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Tips for Choosing a Media Console
8 Media Consoles for Every Style
When it comes to shopping for a media console, it's more than just finding a piece of furniture. It's about picking the right balance of style and practicality to anchor your entertainment setup. Your choice will not only house your electronics and bring organization to your space but also reflect your personal style. With a range of styles from contemporary to boho to rustic, Colder’s offers media consoles to fit your space.
The trick is to know how to make a selection based on style and size. Follow along as we give you the guideline and reveal eight media consowhy_trust_usle styles from Colder’s.
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A media console is a storage cabinet designed to hold and organize all the media components and accessories typically found in a home entertainment setup, including your television. Also known as TV stands, these are a classic option, providing a base for your TV to rest on and a combination of open and closed storage options.
There are three tried and true options for your entertainment setup:
- Entertainment centers
- Media consoles/TV stands
- Wall mount TV setups
Entertainment centers typically encase your TV with shelves and take up a lot more space. On the other hand, media consoles still offer plenty of storage, but don’t dominate the room. A long media console can still make a statement in a room, or you can choose a small media console for a smaller space. Of course, you could also choose to mount your TV on the wall, but you lose out on storage space with this option.
Benefits of a Media Console
The media console offers the best of both worlds, striking a balance between the storage of an entertainment center and the sleek look of a wall mount TV. Here are some more benefits of choosing a media console:
✔ Shelving: Media consoles often have shelves, cabinets, or compartments for storing electronic components and media accessories. These can include DVD collections, video game consoles, remote controls, and more. You’ll want to consider whether you prefer open storage to display your favorite items or closed storage to hide away visual clutter.
✔ Cable Management: Many media consoles have built-in cable management features such as cord holes, cable channels, or clips to help organize and hide the various cables and wires associated with the electronics.
✔ Aesthetics: Media consoles are available in a wide range of styles, materials, and finishes to match different home decor themes. They can be sleek and modern, rustic, traditional, or contemporary, allowing you to choose one that fits your personal style.
✔ Functionality: Some media consoles come with extra features such as integrated speakers, adjustable shelves, or even built-in electric fireplaces, adding functionality to your entertainment setup.
Tips for Choosing a Media Console
The first thing you want to consider when choosing a media console is size and scale. As a general rule of thumb, your TV should be about ⅔ the width of your TV stand. For example, if your TV is 48”, you’ll want a 60” media console.
Once you know what size you’re looking for, you can consider style. What color, material, and finish do you want? Do you prefer a glossy, matte, or rough and rustic finish? If you prefer wood, do you want a warm or dark toned piece?
You can opt for open shelving and style them out with favorite books, vases, and accessories. If you want to contain your clutter, you can opt for closed shelving. You’ll also want to consider the hardware of your piece. Intricate handles can add a traditional or eclectic vibe while metal accents can add a modern feel. You can create contrast and visual interest when you choose dark hardware on a lighter piece and vice versa.
As you set up your media console, consider what home decor and accessories you want to incorporate. You could also break the ⅔ rule and choose a longer media console with more countertop space to decorate it with accessories. What does the rest of the wall hold? If your TV stand occupies an otherwise blank wall, consider hanging a gallery wall surrounding the TV stand, balancing it out with art on one side and an armchair on the other, or leaning into it and creating an accent wall with a bold color or wallpaper.
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8 Media Consoles for Every Style
The resolution of your TV won't be the only thing looking good with one of these stylish media consoles in your living room. Here are eight of the most popular styles trending these days.
Best Rustic Media Console: Aspenhome Alder Grove 84” Fruitwood Fireplace Console
This fireplace media console will add style and warmth to your living room. There is a combination of open and closed storage, including a recessed center divider that gives space for a larger sound bar. The mix of wood and metal with unique tiles makes this long media console perfect for a rustic living room design and has enough space for a TV up to 55” wide.
Best Farmhouse Media Console: Signature Design by Ashley Arlenbry Gray 60” TV Stand with Electric Fireplace
Farmhouse style is known for being warm and inviting, so incorporating a fireplace into your design is a natural choice. This media console with fireplace features two glass-front doors for semi-hidden storage to keep things casual but tidy. The weathered gray finish gives a well-worn farmhouse vibe, but a white media console would also work well in a farmhouse design.
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Best Boho Media Console: American Drew Carmine Brown Hallsworth Entertainment Console
This media console is perfect for a boho living room with its warm toned oak, eclectic mix of handles and drawer pulls, and intricate beveled details on the wood. There is ample hidden storage so you can create an inviting and visually pleasing space. This 76” console would pair well with up to a 50” TV, and its versatile wood finish adds a lovely layer of warmth to your media room.
Best Eclectic Media Console: Altamonte Brushed Walnut 50” Console
This small media console features a combination of dark toned, wire brush finished wood and silver hardware as well as unique cabinet fronts. This combination of finishes and styles is quintessentially eclectic and would pair well with unexpected accessories throughout your space. There is a great balance between open and closed storage so you can hide away your electronics and display your treasures.
Best Japandi Media Console: Progressive Furniture Regan Raven 72” Media Console
This black media console would be great for a Japandi space with its dark finish, sleek lines, and geometric center doors. It would also provide high contrast with lighter colors in a contemporary design. Black is a timeless finish that will stand the test of time even as you swap out paint colors, throw pillows, and rugs in your room, making this a versatile addition to your space that works with virtually any design scheme.
Best Mid-Century Modern Media Console: Stylecraft Ebony/Ivory Console
Black wood, ebony caning, gold hardware, and unique shapes combine to create a fun mid-century modern console. If you’re looking for a simple and sleek TV stand, this one is long, lean, and easy on the eyes. If you have a simpler entertainment setup, this media console storage provides all you need with open and closes shelves and has holes to hide cables.
Best Contemporary Media Console: Aspenhome Avery Loft Ghost Black 60” Open Console
This contemporary media console with storage boasts open shelving and a simple silhouette that’s ideal for the minimalists at heart. Rich dark wood and a sleek, geometric shape provide plenty of contrast for a contemporary or modern design, while its 60” width offers plenty of room for TVs up to 40” wide.
Best Solid Wood Media Console: International Furniture Direct Loft Brown 62” TV Stand
Looking for quality furniture? Then this wood media stand is made of 100% solid pine wood with black hand-forged iron pulls for contrast just might be what your living space is missing. Its careful craft can be seen from the varied wood grain gives this piece visual interest and a rustic feel. We can see this media console easily in a rustic, farmhouse, industrial, or even coastal design.
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When you’re searching for the right media console, you’ll want to keep size and scale in mind. Once you have the right dimensions, you can start to zero in on your favorite styles and finishes whether it be sleek and contemporary or warm and rustic. At Colder’s in Milwaukee, you can find the perfect media console to bring storage and style to your entertainment setup. Browse our entire selection online or visit one of our Milwaukee furniture stores near you today!
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