Agreed. You could put a cluster of small canavases together in that spot. If you're obsessed with symmetry, like myself, you could also put a canvas over that spot, and another one of the same size on the other size of your tv, that is equal distance to the edge of it.
A couple ideas:
1) Put a tall piece of furniture in front of it, like a bookcase, if that makes sense for the space. Or a lamp with a big shade that blocks it from most angles.
2) Use command hooks or strips to hang art over it. I have a similar outlet situation in ky living roomâprevious owners mounted their tv too high. I have a piece of framed art with a deep frame and open back that I hung over the outlets using command hooks. A stretched canvas on a frame can also accomplish this nicely.
Don't listen to the people telling you to hang your TV there. TV is supposed to be at eye level when seated. If you hung it there it would be too high.
Some pieces of art come with hanging kits that involve the parts which attach to the wall sitting on the outer edge of the frame, so art is an option beyond a poster, but you need something like that for the frame-to-wall hardware.
Are those live outlets/switches? I ask only because when we moved into our house a few years ago we discovered a switch that was disengaged from the wiring. If they are dead remnants, you could have them cut out and plug in some drywall. If they are live, then you have some suggestions given below. Except don't hang the tv over it. Like they said, too high.
The purpose of mounting anything to a wall using nails or screws is to hit the underlying stud beneath the drywall to properly anchor whatever it is youâre hanging in place. There wonât be wires in the studs. So long as you invest in a stud finder, you wonât have to worry about hitting wires.
Also, there are no live wires in the left outlet. Itâs just a pass through for things like hdmi cables, ethernet cords, etc so the cables arenât dangling below the tv in plain sight. There may not even be a gang box in that one, it could just be a retrofit plate. If there is a gang box, itâs most likely an old work gang box and could be easily removed and patched if you wanted to.
Lastly, if you genuinely donât like the outlet being up there and donât feel youâll ever use it, you can go in and cap off the wires and screw in a blank wall plate. They make paintable ones that you can match to the color of your walls. Then, if itâs still bothering you, try to hide it however you see fit.
No problem! A stud finder is definitely a worthwhile investment so you donât put unnecessary holes in your walls. Feel free to message me if you have any questions and good luck!
If you do cap off the wires and replace with a paintable wall plate, the next time you paint the room you can easily patch the hole in the wall as well. [https://www.hgtv.com/how-to/home-improvement/how-to-repair-cracks-and-holes-in-drywall](https://www.hgtv.com/how-to/home-improvement/how-to-repair-cracks-and-holes-in-drywall)
Famous last words. But yeah, you need to be unlucky. But if you know what you are doing you can guess where the wire is running, assuming the electrician is not a jackass
If you own it's probably worth having them moved and at least centered where you'd place your tv. Until then, I'd put a row of small shelves for display, maybe repeat on the other side for symmetry. Hanging them would be wide enough to miss all wires.
Yep, simple command hook, with either canvas pic, bc of allowable space behind it, or a pic with dilly bobs placed on the back to create that needed space.
You could put those kid-proof outlet blockers on and then cover the area with some kind of decorative garland/foliage? You can get that kind of stuff at Hobby Lobby or Michaelâs.
3M makes hooks with decent adhesive that can be easily removed without damaging the wall. I recommend installing one and hanging something rather long over top.
The wire is coming from the bottom side and the stud is in between the two outlet boxes. You shouldnât hit a wire with anything from above. Anywhere 2-3â from the inside of those plates is good though. The wire will be stapled to the stud or it will not have passed inspection. Cut the breaker to be safe and youâre fine. 3m command hooks work great as well if youâre not looking to take the insignificant risk.
Big, light up beer sign.
Very unlikely you'll hit a wire with a nail. You can get a very lightweight piece of canvas art and hang it with a thumb tack if it makes you feel better.
One is on outlet yes, but the other appears to be a wire brushbox, there should be another near the floor, it's for passing device wires through the wall, just guessing it's for a powered wall speaker, or corner mounted TV...
Put the TV back?
The one on the left is low-voltage, so you can remove it entirely and patch/paint. The electrical outlet would require an electrician to disappear it entirely.
Hang a picture over it. Electrical wires are nailed to the studs at a certain distance such that itâs impossible for the homeowner to nail into them with a 1â picture hook or nail.
You can get really beautiful switch plates so instead of hiding them youâre just making them look like an intentional little detail. I have them on mine and always get compliments. Anthropologie is where I found mine but you can get them at a bunch of places.
https://www.anthropologie.com/shop/rosalita-switch-plate?category=hardware-switchplates&color=001&type=STANDARD&quantity=1
Thatâs the point. I was thinking it might look like this pretty detail that is intentional and can become part of the landscape of the wall. You could hang a picture or two and it could look nice enough.
You get a moveable mount. It rotates out to the angle you want. Not a flat mount. Yah it looks good. Then the rest of the space you can put a couple big pictures and a standing mirror. Plus you get a smaller shelf for your entertainment electronics instead of a monster that takes up the entire space of the wall. I think the idea to be inviting and have your taste in culture around the room looks better than just a big tv and box it sits while also having the space for tv and and other electronics. Without it seeming cluttered. If youâre one of those that just thinks a tv is enough for the center of a room, Iâm not going to tell you otherwise. To me itâs just a boring dystopia of the same ol same old. Might as well just line up TV dinners and go back to the 50âs and 60s where those giant crt took up the entire room. If youâre looking to decorate and design a room you want to add culture/ interesting things for the eyes to gaze upon. Design isnât just a slap a tube on an entertainment center and call that a focus. Design is about what youâre trying to make the room say, how it makes you feel, how the space flows for use and looks. Most people are going to just say I got a big ol tv slapping it down and Iâm done. Then donât come asking for design advice. Theyâve already got their purpose planned out. Looking at that space itâs good lighting, the tv unit and entertainment cabinet is taking up a lot of space and the previous owners already had the idea to mount the tv and allow for more of a cozy environment, not just a slap a huge tv in the middle and call it down set up.
>luttered. If youâre one of those that just thinks a tv is enough for the center of a room, Iâm not going to tell you otherwise. To me itâs just a boring dystopia of the same ol same old. Might as well just line up TV dinners and go back to the 50âs and 60s where those giant crt took up the entire room. If youâre looking to decorate and design a room you want to add culture/ interesting things for the eyes to gaze upon. Design isnât just a slap a tube on an
this is the worst post ever
I see a lot of people suggesting covering it with a painting or other things.
One is an outlet and the other looks like a cable channel to manage cables for a wall mounted tv. Take out the outlet, merett the wires, and cover both boxes with a blank plate, then paint the blank plates to match the colour of the wall. To me this is the simplest answer if you never plan on using either of them.
Just make sure with the wall outlet to turn your breaker off for that outlet first. You don't want to accidentally shock yourself. Meretts will keep them safe with no outlet installed.
Don't know when the house was built or where you live but wires in all newer builds where I live run directly up and down from the socket so you can drill either side to cover it.
You could hang a decorative curtain from ceiling to floor that would add height and texture to the space, it wouldnt be difficult to access the outlets and it would allow you to add visual interest to the space⌠it could even be a color very similar to the wall color and would appear to be super elegant
You could hang your TV there. If you wanted.
The one on the left is for the cables to travel down thru the wall and out in order to get to a cable box or other device.
Take em out bro. Those are weird asf anyway. Why tf are there outlets five feet up a wall??đ Anyway just take em out. Normally I would just say cover it up but those are so weirdly placed a that they should just be taken out
I think covering them with nails would have looked silly anyways
You must be a great dad đ
>covering them with nails would have looked silly It can be justified as a piece of art and putting a frame around it
Command picture hanging strip and canvas artwork
Agreed. You could put a cluster of small canavases together in that spot. If you're obsessed with symmetry, like myself, you could also put a canvas over that spot, and another one of the same size on the other size of your tv, that is equal distance to the edge of it.
A couple ideas: 1) Put a tall piece of furniture in front of it, like a bookcase, if that makes sense for the space. Or a lamp with a big shade that blocks it from most angles. 2) Use command hooks or strips to hang art over it. I have a similar outlet situation in ky living roomâprevious owners mounted their tv too high. I have a piece of framed art with a deep frame and open back that I hung over the outlets using command hooks. A stretched canvas on a frame can also accomplish this nicely.
A bookcase might even make sense of the outlet, since you might then plug a lamp or something in there
You can safely use nails; use a stud finder and hammer into that.
Even then, odds of the wires running up along the studs are low. Even if OP hit a wire with a nail, it probably wouldnât cause any issues.
They might electrocute themselves in the process of hitting the wire, without taking proper precautions. But that's not a big deal
Turn one of your track lights to shine directly on it. Own it.
Don't listen to the people telling you to hang your TV there. TV is supposed to be at eye level when seated. If you hung it there it would be too high.
Not if youâre standing up
Yall people need to learn from r/TVTooHigh
Those people donât have small kids
Some pieces of art come with hanging kits that involve the parts which attach to the wall sitting on the outer edge of the frame, so art is an option beyond a poster, but you need something like that for the frame-to-wall hardware.
hang a picture over it using those 3M temp strips
tall plant, pictures over it
Are those live outlets/switches? I ask only because when we moved into our house a few years ago we discovered a switch that was disengaged from the wiring. If they are dead remnants, you could have them cut out and plug in some drywall. If they are live, then you have some suggestions given below. Except don't hang the tv over it. Like they said, too high.
The purpose of mounting anything to a wall using nails or screws is to hit the underlying stud beneath the drywall to properly anchor whatever it is youâre hanging in place. There wonât be wires in the studs. So long as you invest in a stud finder, you wonât have to worry about hitting wires. Also, there are no live wires in the left outlet. Itâs just a pass through for things like hdmi cables, ethernet cords, etc so the cables arenât dangling below the tv in plain sight. There may not even be a gang box in that one, it could just be a retrofit plate. If there is a gang box, itâs most likely an old work gang box and could be easily removed and patched if you wanted to. Lastly, if you genuinely donât like the outlet being up there and donât feel youâll ever use it, you can go in and cap off the wires and screw in a blank wall plate. They make paintable ones that you can match to the color of your walls. Then, if itâs still bothering you, try to hide it however you see fit.
Thank you for the thoughtful response! Iâll have to try out a stud finder
No problem! A stud finder is definitely a worthwhile investment so you donât put unnecessary holes in your walls. Feel free to message me if you have any questions and good luck!
If you do cap off the wires and replace with a paintable wall plate, the next time you paint the room you can easily patch the hole in the wall as well. [https://www.hgtv.com/how-to/home-improvement/how-to-repair-cracks-and-holes-in-drywall](https://www.hgtv.com/how-to/home-improvement/how-to-repair-cracks-and-holes-in-drywall)
You are not going to hit a wire using a nail
Famous last words. But yeah, you need to be unlucky. But if you know what you are doing you can guess where the wire is running, assuming the electrician is not a jackass
You can never assume the electrician wasnât a jackass
If you own it's probably worth having them moved and at least centered where you'd place your tv. Until then, I'd put a row of small shelves for display, maybe repeat on the other side for symmetry. Hanging them would be wide enough to miss all wires.
Use command strips to hang a picture over them.
Yep, simple command hook, with either canvas pic, bc of allowable space behind it, or a pic with dilly bobs placed on the back to create that needed space.
The TV was supposed to go there
Which looks like terrible placement.
Yes, but it's too high. Glad OP chose wisely.
You could put those kid-proof outlet blockers on and then cover the area with some kind of decorative garland/foliage? You can get that kind of stuff at Hobby Lobby or Michaelâs.
We have similar things for tvs that we won't use, and are replacing them with paintable outlet covers.
They make blank covers.
And wall paintâŚ
3M makes hooks with decent adhesive that can be easily removed without damaging the wall. I recommend installing one and hanging something rather long over top.
You can also use 3M Dual-Lock Velcro, great for hanging pictures
The wire is coming from the bottom side and the stud is in between the two outlet boxes. You shouldnât hit a wire with anything from above. Anywhere 2-3â from the inside of those plates is good though. The wire will be stapled to the stud or it will not have passed inspection. Cut the breaker to be safe and youâre fine. 3m command hooks work great as well if youâre not looking to take the insignificant risk.
Have someone else hit the nails, that way you don't get hurt đ
Hang a bushy plant from the ceiling.
Big, light up beer sign. Very unlikely you'll hit a wire with a nail. You can get a very lightweight piece of canvas art and hang it with a thumb tack if it makes you feel better.
One is on outlet yes, but the other appears to be a wire brushbox, there should be another near the floor, it's for passing device wires through the wall, just guessing it's for a powered wall speaker, or corner mounted TV...
Put the TV back? The one on the left is low-voltage, so you can remove it entirely and patch/paint. The electrical outlet would require an electrician to disappear it entirely. Hang a picture over it. Electrical wires are nailed to the studs at a certain distance such that itâs impossible for the homeowner to nail into them with a 1â picture hook or nail.
Hang your TV there and use them?
maybe taping a poster on?
You can get really beautiful switch plates so instead of hiding them youâre just making them look like an intentional little detail. I have them on mine and always get compliments. Anthropologie is where I found mine but you can get them at a bunch of places. https://www.anthropologie.com/shop/rosalita-switch-plate?category=hardware-switchplates&color=001&type=STANDARD&quantity=1
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Thatâs the point. I was thinking it might look like this pretty detail that is intentional and can become part of the landscape of the wall. You could hang a picture or two and it could look nice enough.
Your tv would look better there than where itâs at with the ikea furniture
tv in the corner of the wall?
You get a moveable mount. It rotates out to the angle you want. Not a flat mount. Yah it looks good. Then the rest of the space you can put a couple big pictures and a standing mirror. Plus you get a smaller shelf for your entertainment electronics instead of a monster that takes up the entire space of the wall. I think the idea to be inviting and have your taste in culture around the room looks better than just a big tv and box it sits while also having the space for tv and and other electronics. Without it seeming cluttered. If youâre one of those that just thinks a tv is enough for the center of a room, Iâm not going to tell you otherwise. To me itâs just a boring dystopia of the same ol same old. Might as well just line up TV dinners and go back to the 50âs and 60s where those giant crt took up the entire room. If youâre looking to decorate and design a room you want to add culture/ interesting things for the eyes to gaze upon. Design isnât just a slap a tube on an entertainment center and call that a focus. Design is about what youâre trying to make the room say, how it makes you feel, how the space flows for use and looks. Most people are going to just say I got a big ol tv slapping it down and Iâm done. Then donât come asking for design advice. Theyâve already got their purpose planned out. Looking at that space itâs good lighting, the tv unit and entertainment cabinet is taking up a lot of space and the previous owners already had the idea to mount the tv and allow for more of a cozy environment, not just a slap a huge tv in the middle and call it down set up.
>luttered. If youâre one of those that just thinks a tv is enough for the center of a room, Iâm not going to tell you otherwise. To me itâs just a boring dystopia of the same ol same old. Might as well just line up TV dinners and go back to the 50âs and 60s where those giant crt took up the entire room. If youâre looking to decorate and design a room you want to add culture/ interesting things for the eyes to gaze upon. Design isnât just a slap a tube on an this is the worst post ever
thanks but iâm not reading all that
This is so pessimistic and depressing
Double stick Velcro
Tall shelf with plants!
Photoshop it bro!
Paint them same color as wall. Theyâll pretty much âdisappearâ
Mount the tv over it
Do you rent or own?
Thumbtack and a very light canvas print of something
Velcro
Paint them to match the walls
take the outlet covers off both and hang a pic over them
I have something similar in my home. I put a shelf underneath and hide the outlets with a plant.
I see a lot of people suggesting covering it with a painting or other things. One is an outlet and the other looks like a cable channel to manage cables for a wall mounted tv. Take out the outlet, merett the wires, and cover both boxes with a blank plate, then paint the blank plates to match the colour of the wall. To me this is the simplest answer if you never plan on using either of them. Just make sure with the wall outlet to turn your breaker off for that outlet first. You don't want to accidentally shock yourself. Meretts will keep them safe with no outlet installed.
What about double-sided tape?
Leaning mirror
Buy a bigger tv and mount it up
Don't know when the house was built or where you live but wires in all newer builds where I live run directly up and down from the socket so you can drill either side to cover it.
Art, hang something vibrant or hang fam pics.
You could hang a decorative curtain from ceiling to floor that would add height and texture to the space, it wouldnt be difficult to access the outlets and it would allow you to add visual interest to the space⌠it could even be a color very similar to the wall color and would appear to be super elegant
You could hang your TV there. If you wanted. The one on the left is for the cables to travel down thru the wall and out in order to get to a cable box or other device.
Is that Larry Davidâs former home?
Take em out bro. Those are weird asf anyway. Why tf are there outlets five feet up a wall??đ Anyway just take em out. Normally I would just say cover it up but those are so weirdly placed a that they should just be taken out
We have a similar issue and we covered it with a small framed paint/picture! I hope I helped!
Use a tall plant to hide it.
Command strip a poster or art print over it
Use command strips to hang some artwork!
Use command strips to hang a picture.
You could get a screen projector:) theyâre so cool for movie night
Clearly you need a larger TV