March 28, 2024

DIY FIREPLACE WALL WITH TV // ENTERTAINMENT CENTER!



Published May 28, 2023, 7:20 a.m. by Liam Bradley


When it comes to entertainment, there is nothing quite like a cozy fireplace. And when you combine that with a TV entertainment center, you have the perfect recipe for a relaxing evening at home.

If you are looking for a fun diy project that will add a touch of luxury to your home, consider building a fireplace wall with a TV entertainment center. This project is relatively easy to do, and it will make a huge impact in your home.

Here are the steps you need to take to build a fireplace wall with a TV entertainment center:

1. Choose the location for your project. You will want to select a spot that is large enough to accommodate the size of the entertainment center you plan to build.

2. Measure the area and mark off the dimensions with painter’s tape.

3. Build the frame for your fireplace wall. You can use 2x4s or 2x6s for this project.

4. Attach the plywood to the frame. Make sure the plywood is flush with the top of the frame.

5. Install the fireplace insert. Follow the instructions that come with the insert.

6. Cut the hole for the TV mount. Use a jigsaw to cut the hole slightly larger than the mount.

7. Install the TV mount. Follow the instructions that come with the mount.

8. Hang the TV on the mount.

9. Install the trim around the fireplace insert and the TV mount.

10. Add any finishing touches, such as painting or staining the wood.

This diy project is a great way to add a touch of luxury to your home. It is also a great way to save money on your entertainment expenses. By building your own fireplace wall with a TV entertainment center, you can avoid the high cost of hiring a professional to do the job for you.

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and we now have

an imax theater in our living room so

okay so i'm trying to do a better job at

this like cool transition thing like

good video people creators whatever you

call them are supposed to do so i think

the last time that we were in this space

i was talking about how the floors were

gonna get done and now

they're done

look how good they look they look so

good

i'm so excited about these floors it's

unreal

so these are the original hardwood

floors from the 50s these were hidden

underneath some floating laminate floors

i had a local flooring guy come in and

refinish restore and stain these floors

and they just look so delicious

so now that the floors are done i am

going to be focusing my energy on

creating a

fireplace

for this wall so now that the floors

look super yummy and they're done this

whole vibe of this room is really coming

together we really wanted like dark

floors bright walls and one other thing

that chris and i always spoke about when

we talked about having a house was that

we really wanted a fireplace to hang our

tv on and while we agree on the

fireplace we don't really agree on the

size of the tv but i think he's gonna

win this one because the size of the

fireplace insert that i just ordered is

very big but anyway i'm getting ahead of

myself so our house has a gas hookup so

we could have gone with a gas fireplace

insert however those are really

expensive and we wanted something very

wide and

gas fireplace inserts in that range were

like six thousand dollars four thousand

dollars eight thousand dollars and

that's just not in the budget right now

so instead we decided to purchase an

electric fireplace insert we definitely

splurged on the one that we purchased

but it was still way cheaper than going

with a gas insert i want to build an

actual surround for the fireplace so

that is what i'm going to be doing in

this video now i'm well aware that

spring is basically here and summer's

coming and like most people aren't

building fireplaces in the spring or the

summer because they're already warm

months but i really want to get this

project done before we move all of our

stuff into this space and honestly i'm

just being proactive for holiday season

because now when it starts to get cold

out we're already gonna have our

fireplace done right at least that's why

i tell myself make myself feel better

about the fact that i'm gonna be

publishing a fireplace video in the

spring i am so excited about this

project but before i can get started i

want to snap a few photos of this space

and start kind of doodling a little bit

on my ipad and planning out what i

really want it to look like so

that's where we're going to get started

on this project let's do it i'm so

excited

i partnered up with my amazing friends

at dremel to help make this project come

to life

all right friends so i am well aware

that a it has been a while since i

posted anything i've missed you so much

and b that i am all over the place with

this home renovation process last time

we checked and i was working on the

bathroom but now we ran into a snag in

the bathroom and i'm waiting on some

things to be delivered so i figured

while i'm in limbo might as well work on

something else and this fireplace was

actually the perfect project to keep me

busy while i was obsessing over tracking

numbers and waiting for things to come

for the bathroom and installing things

in the bathroom and

we'll get there when we get there but

anyway let's focus on the fireplace

build because this build was a lot of

fun i missed woodworking projects so so

much now this particular fireplace

design is something that chris and i

have been dreaming up together for a

little bit for this space but yeah as

you can see i took some photos i brought

those photos over to my ipad and then i

kind of doodled out what we wanted in

the space obviously not to scale but

just to get a little visual reference we

really wanted something large and in

charge that would be the focal point of

the room especially since it is the

first wall you see when you walk into

the house and we knew that we wanted to

do some sort of like black rustic wood

look as well i'm not sure about a mantle

quite yet when you see the size of the

tv

you'll see there may not be enough room

for a mantle but that's something we can

figure out in the long run but yeah once

i was happy with the design it was

really time to start planning everything

out in time to make a shopping list and

time to get started

so one thing i've definitely learned the

hard way about living in an older house

is that literally nothing is straight

the walls aren't straight the floors are

crooked like nothing is level

so to help with measuring out this

project dremel sent me their home

solutions three-in-one digital laser

measure and this thing is dope

so this tool in particular is a three in

one tool that has a laser measuring for

distance and area a tape adapter for

measuring short distances and a

circumference and wheel adapter for

measuring uneven surfaces so i started

out with that wheel adapter on the

measurer and took some measurements to

figure out what the ideal width of this

fireplace would be before then looking

for the studs and then figuring out what

was actually gonna work

hey

things are about to

heat up

this whole situation is slightly wider

than what i wanted the original

fireplace to be i was originally

planning for 70 inch wide because we

have a 60 inch wide insert but

this is 82 inches wide

and honestly i'd rather do this

and know that i'm like hitting studs

then start to like swish cheese these

plaster walls i'm going to stick with

the slightly wider fireplace and that

just means chris is gonna ask for a

bigger tv

yeah this looks good so let's get

started

now once i had figured out the width of

the fireplace i then took that digital

laser measure and then measured the

height of the fireplace and honestly

this little digital measure was a time

saver and a lifesaver because like i

said the floors are not straight in this

house and i was able to get a very

accurate measurement within about an

eighth of an inch of how tall things

needed to be which meant that i was able

to shave off just enough to be able to

create those frames and lift them up

without scraping my ceiling

in terms of frame construction itself i

did start with my two sidewalls and if

you're interested about measurements or

tools or supplies or materials i do have

a full breakdown on my website you can

check out the link below this video in

the video description to get there and i

will also be selling some publishable

pdf plans for anybody who'd like to

print out plans and try to follow them

on your own on your own build but yeah

so i built those side frames just using

regular old wood screws and then i

attached the side walls to the actual

wall through those studs and i used a

level to make sure that everything was

nice and straight

i obviously also hung all over them like

a jungle gym for a strength test

so

my fireplace came with

really awesome instructions

with the dimensions that i need for the

opening of the fireplace as well as

a fun little diagram right here so what

i'm gonna do is i'm gonna now build the

big framed wall in the front but um

before i attach it to

the other two frames i just attached to

the studs i am going to make sure i

basically build this opening

in that freestanding wall

i think that makes sense does that make

sense i think that makes sense i feel

like it's gonna make more sense when i

actually do it i'm very visual so that's

gonna help but uh let's go build build

that second or

sorry build that third side

quick disclaimer one thing that is super

important when building a fireplace

surround for whatever insert you're

going to be using whether it's electric

or gas you want to make sure that the

specs are going to fit whatever

fireplace you purchased so even though

my plans are going to be tailored

towards the particular unit that i

purchased

i recommend double checking triple

checking quadruple checking the

dimensions of your own fireplace insert

before starting on a build like this one

also something else that i needed to add

to this particular wall was a little

nook because we're going to be putting a

lot of like our entertainment system

stuff behind the tv yes technical term

entertainment system stuff um behind the

tv and i needed a little opening for

that so i did build that into the top of

the wall once that third wall was built

i propped it on up made sure to do the

very important happy dance that goes

along with every awesome successful

project and then attached it to those

sides using some wood screws

i also made sure to check level a lot as

i was attaching this thing because that

would stink and once everything was

level and looking strong i did a little

jungle gym strength test and then i was

happy enough to call it a day

let's call it a day

tomorrow's another one see you then

friends

all right so once that frame was built

my next piece of part that i wanted to

focus on wow my brain doesn't work was

to build out the entertainment nook

which is going to be behind the tv i

used two by fours and screws for this as

well as well as some spacers and i'm

gonna be laying some plywood on top of

this at some point in the future in

hindsight it probably would have been a

lot easier to just build a box and then

attach that box to the studs and the

frame but instead i made a box i just

did it in little parts and it worked out

really well i also made sure to add some

extra supports down below for places for

me to nail the planks into later but at

this point the framing was definitely

done and it was time to move on with the

help of an awesome friend who was in

town for the day

okay frame is done and now i want to be

proactive

and i want to paint the frame before i

put my boards on the frame because if

there are any

like little pieces where's the technical

term

gaps in between the boards then you

won't see them but i have some help

today my friend jocelyn has come to help

me

yeah

so she's gonna help me paint this

fireplace

and it's gonna be awesome because a i

like having company and not doing

guitars alone

and b it's gonna go by so much faster

that's what we always need okay so

let's do it working with other maker

friends is so much fun and jocelyn is

seriously the coolest please go check

out her work and what she does she is so

talented and has an amazing eye for

design and makes such awesome things

please go give her some love she

definitely definitely deserves it

hanging out with jocelyn and getting to

paint this fireplace frame with her was

such a highlight of this project i wish

that she could stay around forever and

ever because we totally totally crushed

it we knocked this thing out of the park

so fast teamwork seriously makes the

dream work

once the frame of the fireplace was

painted it was time to move on to

cutting the plywood that was going to go

inside of the nook and my workshop at my

new house is not set up yet in fact my

kitchen's been doubling as my workshop

recently so having my dremel ultra saw

cordless compact saw around was so

helpful because i was able to cut all of

the plywood using this tiny little saw

instead of having to lug all the plywood

to my workshop use my table saw and then

bring it on back

once those pieces were cut though i

hadn't painted them using actually

leftover sample paint that i still had

in my closet from some other projects

and weirdly enough it ended up being the

almost exact color of the planks i was

using on the fireplace total happy

accident um but yeah i ended up doing

about three coats of paint and i stand

it in between each one to make

everything nice and smooth

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after letting those boards dry overnight

the next day i came back and i attached

them to the nook using my nailer and

some

force but really mostly my nailer and i

did end up having one kind of small gap

so i filled that using some caulk and

some paint later in the process

at this point though it was time to make

some magic happen and add the planks of

wood to my fireplace and i was so

excited about this process now i've used

planks like this before never in this

like charcoal black color so what i

actually did was i mixed up all of the

boxes so that no matter what i chose it

was random because they just had

different variations and i didn't want

anything to look like it had a pattern

to it and then i just started grabbing

some boards and attaching them to the

front of the fireplace using a level to

make sure that each row was completely

level as i went through the entire

installation now once it was time to get

to a couple rows where i had to make

some cuts i did bring the boards back on

over to that ultra saw and rip them down

using the compact saw honestly such a

time saver this thing is awesome and

because it's battery operated i did not

trip over any cords so like that's a win

but once those boards were ripped down

to size and then attach them to the

fireplace using my brad nailer right on

in to those two by four studs now i

actually only focused on the bottom half

at first because i wanted to make sure

that we could install the fireplace and

that i could still reach around it so

once i was done with that i called in

help from my partner in crime the dogs

just kidding and my dad but also mostly

the dogs legit though this thing was

heavy and was definitely a two-person

job and i'm not gonna go through all of

the fine details on how we installed it

because everybody's unit is gonna be

different but shout out to dad for his

help on this one because it needed

another person

i gotta go home now guys it was nice

seeing this

i always feel like there's a point in

every project i do where i get to a

certain step in the install process and

i start to get super excited because i

start to see everything come together

and this was that moment i was so

excited i wanted to celebrate

titan however on the other hand was

totally fine just chilling in the back

of the house and just watching me do all

the hard work instead of helping

what a great help

but for real i decided to end the day on

a high note with a happy dance with my

dude and then i came back the next day

to do more work

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so i did this thing last night that i do

all the time where in the middle of the

night i like snapped out of bed with an

idea

for the project that i'm currently

working on so

so far so good i'm really happy with

this so far i think it looks awesome

what i am going to do though is i was

thinking about this yesterday i want to

mount

a tv here

and

i gotta like figure out stud placement

for the mount so i'm gonna

probably like

double up on these here not full ones i

don't think we need full ones here but

i'm gonna double up

on some supports over there so that i

have just like an extra

insurance built in for whatever

whatever

mount i choose for the giant imac size

screen tv that's going up on our

fireplace so i'm gonna get started there

and i'm gonna just add those and paint

them up real quick and then

i'm gonna finish this fireplace i'm

excited let's do it

i feel like i explained that okay with

my cup of coffee in my hand as per usual

but yeah i don't know i just wanted to

add a couple more studs just in case i

needed some extra room for hanging

things but once those were up it was

time to finish installing the rest of

the planks on the front of this

fireplace and for that let's go to a

satisfying time lapse

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as you can see one thing that i decided

to add at some point were just some

extra two by fours in the back and that

was not for structural purposes it was

just so i had a couple of extra spots to

nail some boards into but once i was

done with that i then moved on to the

sides and did the same thing and since

these boards were super warped i knew

that miters wouldn't look great on them

so instead i went out and i got some

corner moldings and i went to home depot

and brought these planks over for them

to color match and got three different

shades of blacks and grays and painted

the corners in these three different

shades adding a little bit of texture to

make them look like aged wood so that

they would match i did at some point

realize after installing them and taking

a few steps back that they were a little

lighter than i would have liked them to

be so after nailing them into the

fireplace i did go on back with a dried

paint brush dipped in some dark black

paint to add some more texture and they

blended in beautifully and taking it one

step further i also decided to frame out

the nook and paint any exposed edges of

that as well

okay friends so i was going to show you

how i made this and then talk about it

via voice but that's not as fun as

hanging out on camera with you guys so i

needed to make an access panel

back here so that i can reach behind the

fireplace in case i need i don't know to

access anything or like hide fun stuff

back here you know like snacks or sour

patch kids so to do that i left open

like one like three rows of planks and i

took those three rows one two three and

attached them together using some 1x2

boards very similar to how i've made

custom signs in the past and now i can

literally just slide this on in here

it doesn't line up perfectly but i

wanted to leave like a lot of extra

wiggle room in case

anything moves or shifts but you're not

even going to see it because this is

actually

wedged in between the wall

and the fireplace and there's going to

be a plant here hopefully so you're

never gonna see it but at least it's

here so if i ever need access to it i

just slide this back pull it forward

and there you go and then i can you know

hide something in there

you know

for

safekeeping

all right

this project is done

while the project itself was done

there's one more thing we still had to

tackle

so

um

i let

chris

choose the size tv

that he wanted for this fireplace

we now have

an imax theater

in our living room uh who's coming over

for movie night all right friends check

this out while i'm still on the fence

about the size of this imax movie

theater screen in our living room i am

not on the fence about how much i am

obsessed with this fireplace i am so

excited about it i think it looks so so

cool in our house and it felt really

awesome to get back to a woodworking

project and take a little bit of a

breather from the home renovations since

that's kind of been a little stressful i

know that things are taking a little

longer than i originally anticipated in

this house but that's kind of what

happens when you do a lot of the work

yourself or if you're me with dad and i

really really appreciate all the love

and support and patience from all of you

i could not do any of this without all

of you cheering me on i seriously

seriously mean that from the bottom of

my heart i hope that you all enjoyed

this project as much as i did i really

missed you guys so much and i'm so happy

to be back on track with filming and

sharing content and i promise that there

will be a new video very very soon on

the channel so if you are not subscribed

please make sure to subscribe to my

channel and hit that notification bell i

cannot wait to share all of the really

awesome things i'm working on in this

house because trust me i'm working on

like seven things at once as per usual

in the meantime though friends thanks so

much for being awesome as always i will

see you so soon with a new project but

until then friends happy diying

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