Modern TV Stands

Furniture manufacturers used to offer essentially one or two types of contemporary TV stands, metal and glass. Very seldom was it possible to find wood tv entertainment centers that didn't look either very country home or incredibly early American traditional. With the arrival of large screen plasma and LCD televisions, furniture designers had to utterly revamp their approach to home entertainment and home décor has benefitted with so much more choices now available.

In many homes these days, particularly in family rooms, furniture is now typically focused on the television or home theatre system rather than vice-versa.  Large screens necessarily lend themselves to the possibility of massive furniture items, oversized and designed for comfort while viewing movies or programs.

A new trend in modern TV stands is referred to as low profile.  One brand worth looking at on-line is the Eclipse collection. This manufacturer showcases long slung open air storage with unique end colours like espresso and biscotti. Bottom drawers offer hidden storage for typically junky items like DVDs, CD's and kids’ video game paraphernalia. The stand’s feet can be adjusted to suit the appropriate viewing height for the area’s furniture.

Maitland-Smith is a furniture maker of extraordinary distinction catering to the most discerning of interior decorators. New to the present line are modern TV stands that are not truly stands at all, but works of art. New to their line is an unparalleled wood wall cabinet that also takes its influence from the Far East with its Chinoiserie design. Handcrafted and hand painted, this is a hanging cabinet that not only hides the flat screen TV, but may be a work of art itself.

Finally, the term armoire often brings to mind only traditional type furnishings. But, in our media obsessed homes today, televisions within the bedroom are more common than not and this calls for a completely different type of contemporary TV stand.  The armoire could be a favored bedroom furnishing alternative for entertainment equipment as a result of of the will to want to fully hide the television when not in use. Today’s armoires are available in modern designs with sleek finishes, dark rich woods or perhaps stainless steel like techno cabinetry.