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Help Requested: TV Stand/Game Holder Thing
smokmnky
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Ok so heres the deal. I just moved into a new place with my wife. Our last situation was we had a bedroom for a couple of months at my parents house since we just moved to the area.
The new place we have is great lots of room and stuff, only problem is we don't really have a TV stand or entertainment unit. Little back story. I have an LCD that we hung on the wall with a pretty nice wall mount so I guess I don't really need a TV stand but somewhere to hold the DVD Player the Surround Sound receiver (when we buy one) and my 360. It doesn't have to have a TV area so it could just be shelves or something but it has to look "nice." The wife would prefer something in black since that matches her "decor" but we aren't too picky. Sliding doors and/or cabinets are a plus, same with having somewhere to put my game cases as well.
Any help or suggestions on where to look would be awesome. Thanks in advance guys.
The new place we have is great lots of room and stuff, only problem is we don't really have a TV stand or entertainment unit. Little back story. I have an LCD that we hung on the wall with a pretty nice wall mount so I guess I don't really need a TV stand but somewhere to hold the DVD Player the Surround Sound receiver (when we buy one) and my 360. It doesn't have to have a TV area so it could just be shelves or something but it has to look "nice." The wife would prefer something in black since that matches her "decor" but we aren't too picky. Sliding doors and/or cabinets are a plus, same with having somewhere to put my game cases as well.
Any help or suggestions on where to look would be awesome. Thanks in advance guys.
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The best advice I got for TV stands was to stay out of the electronics stores. Places like Best Buy and Circuit City would be selling stands for $200 and up, but I'd see a similar one at Ikea for $80.
Could something like this do the job? It's actually meant to be painted, if natural wood ain't your style.
Storing your media can easily be done in regular bookcases, and all your loose cables, controllers, and so on will look a lot less messy if you put them in one or more nice storage boxes in that same bookcase.
Take your S.O. for at little meatball snack at the IKEA foodcourt -- you'll have fun, I guarantee!
"Laugh while you can, monkey-boy!"
~ Dr. Emilio Lizardo
As for price range anything around $200 is fine I think, $200 being the top end but I'd rather only spend around $80
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=1152&f=10257
I love that it's on wheels because it seems like I have to often get behind the TV/consoles. It's super classy in person, especially if you buy little baskets and treys to put your games/controllers in so they're not laying about.
It also has matching media shelves for DVDs and such. I couldn't be happier with the purchase.
edit: oh I just saw your top end of $200. Nevermind
Another $50 to keep the Mrs. happy is a small price to pay
I actually really like the look of that, not sure how she'd feel but I'll add it to the list.
Brilliant.
If you like I can take a picture of mine at home so you get a feel for how it looks "in the wild" :P
That would be awesome
The cart has dvd storage on both sides. You can put the center divider board down the center, but that makes it a bit too small for the larger home theater components (of which we have none) or you can stagger it like in the crate and barrel picture.