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Bespoke Media Walls

A media wall has to do several things at once: carry a television, often house a fire, hide a quantity of cabling and equipment, and still look calm when nothing is switched on.

We resolve those requirements into a single piece of furniture — panelling, recesses, shelving and closed storage in proportion with the room — and coordinate with electricians and fire installers so the services are ready before manufacture begins.

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Bespoke media wall with fabric-panelled television recess, inset linear fireplace and lit walnut display shelving

What the service includes

01

Proportion and setting out

Television height, fire position and recess sizes set out against the room so nothing looks stranded on the wall.

02

Concealed services

Cable routes, ventilation and equipment access planned in, with power and data positions issued to your electrician.

03

Storage and display

Closed cabinets for equipment and open shelving for the things you want to see, lit where appropriate.

04

Fire integration

Openings formed to the manufacturer's clearances for electric or gas fires, with the surround detailed as part of the furniture.

Explore media walls

  • Full bespoke media wall with a recessed television, wide inset electric fire and tall dark oak display cabinetry with brass inlay

    Bespoke TV Units

    A television housed in cabinetry sized to your wall, your screen and the equipment behind it.

  • Bespoke media wall with stone-clad centre panel, recessed television, inset linear fire and LED-lit walnut bookcases either side

    Fireplace Media Walls

    A fire, a television and a run of storage resolved into one wall rather than three separate purchases.

  • Bespoke media wall with a fabric-panelled television recess, linear electric fire and cream leather-fronted display cabinet

    Built-In TV Units

    A television unit built into the wall itself, scribed to the alcove or opening rather than sat in front of it.

  • Bespoke bedroom media wall in matt black and walnut with a glass-fronted linear fire, floating drawers and recessed LED lighting

    Floating TV Units

    A television unit that appears to hover clear of the floor, fixed on concealed brackets rather than legs.

  • Angled view of a bespoke media wall showing the inset electric fire, dark oak carcass and LED-lit display shelving with brass detailing

    AV Cabinets

    Cabinetry built around the equipment itself — receivers, consoles, routers and streaming boxes — kept ventilated and out of sight.

  • Cream and champagne bespoke media wall with a recessed television, inset linear fire, LED-lit display shelving and an upholstered window seat

    Media Wall Storage

    The closed side of a media wall — drawers and cupboards built to keep everyday clutter out of view.

  • Lit walnut display shelving with brass trim and cream leather cabinet doors, part of a bespoke media wall

    Media Wall Shelving

    The open side of a media wall — shelving designed for rhythm, lighting and what actually gets displayed.

Materials & finishes

Finishes are chosen with you and sampled before anything is built, so the colour, grain and hardware are agreed while the design is still on paper.

  • Hand-painted panelling
  • Oak, walnut and fluted timber
  • Micro-cement and stone facings
  • Integrated shelf lighting
  • Push-to-open and soft-close hardware
Lit walnut display shelving with brass trim and cream leather cabinet doors, part of a bespoke media wall

Media Walls we have built

  • Bespoke media unit in pale ash with brass shadow lines, backlit television panel and oak slatted wall detail
  • Sage green fitted media wall with lit walnut bookshelves flanking a recessed television
  • Ivory shaker-style media wall with a recessed television, warm-lit display shelves and herringbone floor
  • Close detail of warm-lit display shelving in an ivory shaker-style fitted media wall
  • Full bespoke media wall with a recessed television, wide inset electric fire and tall dark oak display cabinetry with brass inlay
  • Bespoke media wall with a fabric-panelled television recess, linear electric fire and cream leather-fronted display cabinet
  • Bespoke media wall display shelving in dark stained oak with brass trim, LED lighting and a mirrored back panel
  • Angled view of a bespoke media wall showing the inset electric fire, dark oak carcass and LED-lit display shelving with brass detailing
  • Bespoke bedroom media wall in matt black and walnut with a glass-fronted linear fire, floating drawers and recessed LED lighting
  • Angled view of a black and walnut bedroom media wall with slatted walnut panelling, floating cabinets and integrated LED strips
  • Detail of slatted walnut panelling with concealed LED strips above a floating black-fronted drawer unit on a bespoke media wall
  • Close detail of a walnut-framed bio-ethanol fire with glass screen set into a matt black bespoke media wall, with the television above
  • Bespoke media wall with stone-clad centre panel, recessed television, inset linear fire and LED-lit walnut bookcases either side
  • Detail of an LED-lit walnut bookcase with figured grain shelving set beside the stone-clad panel of a bespoke media wall
  • Cream and champagne bespoke media wall with a recessed television, inset linear fire, LED-lit display shelving and an upholstered window seat
  • Bespoke media wall in smoked oak with a gold-leaf television surround, three-sided glass fire below and LED-lit display shelving either side
  • Full-wall black and brass media unit with marble-effect panels, a recessed television, glazed drinks display cabinet and open shelving
  • Bespoke media wall in dark oak and bronze with a gold-framed television panel, LED-lit display shelving and a long inset log-effect fire
  • Media wall with a textured stone-effect centre panel, recessed television, long inset log-effect fire and LED-lit walnut shelving either side
  • Tall LED-lit walnut alcove shelving with four open shelves, set alongside a stone-effect media wall
  • Detail of LED-lit walnut alcove shelving beside a stone-effect fireplace and television panel

Media Walls on film

  • A black and walnut slatted media wall with warm-lit vertical panels and the television in place.
  • The same wall with the television panel closed, reading as one calm panelled elevation.

How the project runs

  1. 01

    Consultation

    We visit the space or meet at the workshop, talk through how the room needs to work, and agree a realistic budget before any drawings are issued.

  2. 02

    Design

    Measured drawings show exactly what is being built: cabinet sizes, storage layout, sightlines and how the furniture meets the building.

  3. 03

    Materials & Finishes

    Timbers, paint colours, worktops and ironmongery are sampled and agreed, so nothing is decided from a photograph alone.

  4. 04

    Manufacture

    Everything is built in our Derbyshire workshop by the people who will install it, which keeps the detailing and the quality consistent.

  5. 05

    Installation

    We fit, scribe and adjust on site, protect the rest of the house while we work, and walk the finished furniture through with you.

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Media Walls projects

Media Walls — common questions

Can you fit a media wall around an existing television?
We design the recess and surrounding cabinetry to the television you already own, taking exact dimensions during survey. Where you expect to upgrade in future, we can build in a degree of extra clearance and accessible cabling so a larger screen can go in later without remaking the surround, though very large size changes may still need some adjustment.
Do you install the fire and electrics?
The joinery, panelling and installation are ours; electrical and gas work is carried out by qualified trades, either ones you already have in place or specialists we coordinate with directly. We agree power, data and gas positions with them before manufacture begins, so the media wall or fire surround is built with the correct openings and clearances rather than adjusted after fitting.

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