DIY Frame for TV
We’ve had our TV for 15 + years. It has moved with us a couple of times and still going strong. I have wanted to replace it with a Frame TV by Samsung but did not want to pay the price for one. The old one we have works perfectly fine and I knew I could make my own frame for it.
A few years ago, I put together a gallery wall of floral art to surround the TV, and ever since, the TV has ruined the whole vibe. I finally decided to make a frame for the TV. Hoping this will make it look less like a TV in the middle of the gallery wall.
Because the TV is older, the frame is much wider than what TVs on the market have today—I headed to Lowe's to find a moulding that would work to cover the frame for our TV. Unfortunately, they did not have moulding that would be wide enough to cover the whole frame. I had to buy two different size mouldings that would hopefully look like one, once I put them together, to cover the entire TV frame. I also chose more detailed ornate moulding to match the frames I have surrounding our TV.
Not wanting to spend a lot on this project, I used a scrap piece of beadboard we had lying around to make a template to attach the two parts of moulding and create the wide frame I needed. I used a jig saw to cut the beadboard to size my frame. If you need to make a template for backing, you could use RevolutionPly a 4'X8" sheet is around $28 from Lowes.
We don't have a miter saw, so I picked up a miter box and saw to cut the needed angles. Honesty, this was the most challenging part, the moulding was not the easiest to cut, and I ended up with quite a few gaps at the corners. I planned to fill them with wood filler and hoped it would not be that noticable.
After cutting everything, I used liquid nail to attach the moulding to my template frame. It was finally coming together.
I attached the frame to my TV using command strips, and so far, so good. I should have waited to put it up until after I painted it. At this point, I was anxious to get it up. After it was up, I filled in all the gaps from my poor cuts with wood filler. This worked out much better than I had expected. I’m thinking I could have skipped this step had I had a miter saw.
I used Minwax black stain for a base and antique gold Rub n Buff to give it the gold finish I wanted. I am using the app ArtCast Art for your TV to get the art on our TV. As I mentioned, it is pretty old with no smart features. We use an Amazon Fire Stick, I downloaded the app through there, and it’s $2.99 a month. There are so many good choices of art to choose from.
I am pleased with how this turned out. In all, it cost me under $100 for the materials.
If you don't have a bulky wide-frame TV as I do, there might be easier ways to make a frame for your TV. I was on Tik Tok the other day and on my FYP someone covered their TV frame with gold Washi tape. It looked good there.
What do you think? Is framing your TV something you have wanted to do?