Stop me if this sounds familiar. You’ve spent ages designing the perfect aesthetic for your living room, complete with artwork, furniture, accessories, and a cohesive color palette. Then you realize your giant TV screen (essential for Netflix and chill, but not exactly attractive) ruins the whole vibe. Take a deep breath and don’t panic, because we’re about to show you how to hide a TV.
While we all want on in our living space, a large television screen is not exactly the focal point interior designers would approve of. A piece of art, custom cabinetry, gorgeous woodworking, or a beautiful antique piece of furniture are much better taking center stage. In order to let your favorite design element shine, it can help to hide or disguise your large TV. These DIY TV hiding projects will help you keep your living room aesthetic without taking away your technology, because it’s 2026 and we CAN have it all!
How to Hide a TV on the Wall
Let’s face it, a wall-mounted TV isn’t exactly the gorgeous local artwork you might want to display in your home. But you can cover it up thanks to these DIY projects below.
DIY Wall-Mounted TV Cover
Love everything about this. Love the coastal vibes, love the distressed finish, and love how you would never even know there was a TV behind the artwork. Get all the details on this masterpiece over at Sunnyside Home.
How to Disguise a TV in Just One Day!
If you’re looking to keep things simple and straightforward, this one from Noting Grace genuinely only takes a day. Plus, it’s stunning and suits their space perfectly! This is great option if you feel your space could use a gallery wall already!
How to Disguise a TV With a DIY Sliding Cover
Shannon over at Living With Lady has this brilliant DIY guide for a TV cover that slides across in front of your wall-mounted TV. This simple project utilizes artwork of your choice and heavy duty drawer slides. You can put any type of art on the sliding cover, so it’s an easy tutorial to adapt to your style/vibe/space.
How to Hide a TV Above a Fireplace
This farmhouse-style TV cover is stunning, and the curtain rod design means it’s so quick and easy to access your TV when you need it. If you have a TV above your fireplace, this would be a simple yet effective way to keep it hidden. Barn doors would make this such a cute farmhouse inspired project. Find the step-by-step guide over at Sarah Joy.
How to Hide a TV With a Cabinet
When in doubt, your TV can be hidden in a cabinet! As you’ll see below, there are a few different ways to do this, but they all follow the same basic principle. Hidden tv cabinets are a great way to keep a TV out of sight when you don’t need it, and easily accessible when you do!
Portable DIY TV Storage Cabinet With Lift
If you’re looking for a way to move your TV around, or if you sometimes take your TV outside for parties or sporting events, this DIY custom cabinet on wheels from One Handy Momma is just what you need!
How to Disguise a TV Cabinet
This is a great design that uses a simple TV cabinet to hide your actual TV. The TV slides into the back of the cabinet, which has a lift inside it that brings your TV out when you need it. Learn to make this at home with an amazing tutorial from Handmade Weekly.
DIY TV Lift Cabinet
You can buy these fancy TV lift cabinets for thousands of dollars, but the amazing geniuses over at The Brain and the Brawn can show you how to make one for a fraction of that price. Your TV pops up when you need it, and slides away when you don’t!
Keep Your TV Tucked Away With Our DIY TV Hiding Projects!
Your TV doesn’t have to dominate your living room! Hopefully you’ve found some inspo in the projects above, and can make a cover or cabinet that hides your TV and gives you more control over your room’s aesthetic. Good luck! If you’re ok with keeping your tv visible and just dressing it up a bit, check out our DIY custom frame idea for TV’s to give it a little makeover. We’ve also got a few more stylish ways to hide a tv over on the sister blog OhMeOhMy! If there’s anything we can all agree on, it’s that there’s plenty of creative ways to solve home design challenges, and it’s always a bit more fun taking the DIY route. How did you hide your TV? Let us know in the comments!