If it is a media room where you will be watching movies you might want to try a little darker color on the walls, something like a dark pale blue. It will make the space a little cozier. I love the idea of the fabric covered foam core. That way you would be consumed by trying to paint the wall behind the cabinets if they are a built-in unit. If you are able to move the cabinets I would suggest painting all walls this pale blue and then adding some accents on the shelves, such as decorative baskets to hold movies, remotes, controllers, ect.

Hi all, so new TV unit arrived on the weekend nice and promptly, shame the new iPhone did not! Anyway here are a couple pics of the new piece. After making a small hole in the little cupboard I was able to feed the cables through for the Bowers & Wilkins speaker, so that is now sitting happily in its little cubby hole. This also creates a little self contained sub-woofer giving lots of extra bass!! Anyway it would be great to hear what you guys think and hope it inspires you to look for your perfect piece!

There are a few examples of independently designed kitchen/ living /dining /island layouts on our pro page if you want to have a look for some inspiration ... we tend to design the whole area when we work with clients - and offer up a good few suggestions taking all sorts of things into consideration, simply because there are sooooo many connotations to consider. Nb. we don’t sell Kitchens ! We design them with you, so you can then shop around and compare like for like.

The heat from the gas fire builds up in the faux chimney so needs an outlet and ventilation. On mine, this is at the rear (external wall) and grills side of chimney breast - they do get hot. (The TV doesn’t). We did not want to store / display anything at the side so this was not a problem to us. Our “before” looks very similar to what you have. Possibly because of the heat maybe why there are not many images associated with gas fire tv above. If you haven’t already tried, you may find the arrangement you are looking for / ideas by searching for electric fire tv above or going on different manufactures websites. If you see something you can then find out if this is suitable for gas fire.