I was recently shopping around for a corner entertainment center, and was surprised by the selection available. I had only seen small units before that your TV sits upon, with maybe a few shelves beneath for the dvd player, game units etc. But what I found was a lot more impressive, units ranging from full furniture pieces to the smaller units I was familiar with and everything in between. Lets take a look at some of the available styles.
As a kid, our home entertainment center was a simple cart that housed the TV and a VCR. Not very impressive, but it worked fine. I think it might have had a little storage shelf, but I have no idea what was put there. There was no such thing as a remote control so every time we wanted to change channels we had to make a little trip across the room to switch channels. Of course, there were only three channels so it's not like we had to change it that often. Thankfully, TVs grew up and so did the places people put them in.
When I got out on my own and got a TV it just lived on a simple table. That worked fine for a single guy. But marriage changes lots of things. Soon we "had to have" a better place to put the TV because my wife wanted to be able to close it off from view. So, woodworker that I am, I jumped to the rescue. I built a home entertainment center that was a thing of beauty to behold. Solid wood, plenty big, retractable doors, lots of storage, and a massive open cavity to house a ridiculously heavy TV. Like other large entertainment centers, this one was great for what it was. Plus, the top had lots of display space for knick knacks.
The basic "TV stand" also does not meet the convention of small stands in a corner entertainment center, the type you purchase at a massive discount store. There are some really nice stands that are full pieces of furniture in some really nice styles. One I saw that I particularly liked was made of dark wood, I believe walnut, with glass doors in the middle (for components) and three narrow drawers down both sides of the middle compartment. Some of the styles I have seen include Quaker, Mission and Dutch Modern. Others I have seen have the more modern look, with a black or silver finish and glass shelves. Of course, the stands come in varying widths, depending on what you need.
Although it may seem like a project that you could easily put off, it's a great one to involve kids in to teach them how to get organized. By giving them the job of putting the DVDs on the shelf or the c.d.'s into the box, they'll feel as though they completed the project themselves, thus are more likely to put things back where they got them. So if you're sick of spending hours looking for the correct disc or pulling out stacks of movies just to get to the one in the very back, stop wasting time looking and spend more time with your family enjoying this media. By getting organized once and for all - you'll never waste another moment you could be spending with a bowl of popcorn on the couch.
As a kid, our home entertainment center was a simple cart that housed the TV and a VCR. Not very impressive, but it worked fine. I think it might have had a little storage shelf, but I have no idea what was put there. There was no such thing as a remote control so every time we wanted to change channels we had to make a little trip across the room to switch channels. Of course, there were only three channels so it's not like we had to change it that often. Thankfully, TVs grew up and so did the places people put them in.
When I got out on my own and got a TV it just lived on a simple table. That worked fine for a single guy. But marriage changes lots of things. Soon we "had to have" a better place to put the TV because my wife wanted to be able to close it off from view. So, woodworker that I am, I jumped to the rescue. I built a home entertainment center that was a thing of beauty to behold. Solid wood, plenty big, retractable doors, lots of storage, and a massive open cavity to house a ridiculously heavy TV. Like other large entertainment centers, this one was great for what it was. Plus, the top had lots of display space for knick knacks.
The basic "TV stand" also does not meet the convention of small stands in a corner entertainment center, the type you purchase at a massive discount store. There are some really nice stands that are full pieces of furniture in some really nice styles. One I saw that I particularly liked was made of dark wood, I believe walnut, with glass doors in the middle (for components) and three narrow drawers down both sides of the middle compartment. Some of the styles I have seen include Quaker, Mission and Dutch Modern. Others I have seen have the more modern look, with a black or silver finish and glass shelves. Of course, the stands come in varying widths, depending on what you need.
Although it may seem like a project that you could easily put off, it's a great one to involve kids in to teach them how to get organized. By giving them the job of putting the DVDs on the shelf or the c.d.'s into the box, they'll feel as though they completed the project themselves, thus are more likely to put things back where they got them. So if you're sick of spending hours looking for the correct disc or pulling out stacks of movies just to get to the one in the very back, stop wasting time looking and spend more time with your family enjoying this media. By getting organized once and for all - you'll never waste another moment you could be spending with a bowl of popcorn on the couch.
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