciate you showing everything. I learn a lot about doing things in regards of how to do it or things I might not have thought about. Again another cool project and it looks awesome, but let’s be honest. There is one thing that stands out above everything that I think is the best and puts the cherry on top, the channel you are watching. Nice job, it’s awesome.