Almost there!
Well, we started making the new fire surround and it was made more difficult because we wanted to hide all the cables inside the surround. This meant that I had to work out where each cable would be coming from and which side of the room, then allow an entry and exit in the surround to make actually putting it up easy. The intention is to have my mac wired into the TV for playing movies, photos and music. I needed to allow for VGA and sound cables coming in to the left side and exiting on top at the centre. Then the Sky, Tivo and DVD recorder all coming in from the right and exiting top centre. Some need to exit at the shelf for the new speaker, and some need to travel up to the Screen. A major brain teaser!
I marked and Mo cut all the pieces to size and I glued them in place.
I decided that we should use trunking on the wall to make life easier, so proceeded to measure everything out and pray that my menopausal brain wouldn’t get it all mixed up :O)
This has been a mammoth job for us and we are rather proud that we did it all on our own – the surround I mean. The day came to put the screen up and I was adamant that I couldn’t do it with Mo. After much saying that I could, and me saying I couldn’t, she finally phoned Len and he came round immediately to help. It would have been a nightmare without him :O)
We leant the fire surround against the wall just to make sure it was the correct height.
TV goes up!
Looking good.
Wow! a picture!
No more work then?
We are further along now but that will be my next blog in a couple of days :O)
Stumble it!
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Spider | 10 December 2007 at 23:43
Oh wow Babs, what a posh TV. I love it. Where would any of us be without our Len (and Sandie) I hasten to add? Len is your saviour and Sandie has always been mine :O)
You will be all set for Christmas wont you? How will you see the TV from your little throne by the Mac now?
Well done all. Tinaxx
Beetle | 10 December 2007 at 23:45
I can see it quite well from there. It has a 178 degree angle :O)
granny grimble | 11 December 2007 at 0:54
How does it swivel 178 degrees? It looks like it’s flat against the wall! How posh it all is. I reckon you’ve got a Sugar Daddy!
The look of pure joy on Mo’s face is a sight to belhold! Mind you Len lookd pretty pleased with himself too. Isn’t it great when things go well instead of belly up once in a while?
Beetle | 11 December 2007 at 2:27
It doesn’t swivel, that’s the viewing angle of it flat.
No sugar daddy I’m afraid. Do you remember what you said about that little extra we get in the winter? That and HP did it :O)
weechuff | 11 December 2007 at 19:00
I can say first hand that their lounge is looking really good! The TV is fantastic, and it save so much room, leaving a large corner very uncluttered!
I am very jealous of the wall TV, and was thinking that I might get one, but of course I would have to wait until my present TV gives up the ghost:0( I couldn’t warrant spending that sort of money when I have a perfectly good TV, but it is bound to go one day:0)