Media console makeover

Finally after staying at our home for close to three years, I've tackled our most used space in our home, the living room. For some odd reason, I decorate the least used space first and always leave our living room last. Our last home, the living room was one of the last places I decorated before selling it. Today I wanted to share a $200 makeover in our living room. I bought a $35 used dresser on offerup and refinished it with some left over paint in our garage.

Then, I headed to home depot to gather $80 worth of other supplies which included a tv mount and in wall cord management system. I've hung our TV using various mounting systems before but hands down this basic tv mount is the best. It is basic so no special swivel abilities like the costco ones but I give it five stars. I don't think I need my tv to do somersaults. I just need to it look clean, wire free, and hung nicely on the wall. They make it so easy to install. I screwed them directly onto our studs. I believe the kit only comes with screws for wood and brick walls so be prepared to look for studs if you plan to use their screws.

After everything was hung and I hid all the wires behind the wall I headed to walmart to grab and IR extender. I hate the look of exposed wires and cable boxes etc. This device lets you hide all your devices in the drawer. Instructions are pretty straight forward and took me about five minutes to connect to our devices. 

Here are some before and after pictures of our media console area in the living room.