Wall · Residential Interior · Design & Build
A fully custom slat-panel accent wall — hidden wiring, integrated LED backlighting, and floating shelves built around the screen.
Project Overview
This project set out to build a fully custom TV wall from scratch in a teenager's bedroom — turning an ordinary painted wall into a striking architectural feature.
The room already had a strong foundation: oak herringbone flooring, tall ceilings with an original dentil crown, and painted wainscoting panels. The goal was to introduce a modern, atmospheric edge without losing that classic character.
Above all, the brief called for drama without clutter — no media console, no visible cables, no hardware on display. Just a screen that reads as part of the architecture, not something hung on top of it.
Final Result
AI Walkthrough · Motion Study
“A moodier pass at the same wall — glow, shadow, and grain doing the talking.”
Google VEO 3
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Photoshop
Design Process
The existing panels were removed and the surface stripped back and prepped for paint. The wall was repainted a deep matte navy, unifying the whole surface into a single plane — with the existing molding intentionally left to recede, so it wouldn't compete with the composition to come.
The television was mounted flush against the wall, with every cable routed inside the structure itself. Vertical positions were set for floating shelves above and below the screen — doing double duty as equipment storage and as horizontal anchors framing the TV zone.
Dozens of narrow black wood slats were cut to length and mounted in an even, grid-like rhythm across the full width of the accent wall, standing proud of the surface. The result is depth and shadow that read completely differently depending on the angle and the light.
An RGBW LED strip was integrated behind the top row of slats and along the base of the panel. Light bleeds through the gaps for a theatrical, flickering glow — softening the contrast between a bright screen and a dark surround, so long viewing sessions feel far more comfortable.
The television wasn't just mounted on the wall — the entire wall was built around it.The Project's Core Idea
Result
The finished wall reads clean, architectural, and deliberately cinematic. The slat panel absorbs the television so completely that the screen feels like part of the wall, not something hung on top of it.
The warm LED glow adds atmosphere without tipping into decoration for its own sake. Set against the herringbone floor and the original molding, the contrast between old and new reads as intentional, not accidental.
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