One would think it would be easy. I definitely thought it would be when I started it. Let me just tell ya the story... I had been having issues LOVING my living room. I don't know if it's the Halloween decor (I'm over it) the furniture, the lack of a rug... I'm not sure but I couldn't get it perfect. I finally came to the conclusion that the fireplace wall was very modern and the window wall was very feminine. I think my eyeballs couldn't compute that LOL I was scheming in my head Sunday night about how I could vintage up my fireplace some more. If you remember HERE it had my gold spray painted TV on it. The clean lines made it very modern. I decided I wanted to frame out my tv with a vintage frame. Of course, I like to not spend money on stuff like this so I searched my house and came across this beautiful frame I had hanging over my bathroom mirror. I grabbed it and it was too small for the gold spray painted TV. I decided to switch some tv's around.... Well that turned into a bit of an annoyance in itself but I Switched all the tv's around. The living room TV went into my room, my TV went into the living room and everything seemed perfect. I grabbed it yesterday, looked up the mount I would need to put it on the wall. Went to walmart and got THIS (affiliate link) one for less than $10! I started taking off the legs and a screw was stripped. UGH. I spent HOURS trying to get it out. It was insane. I tried everything... Sticky tack, Nail glue strips, every screwdriver and drill bit I had. Every tool I had... Tweezers... It just wouldn't come out. I didn't have any rubber bands or hot glue which were both suggested to me. Finally I decided to just break the leg off. BUT! It was built VERY well haha so my puny arms couldn't break it. Then I remembered I had the same size TV in Bjorn's room. I went and grabbed it and it worked perfectly. I WISH I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!! But whatever lol So Now he has my old TV, I have the living room TV and the living room has my old TV. It's a hot mess but we're alive.
The mount was SO easy to install. I didn't even read the directions (I never do haha) but up it went. I put the frame around it and decorated the mantle and BAM!!! Beautiful!!! It's everything I wanted this fireplace to be. My sweet, talented friend Nay on Instagram @happyholderhome shared an app for Roku where you can add screensavers to your TV. I wanted this to look like a picture in a way so I searched. She said it was called the Unsaver. I found this one called the 4K Mountain Screen Savers. It's so beautiful. I love the neutral tones in the pictures. Either are beautiful!
I also want to say I ended up running the cord over to the left and down the side of the frame so it's all hidden now. I did that after taking these pictures and that helps a lot! I just taped it to the back of the frame and let it run down to the side behind the candlestick. So there we have it! I love my living room again! It looks much more "me". I am a more is more type of gal so a mantle full of pretty things is totally my jam. Bats and all (insert eye roll) OVER IT. Anyway, I hope you got some inspiration for your own home and have a BEAUTIFUL rest of the week!!
Love you,
