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Decorating Ideas for Your Entertainment Center

Marielle Robie • Feb 18, 2022

You purchased a fabulous, new entertainment center and perhaps a new flat screen tv to go with it? Excellent! Now all you need to know is how to make your entertainment center look stylish.

Have fun decorating your entertainment center by:

Utilizing Complementary Décor
Bringing in Mirrors
Featuring Family Photos
Filling Up Decorative Storage Baskets
Creating a Home Library
Concealing Electrical Cords
Decorating Around The TV
Enhancing The Wall Behind It
Don’t Forget to Decorate Above

Keep reading to discover unique ways to decorate your entertainment center like a pro!

Utilize Complementary Décor

Take a good look around the room where your entertainment center is placed. Pay attention to the color and design scheme. If your taste leans toward modern, you likely have a minimalist approach to design and shouldn't surround that area with too many items. Select a few design elements that match the décor or color scheme of the room it's occupying.

Bring in Mirrors

Another suggestion by the folks at NextLuxury.com is to place a couple of mirrors behind your entertainment center for an extra dose of glam. Doing so will help add dimension to the unit and may even enhance the size of the room.

Feature Family Photos

Many people are not quite sure what items to place on the shelves of their entertainment centers. However, inspiration can often be found within the family. Sort through your family photos and find those that really make you smile. Ideally, locate or print photos of various sizes. Interiordesign.com recommends "using the same frame color and style," on each shelf. Add a decorative element or plant to create additional visual interest.

Fill Up Decorative Storage Baskets

Perhaps the most practical idea for decorating your entertainment center is to fill up the cubbies or shelves with decorative storage baskets. These serve a dual purpose of being both stylish and functional. Use them to store anything from DVDs to children’s toys, to books. The possibilities are endless.

Create a Home Library

If you have a large collection of books, why not use the shelves in your entertainment center to display them? Strategically group your collection by color to look more aesthetically pleasing. Along with that, randomly pair a piece of artwork here and there amongst the books so that it has a more natural flow.

Conceal Electronic Cords

Nothing detracts from a beautiful design worse than a group of unsightly electronic cords for all to see. To give your entertainment center a truly finished look, all you need to do is buy some cord covers. Choose a color that complements the shade of your walls. No excuses!

Decorate Around The TV

Whether you like it or not, your flat-screen television is likely the center of your living room and is logically the focus of your entertainment center. CensationalStyle.com recommends taking this idea a step further by framing the shape of your television with a series of artwork that is displayed all in the same frame. To do this, you just need to hang a row of pictures above your television, to the left of it, and to the right of it. Not sure what type of large screen TV to purchase? Check out Cinema Sound Unlimited Inc's guide on What Are The Best High-Quality Large Screen TVs by Samsung.

Enhance The Wall Behind It

What will make your entertainment center really stand out? Decorating the wall behind it! Be creative in how you decorate the surrounding wall. Many people find that painting it a contrasting color is a nice touch and makes everything really pop. Another idea is to find an interesting wallpaper pattern to make it look substantially more unique.

Don’t Forget to Decorate Above

According to SFGate.com, the goal in decorating the top of an entertainment center is to "extend the height" of it with an odd-numbered group of objects. Look for large decorative pieces such as baskets, pottery items, or a wall hanging, for example. Arrange a group of objects that differ in color, size, and form.

Final Thoughts

There is no wrong way to style an entertainment center. Some people like only a few items on display, while others prefer that all of their movies and books be showcased for everyone to see. All you need to do is allow your personality to come through and you can’t go wrong!