TV Stands & Media Consoles - Furniture Solutions

Your TV stand should be wider than your TV for visual balance and stability - generally 2-6 inches wider on each side. For a 55-inch TV (about 48 inches wide), a 58-60 inch console works well. For a 65-inch TV (about 57 inches wide), look for 65-70 inch stands. Also consider depth - your stand needs to be deep enough for your TV's base (check your TV's stand dimensions) plus any equipment you'll place on or in it. Height matters too - the center of your TV screen should be at seated eye level, typically 42-48 inches from the floor. Standard console heights of 18-24 inches work well for most setups.

Absolutely - TV stands are a perfectly valid alternative to wall mounting, and sometimes the better choice. Stands make sense when: you're renting and can't drill walls, your walls are brick/concrete and difficult to mount on, you want flexibility to rearrange or move the TV, you need storage for equipment, or you simply prefer the look of furniture. Modern stands with integrated mounts give you the elevated look of wall mounting without drilling. The main tradeoffs are: stands take up floor space, TV position is less adjustable than articulating wall mounts, and cable management requires more attention since cables run to floor-level equipment.

Cable management with stands requires planning but is very achievable. Use the stand's built-in cable management features - many have back panels with openings or channels for routing cables. Velcro cable ties bundle cables together neatly. Cable boxes or raceways along the back of the stand hide runs between components. For power, use a surge protector mounted to the back of the stand or placed inside a cabinet. Some people run cables through PVC pipe or cable sleeves behind the stand for a completely hidden look. The key is consolidating all cables into organized runs rather than letting them sprawl randomly behind the furniture.

Yes, Express Mounting handles full TV stand and console assembly and setup as part of every install across Metro Atlanta - particularly important for our high-rise Buckhead and Midtown rental customers and luxury Brookhaven and Sandy Springs apartment dwellers where wall mounting is not permitted by the lease or HOA. We assemble the stand from flat-pack (Walker Edison, IKEA BESTA, Whalen) or place pre-assembled consoles in the customer's chosen position, level the unit on uneven floors with felt-base shims, mount the TV to the stand surface or to an integrated stand-mount bracket (FITUEYES swivel stands, WALI floor stands), route all cables through the back panel cable management with velcro ties and conduit, install a surge protector inside the cabinet for the soundbar and streaming devices, and finally test every input and remote function before we leave. Typical assembly-plus-setup time runs 90-120 minutes for a full entertainment center, 45-60 minutes for a simple console. Pricing is the same flat $149-$319 base TV install fee plus $49-$99 for the stand assembly depending on complexity.

Yes, this is one of the most common scenarios we handle in Atlanta - rental and apartment customers who want the wall-mounted TV aesthetic without violating their lease or HOA. The solution is a TV stand with an integrated wall-equivalent mounting post (Sanus VLT6, FITUEYES swivel stand, or WALI VESA-compatible stand) that gives you the elevated, swivel-capable, cable-managed look of a wall mount while sitting on top of a console or floor stand. We install the TV onto the stand-mounted bracket exactly as we would a wall mount - level it, set the swivel range, route the cables through the post, and lock it in place. A representative install: a Brookhaven luxury rental on Peachtree Dunwoody where the customer needed full cable management but the lease prohibited wall drilling. We configured a Sanus VLT6 mount on a Walker Edison 65-inch console, ran all cables through the back panel into a hidden surge protector inside the cabinet, and the result was visually indistinguishable from a wall mount. Total install: $199 base TV + $49 stand setup + $79 surge protector = $327. The customer kept the lease deposit intact and the landlord never knew.

Yes, component organization inside the stand or media console is part of every Express Mounting setup across Metro Atlanta - and frankly the part most customers underestimate when they buy the stand. The standard scope includes: arranging the soundbar (typically Sonos Beam, Bose Smart Soundbar 600, Samsung HW-Q990C, or LG SC9S) on the top shelf below the TV with proper venting clearance, placing the streaming device (Apple TV 4K, Roku Ultra) and gaming console (PS5, Xbox Series X) on separate shelves with at least 4 inches of vertical clearance for heat dissipation, routing all HDMI cables to the soundbar's HDMI eARC input first then to the TV via a single cable for clean ARC switching, installing a surge protector inside the cabinet (Tripp Lite TLP1208TELTV or APC SurgeArrest Performance) with all components plugged in and labeled, and bundling the remaining cable slack with velcro ties hidden behind the back panel. The result is a console where the customer can swap a streaming device or game console in 30 seconds without unplugging anything else - which matters when you have a 12-year-old who wants to play Roblox and a partner who wants to watch the Falcons game.