Cable free Cable TV

Designing for TV viewing sounds simple enough, doesn't it?  All you have to do is buy one of those mounting bracket packages and hang the TV on the wall.  Oh...wait...where do you plug it in?  Forgot about the cable box and blueray player.  How do you get the cables to the TV?

If it's done well, designing for TV viewing can be seamless and beautiful.  Of the many details to work out, and we find cable management to be the most challenging.  In this design, all of the cables run behind the wood cabinet in a series of chases.  What if you change components?  No problem...each component has a lead wire so you can can pull cables in either direction to switch out equipment.  We used a dark finish on the lower cabinet so that the power outlets fade into shadow.  We think the success of this design is a partnership between designer and cabinetmaker.  Our pals at Stroba ( www.stroba.com )  helped us pull this one off.